Карлсон, который живет на крыше

           "Thinkofit!Ahousefullofsteamengines,"saidEric,"severalhundredsteamengines!" 

           "Well,Ihaven’tactuallycountedhowmanythereareleft,butIthinkthereareseveraldozen,"saidKarlsson. "Everynowandthenoneexplodes,ofcourse,butIamprettysuretherearetwodozenleft,anyway." 

           "PerhapsIcouldhaveone?"saidEric. 

           "Ofcourse,"saidKarlsson,"ofcourse!" 

           "Rightaway?"askedEric. 

           "Well,I’vegottolookitoverfirst,"saidKarlsson. "Adjustthesafetyvalveandthingslikethat. Calm,becalm!Youshallhaveitanotherday." 

           Ericbegantocollectthepiecesofwhathadoncebeenhissteamengine. "WhatwillDaddysay?"hemurmuredinaworriedvoice. 

           Karlssonraisedhiseyebrowsinsurprise. "Aboutthesteamengine?"hesaid."It’sasmallmatter. Tellhimformeheneedn’tworry. IwouldtellhimmyselfifIhadtimetostopandseehim. ButIthinkI’dbettergohomenowandattendtomyhouse." 

           "I’mgladyoucame,"saidEric, "eventhoughthesteamengine…Willyoucomebackanothertime?" 

           "Calm,becalm!"saidKarlsson,andheturnedthebuttoninhismiddle. Theenginebegantocough,andKarlssonstoodwaitingforpowertotakeoff. Thenheroseandflewtwicearoundtheroom. 

           "Theengineiscoughing,"hesaid. "IthinkIwillhavetogotoagarageforservicing. Coulddoitmyself,ofcourse,"hesaid,"becauseI’mtheWorld’sBestSteamEngineer,butIhaven’ttime…no, IthinkI’llgotoagarage"