Alfie and His Secret Friend


Alfie and His Secret Friend is a 1976 children's book by Gunilla Bergström. Translated by Robert Swindells, it was published in English in 1979. As an episode of the animated television series it originally aired over SVT on 1 January 1980.

Plot

Alfie is bored and plays with his secret friend Malcolm. They play with a toy train, and suddenly Alfie's father's tobacco pipe, which they have used for the locomotive, is gone. Alfie's father is upset when they lay the table, while eating and hurry to Kindergarten. Malcolm is always there. When they're gone Malcolm gets a present, because he is moving away. It includes new batteries for Alfie's flashlight. Using the flashlight, they finally find the tobacco pipe.

In the real world

In February 2009 a 23-year-old man in Sweden, accused for drunk driving, was freed by the law court in a trial which was given attention when he blamed a guy named Mållgan for driving his car.