She stood for a long time with the umbrella at full stretch, trying to sound like a flying machine... "Brumm, brumm, brumm," said Mardie. "Oh dear," said Lisbet. Then Mardie flew. She stepped right out into the air.' The day Mardie and her small sister, Lisbet, decide to have an 'outing' at home, is the day when Mardie decides to parachute from the woodshed roofwith an umbrella! Mardie is always getting into mischief, even when she's trying to be good, and she and her sister have lots of amazing adventures!