You Have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins
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| Author | Gunilla Bergström |
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| Original title | Alfons och Milla |
| Translator | Joan Sandin |
| Illustrator | Gunilla Bergström |
| Cover artist | Gunilla Bergström |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Alfie Atkins |
| Genre | children |
| Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Rabén & Sjögren |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 1988 |
| Preceded by | Lycklige Alfons Åberg (1984) |
| Followed by | Kalas, 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
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 can 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 the ones who tease, and when the treehouse flag finally rises to the top, nobody teases him anymore.