![]() ![]() He feels terribly lonely, where, “in the drawing room also, grouped around the biggest porcelain stove of the house, the Moomin family lay sleeping their long winter sleep.” And so, he goes out to find Snufkin who went to the South in October. Moomintroll awakes when a bit of moonlight shines right in his face, and he cannot fall asleep again. ![]() Everything that had once moved had become immobile. It also wasn’t green any longer, it was white. The valley was enveloped in a kind of grey twilight. It went slithering down a bit, then it resolutely coasted over the roof edge and sat down with a soft thump. For the sentences and phrases are powerful when you know enough to appreciate them.Īt dawn the snowdrift on the roof began to move. It is one of those books, in my opinion, which is written for children but is really better suited to adults. And so, I began reading Moominland Midwinter last night, and this time I am utterly entranced. ![]()
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