![]() He directs Moomintroll to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains, where the Professors would be able to tell him whether the comet will hit the Earth. ![]() Back at Moominhouse, the Muskrat, a philosopher whose home was ruined by Moominpappa's bridge-building and who is now staying with them, explains that the pearls depict a comet. The next day, as they go back to the cave, they find the pearls arranged in the shape of a star with a tail. ![]() Meanwhile, Sniff and the Silk Monkey find a cave, and the three decide to hide Moomintroll's pearls there. As he and Moomintroll explore it, they meet the mischievous Silk Monkey and arrive at a beach, where Moomintroll goes pearl-fishing. Sniff, who is now living with the Moomins, discovers a mysterious path in a nearby forest. The story begins a few weeks after the events of The Moomins and the Great Flood, as the Moomin family are settling into their new life in Moominvalley. ![]() It contains a number of minor differences for instance, the Silk Monkey character is changed to a kitten. The revised version was published in 1968. The English translation, published in 1951, is a translation of the first version of Jansson's book, which she was later to revise. Published in 1946, it marks the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. Comet in Moominland ( Swedish: Kometjakten / Mumintrollet på kometjakt / Kometen kommer) is the second in Finnish author Tove Jansson's series of Moomin books. ![]()
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