Hulkur Rasmus, Astrid Lindgren

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He got up from the grass, and Rasmus saw that he must be a tramp, because his clothes were so tattered -- a worn-out checkered jacket and baggy trousers above the knee. He was tall and broad-shouldered, with a rather handsome face, and when he laughed his white teeth shone in the center of his shaven face.

"Vagabond, you say... Have you ever heard of Paradise-Oskar? It's me. Wanderer of Paradise and Fair Owl of the Old God, that's me.»

Old God Fair Owl! Rasmus began to doubt whether everything was still in order in the wanderer's head.

"Why exactly is Oskar the righteous scapegoat of the old god?" he doubted.

Oskar furrowed his brow in deep thought.

Original title: Rasmus på luffen

Swedish children's literature, stories