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Chapter 9
"Well,mygoodness!"shecried."NowlookwhatI’vedone!HowcouldImakesuchamistake? Ithoughtthiswasthegranulatedsugar.Badluckseemstofollowmetoday."
Thereuponshetookasugarspoonoutofanotherbowlandbegantosprinklegranulatedsugaralloverthefloor. "Ihopeyounotice,"shesaid,"thatthisisthekindofsugaryousprinkleonthings.Soit’sperfectlyallrightformetodothis.Becausewhyshouldtherebethekindofsugartosprinkleonthingsifsomebodydoesn’tgoandsprinkleit?—that’swhatI’dliketoknow.
"Haveyouevernoticedwhatfunitistowalkonafloorthathashadsugarsprinkledalloverit?"sheaskedtheladies."Ofcourseit’sevenmorefunwhenyou’rebarefoot,"sheaddedasshepulledoffhershoesandstockings. "Yououghttotryittoo,becausenothing’smorefun,believeme"
AtthatmomentMrs.Settergrencamein,andwhenshesawthesugaralloverthefloorshetookPippifirmlybythearmandledherovertothesofatoTommyandAnnika. Thenshewentovertotheladiesandinvitedthemtohavemorecoffee. Thatthecreampiehaddisappearedonlymadeherhappy,becauseshethoughttheladieshadlikeditsomuchthattheyhadeatenitall.
Pippi,Tommy,andAnnikasattalkingquietlyonthesofa. Thehecrackledonthehearth. Theladiesdranktheircoffee,andallwasquietandpeacefulagain. Andassooftenhappensatcoffeeparties,theladiesbegantotalkabouttheirservantproblems.
