Moominsummer Madness
“But the waves, in excited confusion, were washing new shores that had never before met the sea. The volcano that had started all the fuss had calmed down. It sighed wearily now and then, and breathed a little ash towards the sky.At seven sharp the alarm-clock shrilled.The Moomin family awoke at once, and everybody hurried to the window to take a look. They lifted Little My up on the sill, and the Mymble's daughter took a firm hold of her dress to keep her from falling.The world was changed inde...ed.Only a piece of the wood-shed roof remained over the swirling water. A few people, probably from the forest, sat huddled on it, shuddering with cold.All the trees grew straight out of water, and the mountain ridges around the Moomin Valley were now clusters of rocky islands.'I liked it better in the old way,' said Moominmamma. She screwed up her eyes against the morning sun that came rolling out of the whole chaos, red and big like an autumn moon.'And no morning coffee,' said Moominpappa.Moominmamma glanced towards the stairs that disappeared in troubled waters.MoreLess
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