Tove Jansson by Moominvalley in November 9

Author:Moominvalley in November 9 [9, Moominvalley in November]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-10-03T23:35:46+00:00

hoarsely: 'Open up open up for me... it's me, Fillyjonk!'

She felt safer inside the tent, sank down on the sleeping-bag and put her arms round her knees. She said: 'They've got out. Someone let them out of the clothes-cupboard and they may be anywhere... millions of horrid insects sitting and waiting...'

'Has anybody else seen them?' Snufkin asked cautiously.

'Of course not,' Fillyjonk replied impatiently. 'It's me they're waiting for!'

Snufkin knocked out his pipe and tried to think of something to say. There was more thunder.

'Now don't start saying there's going to be a thunderstorm,' said Fillyjonk threateningly. 'And don't say that my insects have gone away or that they don't exist or that they're too small or too kind, for it won't help me one bit.'

Snufkin looked straight at her and said: 'There's one place where they'll never come. The kitchen. They never come into the kitchen.'

'Are you absolutely sure?' asked Fillyjonk sternly.

'I'm convinced of it,' answered Snufkin.

There was another peal of thunder, this time quite close. He looked at Fillyjonk and grinned. 'There's going to be a thunderstorm anyway,' he said.

There really was a big storm coming in from the sea. The lightning was white and violet, he had never seen so many or such beautiful flashes of lightning at one time. A sudden pall had descended on the valley. Fillyjonk lifted up her skirts and rushed back through the garden with leaps and bounds and shut the kitchen door behind her.

Snufkin sniffed the air, it felt as cold as steel. It smelt of electricity. The lightning was pouring down in great quivering streaks, parallel pillars of light, and the whole valley was lit up by their blinding flashes! Snufkin jumped up and

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