6/27/2023 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas JonassonRead Now![]() ![]() He was on the run from his own birthday party, another unusual thing for a 100-year-old, not least because even being 100 is pretty rare.Īllan thought about whether he should make the effort to crawl back in through the window to get his hat and shoes, but when he felt his wallet in his inside pocket, he decided that it would suffice. ![]() He was not a fashion plate people rarely are at that age. He was wearing a brown jacket with brown trousers and on his feet he had a pair of brown indoor slippers. It was only the Birthday Boy himself who didnt intend to turn up.Īllan Karlsson hesitated as he stood there in the flower bed that ran along one side of the Old Folks Home. And the entire staff, led by bad tempered Director Alice. There was less than an hour to go before his birthday party would begin in the lounge of the Old Folks Home. This maneuver required a bit of effort, since Allan was 100 years old, on this very day in fact. So the idea had barely taken hold in the old mans head before he opened the window of his room on the ground floor of the Old Folks Home in the town of Malmköping, and stepped out into the flower bed. ![]() But Allan Karlsson had never been given to pondering things too long. You might think he could have made up his mind earlier, and been man enough to inform his surroundings of his decision. ![]()
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