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Pippi Longstocking first came to life in 1941, when Ms. Lindgren’s daughter, Karin, was sick in bed for a long time.

Having learned about the sweets from the Burrans, the police went to Hardacre's home and learned he was not only sick in bed from eating his tainted wares but that he'd sold about 1,000 sweets the day before.

Upon arrival, my sister-in-law was sick in bed, and apparently had been for two days prior.

"I have been trying to accept that I can use paper plates or other single-use items without feeling guilty," adds Abby*, a person in Connecticut with multiple chronic illnesses who is unable to housekeep when sick in bed for days on end.

Dr. MacKerron and the economist Alex Bryson found that work is the second-most-miserable activity; of 40 activities, only being sick in bed makes people less happy than working.