You Have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins

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You Have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins
AuthorGunilla Bergström
Original titleAlfons och Milla
TranslatorJoan Sandin
IllustratorGunilla Bergström
Cover artistGunilla Bergström
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
SeriesAlfie Atkins
Genrechildren
Published1985
PublisherRabén & Sjögren
Published in English
1988
Preceded byLycklige Alfons Åberg (1984) 
Followed byKalas, Alfons Åberg! (1986) 

You Have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins (Swedish: Alfons och Milla) is a 1985 children's book by Gunilla Bergström.[1] As an episode of the animated TV series it originally aired over SVT on 18 March 1994.[2] Translated by Joan Sandin, it was published in English in 1988.[3]

Plot[edit]

Alfons is playing with Viktor and Viktor's cousin Milla. They build a treehouse. When he doesn't play with Viktor, he plays with Milla. Together they plan to build a letterbox with aerial lift, allowing messages to be sent into the treehouse. Milla kan bake cookies and create a theatre-circus with the Teddybears. She can also stand on one hand, and dares to jump from the garage roof near the parking lot. They think of a flag that can be raised and lowered.

One day at school, Alfons goes toileting when seeing a group of guys teasing him, writing that he plays with girls. For a while, he doesn't want to play with her but finally she still appears. Alfons ignore those who tease, and when the treehouse flag finally rises to the top nobody teases anymore.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alfons och Milla. Worldcat. 1985. OCLC 186083256. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "TV SVT, Kanal 1 1994-03-18" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 18 March 1994. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ You Have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins. Worldcat. 1988. OCLC 17676681. Retrieved 15 January 2015.