Today is Saturday.

The burglars asked Pippi craftily if she was all alone at home. Pippi said she was of course not alone and Mr. Nilsson was at home too. The thieves couldn’t very well know that Mr. Nilsson was a monkey sleeping in a little green bed with a doll’s quilt around his stomach. They thought the man of the house must be named Mr. Nilsson and they winked at each other. They meant to come back a little later but to Pippi they said they had just come in to ask what her clock is. They were so excited that they had forgotten all about the sandwich. Pippi said the clock was a little round thing that says tick tack tick tack and that went and went never got to the door. She asked them if they knew any more riddles. The tramps thought Pippi was too little to tell time, so without another word they went out again. And Pippi went back to her counting. No sooner were the tramps outside than they began to rub their hands with delight. They decided to wait until Pippi and Nilsson were asleep then they would sneak in and bag the money.