Moominland Midwinter
“The guests became more homesick than ever. One after the other they started back, usually in the night when the snow-crust made walking easy. A few of them had made themselves a pair of skis, and everyone carried at least one little jam-jar with him. The last ones to go shared the cranberry-jar.As the last of the guests walked off over the bridge, the jam-cellar was completely empty.'Now it's only we again,' said Too-ticky. 'You and me and Little My. All the mysterious ones have hidden away unt...il next winter.''I never saw him with the silver horns a second time,' said Moomintroll. 'Nor those spindle-shanked little ones that came skidding over the ice. Nor the black one who flew over the bonfire and had such large eyes.''They were all winter people,' said Too-ticky. 'Can't you feel that spring's coming?'Moomintroll shook his head. 'It's too early still. I don't recognize it,' he said.But Too-ticky turned her red cap inside out, and the inside turned out to be a pale blue. 'I always do this when I feel spring in my nose,' she said.MoreLess
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