Actually, Emil doesn't mean any harm - he just happens to eat fermented cherries and get drunk together with the rooster and the pig. And afterwards, when he's about to repent and become a Good Templar, he just happens to light the priestess on fire with the magnifying glass... But Emil is really kind, and when he sits in the carpenter's shed and has carved his one hundred and thirtieth wooden old man, he prays fervently:“Dear God, make me stop my hiccups. Please Emil Svensson, Katthult, Lönneberga.”The third book about Emil in Lönneberga, one of the most beloved of all Astrid Lindgren's characters, and the one she herself liked best. The stories about Emil are based on her own father Samuel August and everything he told about his childhood in Småland at the end of the 19th century.In the spring of 2021, new editions of the three Emil books will come, with restored and colored illustrations.