Mumintrollen by Tove Jansson. Short summary

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The main characters in T. Jansson’s fairy tale are unusual creatures — mummy-trolls. They live in a valley where amazing and unbelievable events are constantly happening.

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Mummy Daddy, Mummy Mama, and their little son Mummy Troll live in a valley that is called the mummy-dol. In addition to them, other unusual characters live here: Little Mu, Snork, Freken Snork, Sniff. And for the summer, the tireless traveler Snoosumumurik comes to mummy-dol. The friendly mummy-troll family is happy to host guests.

Interesting and exciting events often happen in the valley. That mummy-troll with Sniff find the sea, the mummy-daddy together with the family decides to visit the neighboring island, or the friends go to the observatory.

Do not do without incidents in the share. So after the eruption of a volcano heroes have to look for a new home, because the valley where they lived, is flooded. But the cheerful family and their friends find a way out of such a difficult situation. They temporarily settle down in an abandoned theater, and when the water clears, they happily return to their valley.