These two girls must not be forgotten! Very brave and self-confident as they are, they have driven many people’s phantasies of what could be, what could have been.
Of the two puppies, Pippi with the orange collar is five minutes elder than Ronja. Pippi is as strong as her namesake and very keen on milk, be it from her mother or out of a bottle. And due to space restrictions in official documents, her real name is only ‘Pippi’.
Ronja is something special. Of course, all puppies are great and fun and develop personalities. And there ist the firstborn Astrid, the always hungry Lasse and Mattis, and and and…
But of all eleven Puppies, Ronja is special as she was born outside! After there had been only six minutes between Mattis and Pippi, and as Fluffy urged to go outside, she was let outside once she had licked dry Pippi. Fluffy made for a near corner in the garden, and not half a minute later, Ronja was born.
As we had read in books about such things could happen, we’ve never taken an eye off Fluffy. As at 7:03 a.m. the sun was already shining, we didn’t even need a torchlight. Fluffy was about as surprised as we were…
