The Japanese recognize Moomins for their cuteness. The Finns presumably see their bleak lives reflected in the dangers that haunt Moominvalley’s winter nights. I read the Moomins as a child because they were the only books that celebrated mysterious heroes about which the other characters could only speculate.

The Moomins being so lovable, who can hate them?

The Germans, that’s who.

Until I remembered my German.

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