兒童故事Pettson
and Findus. 幾熟口面,可能行書店時見過.
Pettson and Findus (in Swedish:
Pettson och Findus) is a series of children’s books written and illustrated by Swedish author Sven Nordqvist
.
The books feature an old farmer (Pettson) and his cat (Findus) who live
in a small ramshackle red-ochre-painted
wooden farmhouse in the Swedish countryside. He is presumably a widower,
as in
Pettson Goes Camping he tells of a planned camping trip
with his wife in his youth, but no children are mentioned. His
neighbours regard him as a bit odd. However, he does have the company of Findus. Findus is dressed in a green-striped costume and wears a
cap. Pettson and Findus can converse with each other, and the cat can
stand up on his two hind legs like a human - Findus thus appears and
behaves as if he were a small child. However, Findus, unlike Pettson, is
aware of other "small creatures" living in the house, who play havoc
with Pettson's belongings.
The first of the
Pettson och Findus book to be published was
Pannkakstårtan in 1985 (first published in English in 2007 as
Pancake Pie)