Finn Family Moomintroll
“'I hope you didn't hurt yourself?''It isn't that,' replied the Muskrat gloomily sucking his moustache. 'The earth can crack and fire come down from heaven for all I care - that sort of thing doesn't disturb me - but I do not like to be put into a ridiculous situation. It isn't dignified for a philosopher!''But I'm the only one who saw it happen,' protested Moominpappa.'That's bad enough!' replied the Muskrat. 'You will remember all that I have been exposed to in your house! Last year, for examp...le, a comet fell on us. It was nothing. But as you perhaps remember, I sat on your wife's chocolate shape. It was the deepest insult to my dignity! And sometimes your guests put hair brushes in my bed - a particularly stupid joke. Not to mention your son, Moomintroll...''I know, I know,' interrupted Moominpappa, miserably. 'But there's no peace in this house... And sometimes string wears out with the years you know.''It must not,' said the Muskrat. 'If I had killed myself, of course, it wouldn't have mattered.MoreLess
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