Marcus and Martinus Vår Historie - English Translation

Four Small Stories - Our Family

(Pg. 25-35)

Four Small Stories-

Mom and Dad have dozens of stories about us from when we were little, for we have made a lot of fun. It's a bit embarrassing, but if you promise not to tell anyone ... so here comes four short stories from Mom:

When the boys were four years, Kjell-Erik brought with them on a fishing trip, and everything was quiet and still. Then Martinus says, "Oh, it's so quiet here!" and his father replied, "Yes, isn't it nice when it's quiet so you can hear the birds singing and the wind blowing in the trees?" Marcus, who was sitting in the back of the boat, said: "I know, it's because Mom is not here."

Another time, they asked: "How do you get a baby in the belly?" and Kjell-Erik explained that if two people like each other, it can become a child in the stomach. There was not much more to it. But when we sit in the car for a few days or weeks later Martinus asks, "Dad, do you think about Mom?" "Yes," he replies. "Oh, how good, now that becomes a child?"

The boys had been given strict orders to lock the door when they left home they were home alone after school. It was not often they remember it, but one day when I came home from work, the door was locked. And on it hung a note: "Hi Mom! We're out there, but the key is under the mat!"

When the boys started school they started to stay at home alone after they stopped for the day. Once when I came home after work, Marcus came out of his room and was so pleased. He had cleaned the house! Both vacuumed and scrubbed, but when I went in, it smelled weird. When I asked him which medium he used, he replied: "No, I found a soap ..." "Yes, you've been very good Marcus, but which cleaning medal have you used?" "That soap in the shower as the father uses!" He had scoured the whole house with shower gel with men's fragrances. On the floor and everywhere. I could not get mad at him, for he had been really good. But I had to scour the whole house again with real soap. It's the only time he has surprised to clean the whole house.

Our Family-

We are not a large family, but we have a good team around us. In our immediate family we are six people, us included. Mother, father, a sister and a little sister.

Dad is the one we are closest to, and spend the most with. He helps us with everything and makes the most of us around the clock and almost barely have any free time. He is sitting at the computer and manages email, book appointments and such. Then he drives us to soccer practice and overally we should. The best part is that he is always in a good mood. He can be strict, but always in a way that makes us understand what he wants. He is never sour. And if we would be tired and sour, he always tries to get us in a better mood. He jokes a lot, he has always done. It had never worked to get involved with music and everything else we do without dad. He is very important to us and does everything. But each time, he'll post something on Instagram for us, he is like a 60-year-old, for he put six different type emoji after each line. Completely hopeless. And every time he writes a message to us, for example, if we're going home, he concludes by writing "Hello daddy". Hey, we already know that the message comes from him ?! He has as well written a number to us before!