fina Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) Can anyone mind which of the Moomintroll bookshas the bit where they're on a boat moored at a pierwhich starts to float away and an embarassed Niblingconfesses he couldn't help gnawing through the painter? It's been bugging me for ages! I've been searching for a picture of the nibling online,but no joy.The official Moomin website doesn't have anything on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moomin_characters Niblings (Swedish: klippdassar – "rock hyraxes"; compare dassa, "patter or sneak around, walk quietly; (in some areas) hurry up when working; (in child language and rhymes) dance"; also called by the variant name klibbtassar, explained as klibba/klibbig, "to stick/sticky" + tass, "paw" – small aquatic creatures, which chew off people's noses if they are too long for their taste. They enjoy doing the multiplication contests devised by the rather bossy Hemulen's Aunt. Edited November 22, 2019 by fina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fina Posted November 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 The Library came up trumps!The niblings appeared in "The exploits of Moominpapa."Book No4 Well done and thank you to our brilliant library! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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