In Swedish, Mickey Mouse is called Musse Pigg, “Musse” being a diminutive of the word “mus,” or “mouse,” and “Pigg” an adjective that means something like “lively” or “eager.”\u00a0 Whatever you call him, he’s become a special favorite of Petra’s over the past several weeks, and what she<\/i> calls him is, simply, “Pigg.” (To the uninitiated, it sounds as though she’s saying “pig.”\u00a0 She’s found a way around the dilemma this creates — actual pigs she calls “n\u00f6ff, n\u00f6ff,” which is, of course, what pigs say in Swedish).<\/p>\n
There’s something unbearably cute to me about the wonder and delight in her little voice every time she catches sight of Mickey and exclaims, “Pigg!”\u00a0 It always gives me a bittersweet little ache in my heart, because I know that this, too, shall pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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