Emma K. Thomas

“Moomintroll was the first to wake up next morning.

For a long time he couldn’t remember where he was, and when it all came back to him he got up at once, tiptoed cautiously to the mouth of the cave, gingerly lifted the blanket and looked out.

What a sight met his eyes! The sky was no longer red, but a beautiful blue once again, and the morning sun shone in its usual place, looking as though it had been freshly polished. Moomintroll sat down and turned his face u p to it, shutting his eyes and heaving a deep sigh of happiness.

After a time, the Snork maiden came creeping out of the cave and sat down beside him.

‘Well, the sky, the sun and the rocks are still here anyway,’ she said solemnly.

‘And look! The sea is coming back,’ whispered Moomintroll. And there it was rolling tirelessly in towards them, glittering and gleaming like soft blue silk, the same old sea that they had always loved!”

From Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson.

Published by Puffin books.