"At the beginning of this story, Michel carves his 97th wooden figure and at the end of the book the 125th. You can calculate how much mischief he has created in the meantime, for example when he pours the blood dumpling dough over his father and his 100th wooden figure -celebrates his anniversary in the carpenter's shed, or how he organizes the big clean-up of Katthult and invites all poorhouse residents to the Christmas feast.Translator: Karl Kurt Peters"