Moomins and the Comet Chase Page #6

The next morning was very hot

even though you couldn't

see the sun in the sky,

because of the approaching comet.

The heat, and the long walk

towards Moominvalley

were exhausting.

And no one felt like talking.

Eventually, they came to the seashore.

Why can't we hear the sea?

I can't smell it either.

There's a rotten smell.

You're right!

The sea...

It should be right here!

- It's gone!

Why is the sea gone?

Oy! Maybe some one punched a hole

in the bottom and all the water ran out!

Comet has dried up the sea!

The beautiful sea gone!

No more swimming, no storms,

no ice to skate on!

And the sea shore isn't

a shore anymore!

It'll come back, Snufkin.

I'm sure it will!

Once the comet's gone away.

Now let's all calm down!

I'm thirsty.

Ah, it looks so hopeless.

Ahh...

How are we going to get across?

We can't walk all the way around

in two days.

We must hold a meeting!

I graciously accept the positions of

chair and secretary. -Eh, eh...

Item one:
How shall we get across?

Any suggestions?

Maybe we can walk.

I know, I know,

Why don't we fly?

Okay, with what?

Don't be ridiculous!

Your proposals are unanimously rejected.

Propose something else.

- Hmm. - Hmm. - Hmm.

- Hmm. - Hmm. -Hmm.

I got it!

We'll walk across on stilts!

That way we'll make it on time.

On stilts you can take long strides

and step over cracks in the ground.

That's a great idea!

C'mon! We have to find some stilts!

There's nowhere like the seashore

for finding things.

Everyone looked for pieces of wood

to use as stilts.

Then, they had to learn

to walk on them.

Uh-oh!

Eh huh-huh-huhh!

Uha... I can't keep my balance!

Ugha!

- Eh...

- Take longer strides!

Go easy at first,

don't think,

feel!

Ah, ah-ah, help!

Good!

When everyone had

practiced enough,

They climed down

to the dried out sea bed.

Oh, I like stilt walking!

I don't think at all... -No kidding!

...just feel.

Ooops!

Well, you didn't hurt yourself,

did you?

Moomintroll, I'm not

made of glass!

Here's a small jump!

Good, good!

Uh-hup!

So, that's what the sea bottom

looks like.

I'll never swim again!

It's so quiet and desolate here,

like after a disaster,

rather than before.

L-look, a wreck!

Wow!

That was once a proud ship,

sailing the seven seas.

Let's take a closer look.

- Weeeee! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Ha-ha! Hah!

Here, let me help you.

Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha! He-he-he!

Do you think the sailors had time to

leave the ship before it sank?

Of course!

They had life boats.

At least I think so.

- Oh no!

Let's go on.

There's no time to lose!

I bet there's a

treasure hidden in the wreck.

Did you say treasure?!

Hang on now!

Huhh!

There's something shiny!

- Where?

Ahhh!

It's a dagger!

It's made of gold and...

wth real jewels on the handle.

Ah, it's magnificent! Ahwa!

- En garde! Ah! En garde!

Wa! Aaaaah!

I'm coming!

Help! Help!

- Hold on!

Woah! Wo! Whoahh!

- Go on... go on!

- Help! Help!

- Snork Maiden, where are you?

Snork Maiden!

Help!

- I'm coming!

Tahh!

Ah, okay, okay,

I-I gotcha!

Oh, Sniff and his jewels!

Nothing but trouble! Ahhhhahh!

Why... I understand,

I too love beautiful things.

Oh, do you think

there might be pearls down there?

- I don't know. It's so dark.

- Diamonds? Hhhh!

There could be all kinds

of danger here.

Ahh! It's perfect!

Thank goodness my bangs

didn't go frizzy!

Hey Snork Maiden, how are you doing?

I'm fine.

Moomintroll saved me again!

I was just checking

that the mirror wasn't broken.

Ah! Watch out!

The poisonous bush

followed us!

Oh no!

- But it wasn't the bush...

it was the most fearsome monster

in the sea,

a giant octopus

- Oh no! Help me!

emerging from the darkness

- Help! Help me!

and closing in on Moomintroll.

- Help!

Maybe I can distract it.

Ah, eh, oh, ohhhhh! Oh! Ohhh!!

Well, don't you come any closer!

H-help me!

Awwh!

Keep your slimy tentacles

away from me, you big ugly lunk!

Take all that, you monster!

Slimeball!

And that! And that!

-Ohh!

Grab ahold of this.

Snork Maiden,

now you've saved my life.

I'll say!

That was so clever of you.

I didn't think about it...

I just did it,

but I'd like to save you from

an octopus every day.

Well, maybe that would be

wishing too much.

Come on, I've had enough of this place!

Off we go!

Night fell

and they didn't want to spend

the night out on the seabed.

Come, maybe we can sleep up here.

They decided to stay up on a cliff,

that had probably been a small island

before the sea disappeared.

Yes, the sea...

Moomintroll wondered if

it would ever return,

but then he thought:

Mamma will surely know how

to put everything right.

The night felt very short.

It was not a pleasant morning.

The comet was now glaring in the sky

and surrounded

by angry shooting flames.

-Ah! - Ohh, it's my lucky day,

I thought the dagger was just a dream.

Mmh! Hah! Maybe we

should keep going.

C'mon everyone, let's keep going!

Mud... mud... and more mud!

Can you manage?

- Sure!

- Good!

C'mon Snork Maiden!

- C'mon! -Hah!

You know what?

I don't think we need these stilts anymore.

Hmm.

Look! What's going on?

- Oy!

Haniful, it's me Moomin!

Don't you recognize me?

Oh, of course, sorry!

Are you Moomin?

Everyone has left Moominvalley.

We're not going to stay there and

wait for the comet to hit.

How do you know it's going to fall

in Moominvalley and not someplace else?

That's what Mr. Muskrat said.

The Moominmamma and Moominpappa

are still sitting on the veranda, waiting.

I don't know what for.

What for?

They're waiting for us!

C'mon!

How strange!

All our friends and neighbors,

that we haven't seen in so long

they don't even have time

to stop and say hello.

They're afraid.

You're right.

Even the Hattifatteners are

running from the comet.

Being a comet

must be terribly lonely.

I suppose we are

unusually courageous.

When we're home,

no dangers can touch us.

We made it! We got across!

Grass and trees!

Finally, we're out of the

stinking mud and seaweed! Ahhh!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Awwh!

Whooo! Soon we'll be home! Ahh!

Oh, oh, hello Mr. Hemulen!

What's all this fuzz and rush?

Crowds of people everywhere

and not one of them can

just tell me what it's all about

Oh, my stamp collection

is in a dreadful state!

Are you related to the Hemulen

that collects insects?

Huh?

What? How dare you!

That must be my cousin on my father's side,

an absolute nincompoop!

We're no longer on speaking terms.

I have nothing to do with him anymore.

Oh, why?

He has a one track mind:

insects!

Insects, insects,

that's all he cares about.

You don't believe me?

The end of the world could be at hand,

and he'd never notice.

But it is coming!

Tomorrow at 8:
42 pm!

What?

It's taken me a whole week

to organize my stamp collection!

And now, what am I to do?

You can come with us.

You and your stamps will be safe

in our first-class cave.

Now, come on!

My first-class cave,

if you please!

Listen!

Is that the wind I hear?

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