He went deeper and came upon forests of crinkly seaweed swaying gently in the current – seaweed that was decorated with beautiful white and pink shells – and even farther down the green twilight deepened until he could see only a black hole that seemed to have no bottom. “Pooh!” said Moomintroll diving into a big wave and swimming down through green bubbles of light. Many elements from Tove Jansson’s childhood environment can be seen in her illustrationsĮven when Moomintroll dives he does it with his eyes wide open to be able to absorb the entirety of the fantastic underwater landscape that opens up to him as he encounters the sea for the first time, a wonderful moment described in Comet in Moominland.
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