This is a sensitive book, a classic in many countries, about a friendship between two boys and an old man. There are plenty of old men who would do as a grandfather at the retirement home, Ulf suggests, when Berra wonders why he doesn't have one. They go there together to find one - ideally one who eats pig's trotters, invites you to tea and who can teach you to whistle. Waiting to visit while he develops his whistling skills as a surprise, Berra learns that Grandpa Ned has died. Berra whistles Grandpa Ned's favorite song at his funeral.
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