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A spirited young girl recounts episodic, humorous adventures in her small coastal town, from market-place schemes and pranks to schooldays, festive bonfires, sleighing and a near-drowning, and neighborhood mishaps. The narrative moves through domestic scenes, play-acting, holidays, and encounters with curious neighbors and siblings, balancing comic mischief with moments of fright and tenderness. Episodes highlight childhood resourcefulness, community rituals, and everyday sights of harbor life, rendered in lively, colloquial voice and brief, self-contained chapters that mix anecdote, embarrassment, and warm affection.
| At last I got her into the smithy (page 24) | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Just imagine! I really did get five heads of cabbage as a present | 42 |
| We danced and skipped and shouted, “Hurrah!” | 76 |
| “If it only doesn’t break!” cried Mina | 108 |
| “Kalle, you rascal!” I said, grabbing him by the hair | 156 |
| I felt the staff pulled from above | 196 |
| “Here is your earthquake, Inger Johanne,” said Father | 222 |
| Oh-h! All the potatoes tumbled off and rolled among the sheep | 256 |