“I am the sea and nobody owns me.”
First things first: She was the strongest girl in the world.
She could lift up her horse, throw bullies over trees, and fight off pirates.
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And she managed to survive without her parents.
Even though her mum died and her dad worked at sea, Pippi maintained a house all on her own.
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Which was all the more impressive because she didn't go to school.
Pippi spent her childhood at sea, so she didn't have a conventional education. But the way she managed to cope in the real world made you confident that school wasn't all that important anyway.
In fact, Pippi thought that classes at school held her back.
Which, tbh, they did.
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