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Quote #10
[Pippi] pretended she was a sardine in a sardine box, and it was a shame Tommy and Annika weren't there so they could have been sardines too. (10.2)
Lest you think Pippi's not bothered by her friends' absence, picture what's happening here: Pippi, after spending the day not really sure what to do with herself while her friends are away, has crawled into a woodbox and pulled the cover down, pretending to be the only sardine in a sardine box. The whole thing about sardines is that they're crammed in the box so tightly that they're piled on top of each other. But Pippi is alone. The lone sardine. Now that's isolation.