Today is Thursday.
Pippi asked Annika not to be scared and she could see Annika's legs and she would certainly catch Annika if she fell. But Annika didn't fall. She reached Tommy safely and a moment later Pippi followed. Tommy asked Annika if it was grant there and Annika had to admit that it was. It wasn't nearly so dark as she had thought, because light came in through the crack. She peeked through and announced that she too could see the coffee pot on the grass. Tommy said that they would have that for their secret hiding place and nobody would know that they were there, and if someone should come and hunt around outside for them, they could see them through the crack, and they would have a good laugh. Pippi said that they could have a little stick and poke it out through the crack and tickle them and then they would think the place is haunted. At the idea the children were so delighted that they hugged each other, all three. Then they heard the "ding-dong" that meant the bell was ringing for dinner at Tommy's and Annika's house. Tommy said they had got to go home but they would come over the next day as soon as they got back from school.
