När Bäckhultarn for till stan
The alderman in Bäckhult went to town. He passed by Johan, who was standing looking for the sledge. Johan thought of the terrible thing that had happened yesterday: their only cow had eaten herself to death on a nail! Little did he know then that Bäckhult would have bring something home from town, something fun...The story of Bäckhultarn was first published in 1951 in the anthology A car comes loaded. This picture book is illustrated by Marit Törnqvist.
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