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1. In Chapter 1, who were Scabie Hans and Pretty Lili?

Scabie Hans was a Salvation Army soldier, and Pretty Lili was his sweetheart. In the summer they would take a bunch of small children in a green wagon and drive into the country with them. Parents would pay one krone a day for that.

2. In Chapter 3, why did Alfrida go to the hospital, and what did Edvin and Ditlevsen do while she was gone?

Alfrida had to be in the hospital. Edwin and Ditlevsen were both sent to Aunt Agnete and Uncle Peter's Place. They were told that their mother had a bad stomach. Edvin laughed and later explained to Ditlevsen that there had been a baby in their mother's stomach and it had died there, so the doctors had cut her open from her navel down and removed the baby.

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