It all began at around eleven on a seemingly ordinary Saturday evening. Froderik was, as always, hiding in the bushes in front of the nightclub near his home. Following a beating on the dance floor from the butcher’s son for the crime of stepping on his girlfriend’s toe, Froderik had not been seen in any … Mehr Froderik and the Disco Surprise

It was a Wednesday morning like any other. Froderik got out of bed at seven, hoping to be on time for school. As usual, he got himself dressed and headed to the kitchen. Somewhat lazily, he picked up a loaf of bread and switched on the hand-operated electric bread slicer. Soon after, a penetrating pain … Mehr Froderik’s accident

Froderik never felt entirely comfortable at his Auntie Inge’s house. This wasn’t only because of his difficult cousin Marie or the irate Uncle Eckart. Nor was it a matter of the dog, Hugo, a mongrel and the fourth member of the family. Rather, the subject of the repeated and vigorous protests that his mother would … Mehr Froderik pays a visit to Auntie Inge

Finding himself in the midst of a joyous embrace, Froderik felt anything but joyous. The hug in which he was gripped was the immediate consequence of Froderik’s reluctantly-granted consent to a joint evening out with his mother, who had won two tickets to the sauna during her weekly bingo night at the local town hall. … Mehr Froderik and the Bingo Prize