Moominpappa At Sea
“It was low and tangled; tiny angry-looking spruce trees and even smaller birches battling with the wind all their lives. They grew very close together for protection. The tops of the trees had stopped growing, but the branches held on tight to the ground wherever they could reach it.
‘Who would have thought they could be so ferocious,’ said Little My, full of admiration.
Moomintroll peeped under the thick mass of struggling trees, bent and twisted like snakes. On the ground he could see... a whole carpet of creeping brown spruce twigs and needles, and above them cave-like holes of gaping darkness.
‘Look!’ he said. ‘There’s a spruce holding a little birch tree in its arms to protect it.’ ‘Do you think so?’ said Little My sinisterly. ‘I think she’s strangling it. This is just the sort of forest where people get strangled. I shouldn’t be surprised if there’s somebody in there being strangled right now.MoreLess
‘Who would have thought they could be so ferocious,’ said Little My, full of admiration.
Moomintroll peeped under the thick mass of struggling trees, bent and twisted like snakes. On the ground he could see... a whole carpet of creeping brown spruce twigs and needles, and above them cave-like holes of gaping darkness.
‘Look!’ he said. ‘There’s a spruce holding a little birch tree in its arms to protect it.’ ‘Do you think so?’ said Little My sinisterly. ‘I think she’s strangling it. This is just the sort of forest where people get strangled. I shouldn’t be surprised if there’s somebody in there being strangled right now.MoreLess
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