Þegar ungfrú Nóra skýtur upp kollinum gjörbreytist dauflegt líf Tómasar blaðamanns. Litla risíbúðin fyllist af köttum og loksins fær hann nógar fréttir í blöðin. En óneitanlega er skringilegt að ungfrúin vill helst eyða nóttinni úti á þaki meðal villikatta eða í pappakassa í ruslageymslunni.
Although she wrote a variety of poems, songs, books, plays, musicals, and radio- en television drama, she is known best for her children's literature, for which she received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1988. She committed suicide a day after her 84th birthday and was buried in Amsterdam.