Incwadi yokuqala ka-Astrid Lindgren ekhuluma ngo-Emil eLönneberga enemidwebo kaBjörn Berg yashicilelwa ngo-1963 futhi yathandwa masinyane yiwo wonke umuntu.
U-Emil nehlaya lakhe kumnandi, kuzingane nakubantu abadala, kepha u-Emil umele okungaphezu kwalokho. Usephenduke uphawu lomoya wezamabhizinisi nobuchule bebhizinisi. Unekhono elimangalisayo lokumunca ulwazi futhi ezindaweni eziningi unolwazi olukhulu. Futhi uyayisebenzisa.
Ukukhathalela kwakhe ababuthakathaka nesibindi sokusukuma lapho kudingeka, noma kungahlanganiswa nobunzima nokungaphatheki kahle, kuyinto okumele ilingiswe. Njengo-Emil, mhlawumbe sonke futhi sidinga umzuzu wobumfihlo ukuze sikwazi ukucabanga. Futhi ngakho-ke inhlanhla encane, yebo, kufanele ube nakho lokho.
Ukuba nomfana omuhle njengokubaza eLönneberga kuyinjabulo enkulu kumasipala waseHultsfred!
Sizizwa sibonga kakhulu ku-Astrid Lindgren osinikeze u-Emil nakho konke ukuhlekisa kwakhe nezimfanelo zakhe ezinhle. Wabuye wacabanga ukuthi kuhle ukuthi uzoba yisithombe eLönneberga.
UBjörn Berg (1923-2008) ungumculi ohlonishwayo. Imidwebo yakhe engenakuphikiswa yenziwa ngemininingwane enkulu nangekhono elihlaba umxhwele nokukhanya. Imidwebo yakhe ayigcini nje ngokuhambisana nombhalo abawukhombisayo kodwa wona uqobo uyimisebenzi yobuciko.
Indodana kaBjörn uTorbjörn Berg ungumdwebi owenza imisebenzi eminingi, indoda yeshashalazi futhi usethe umklami ngobungcweti obukhulu. Ngokuya ngemodeli encane kaBjörn Berg, wenze isithombe esibaziwe ngosayizi wempilo futhi wenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokubaza. Ngendlela, kwakunguTorbjörn owaba yisibonelo sika-Emil ngenkathi eseyizithandani ezincane.
UBjörn noTorbjörn Berg baqinisekise ukuthi u-Emil uvunyelwe ukuza ekhaya eLönneberga futhi manje wamukelekile ukumvakashela esitolo sakhe sokubaza. Zizwe ukhululekile ukubaza indoda yokhuni bese uyishiya nayo.
NgoMeyi 27, 1998, lesi sithombe savulwa ngu-Emil eLönneberga.