Självklart, Sune

Självklart, Sune (Swedish: Of course, Sune ) is a novel, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson and originally published in 1986.^[2] It tells the story of Sune Andersson.

The tetanus needle stories have been used within higher education describing children's fear of tetanus needles.^[3]

Book cover

The book cover depicts Sune pointing at an object dropped to the floor, while Håkan is behind Sune.

Plot

Sune now has a little sister, Isabelle. Sune thinks she is "cute" despite screaming worse than Tarzan. Håkan wants his parents to go back to birthing center and replace her with a baby that doesn't cry so loud. Sune also holds his first party, with "loud" music, "cute" girls, dancing and playing post office.

Sune's class at school becomes the first 2nd grade class go get a tetanus needle, and rumors talk of two needle-related deaths previous year, and other pains. Joakim doesn't need, because he got one last year when ending up dog-bitten. He tells stories about the needle being one meters tall, and a hammer being used. Sune tries to avoid it, and sends a notice which he says is from his mother, telling her son doesn't need to take the needle. Finally, the nurse has to declare it's undangerous, and that it's more dangerous to not get a needle.

Sune and Håkan also go to the hairdresser, and feels ashamed over Sune getting shorter hair that he tries to use adhesive tape to attach the hair again. At school, he doesn't end up teased for his short hair as fearing.

The Andersson family also attend an entertainment evening, which end up embarrassing for Rudolf as Håkan and Sune take him to the stage.

Sune and Joakim have a secret treehouse with a pin-up girl picture in the groves of the Andersson family 's garden, and they believe nobody knows the treehouse, but once Rudolf will clear the groves. Sune and Joakim tell him not to destroy the trees, and when Rudolf wonders why, Anna declares that Sune and Joakim have a treehouse there.

With the secret revealed, Sune and Joakim think the treehouse is funny. They decide to give the treehouse away to Håkan, but first they will sleep there overnight as a goodbye ceremony. They clean up, and when Håkan turns sad because not being allowed to sleep in the treehouse overnight, he hopes for the monsters in the garden eating them up and says he has seen totally 37 monsters.

Joakim and Sune play agents, when they hear sounds in the woods, which they think sounds like a monsterelk or one of the 37 monsters Håkan told off. Joakim tries to calm down Sune and says no monsters exist, at least not in Sweden and a town full of cars, and Sune believes they have been exterminated by getting hit by trucks.

No monsters show up, instead comes Håkan. Håkan discovers the pin-up girl pictures. When Håkan asks why she is naked, Sune and Joakim reply it's from a doctor's journal, referring to that when visiting the doctor clothes are removed. But Håkan replies that if they don't let him into the game, he'll reveal that Sune and Joakim have a pin-up girl pictures. They let Håkan into the game, and Håkan plays a strong hero, while Sune and Joakim plays stupid bad guys. Finally Anna shows up and tells them that sleeping in the treehouse overnight is to cold, and instead they go indoors, to sleep in beds.

When the summer vacation comes, many are sad for not seeing each other again after the break. Anna will leave the 6th grade for the 7th, and will not meet her schoolteacher anymore. But when Sune, who will leave the 2nd grade for the 3rd, is about to sing Idas sommarvisa he can't recall what blossoms (which is the flowers, in Swedish: "blommorna"), and forgetting the song lyrics, he sings "Jag gör så att koskiten blommar" ("I make the cowdung blossom").

Everyone who has been sad becomes glad again.

Audiobook

Audio recordings were released to cassette tape in 1989 Änglatroll entitled "Sunes första party".^[4] och "Sunes självklarheter".^[5]

References