Nursing a piglet back to life because it’s the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

Emil’s reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family’s neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps…

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who…