The Moomin stories are full of love and respect for the huge, often unpredictable, beautiful sea. Which one of these quotes makes you smell the salty scent of the sea and hear the sound of the tender waves lapping against the shore?
“How blue and soft it is! Let’s steer straight ahead and just roll and sleep and never arrive anywhere …”
The Memoirs of Moominpappa (1950)
Pooh!” said Moomintroll diving into a big wave and swimming down through green bubbles of light. He went deeper and came upon forests of crinkly seaweed swaying gently in the current – seaweed that was decorated with beautiful white and pink shells.
Comet in Moominland (1946)
Glass-green and white waves rolled in over the sand. Oh, to be a Moomin and to dance in the waves while the sun gets up! The night was forgotten and a long June day lay before them. They dived like porpoises through the waves and sailed in on the crests towards the beach where Sniff was playing in the shallow water. Snufkin was floating on his back far out and looking up into the blue and gold sky.
Finn Family Moomintroll (1948)
There was the sea – his sea – going past, wave after wave, foaming recklessly, raging furiously, but, somehow, tranquil at the same time. He felt completely alive from the tip of his ears to the tip of his tail.
Moominpappa at Sea (1965)
They stood still and looked at each other in disappointment. But as they stood a whiff of salt wind blew in their faces and a faint sighing could be heard in the distance. “It must be the sea!” exclaimed Moomintroll with a whoop of joy, and he started running upwind, his heart thumping with excitement, for if there is anything Moomintrolls really love it is bathing.
Comet in Moominland (1946)
It was just the right way to live if one liked big waves. Sitting in the middle of the breakers, watching the waves as high as mountains coming and going and listening to the sea thundering on the roof.
Moominpappa at Sea (1965)
When the coast had disappeared a full moon rose, round and yellow over the sea. Never before had Moominpappa seen such a large and lonely moon. And never before had he grasped that the sea could be as absolute and enormous as he saw it now. All at once he had a feeling, that the only real and convincing things in existence were the moon and the sea and the boat, with the three silent hattifatteners.
Moominpappa at Sea (1965)
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The #OURSEA campaign by Moomin Characters and John Nurminen Foundation began on January 1st, 2020 and went on until July 31st, 2021. The campaign collected donations of more than 1 million euros to protect the Baltic Sea. A huge thank you to all Moomin fans out there who helped reach this goal!
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