They had braught boiled ham, jellied ham, dried stockfish, red cabbage, meat balls, bread flavoured with wort, ham bouillon to dip bread in, Christmas beer, ginger bread and crullers. At last they had sushi with them. All of them ate until they were full.
They were delighted because of the sushi. For dessert Eva helped them to share some yokan. With it they drank Japanese green tea. She told they had lived in Japan for two years. She had her parents living there and her sister Erika and a brother Leif in Africa. Robert had his aunt in Japan.
"May I have one more bite?" Malin asked.
"Me too", Povel said. "Four of them?"
"Yes, what are they called?" the dean asked.
"They were called Jasmine, Jan, Yan an Ylva", Robert said.
"Did we introduce our new family member?" Jhon asked.
"Stop chewing before speaking, Jhon", his father said.
"Yes, did they say hello to Stig Helmer Olsson, dad ?" Filipa asked.
"Who is Stig Helmer Ohlson?" the dean asked.
"We show him later, when we made a tour of inspection of the house", Eva said. "Stig Helmer is a guinea-pig. Robert needed a little animal for his work."
"Ooohh", all of them said at the same time.
"You must be tired", the dean´s wife interposed. "I have made beds. Jhon sleaps in Povel´s room and Ivan and Filipa with the girls."

Then they made the tour of inspection.
Ivan already has popped over to Svante, who is his best pal here. Povel has no best friend here. Ivan and Svante learned to know each others one summer, when they were in the same riding school group.
In the winter they write long letters to each others. And Svante has visited Ivan in Fyn.

The wheel in the guinea-pig box went on and on. Stig Helmer´s short legs pedalled on. Stig Helmer Ohlson was the last guinea pig among his sisters and brothers- that was the way he got his name. He was skinny like Lasse Åberg. Eva and Robert had succeeded in giving the others away, but decided to bring Stig Helmer to Sweden.
Eva said he was like a pug, and Malin agreed it was something with the look of his big dark eyes.