The protagonist of most stories was the young Moomintroll, a happy and friendly, though somewhat naive. The Moomins, creations of the Finnish writer-illustrator Tove Jansson, were a family of mythical creatures whose home was in a wooded place known as Moominvalley. It's time to go back home as fast as they can - surviving an unexpected number of peculiar creatures and dangers on the way. Moomintroll, 20th-century Finnish literary and comic-strip character, a white, furry creature somewhat resembling a hippopotamus. Poor little chap He had been turned into a very strange. A must-read for adults and children alike. But they make it to the observatory: the professor calculates that a ferocious comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds. Finn Family Moomintroll is the second book in the cult classic Moomin series by Tove Jansson. The brave entourage, Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin face many obstacles, yet also meet new and old friends. The wise professors there must know what the threat from space is all about! The trek is not easy. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his worried friends build the best raft ever and start on a challenging journey to the observatory. Muskrat declares that this is the way things tend to look like before the earth faces an awful fate coming from the sky.

One day Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moomin Valley - everything is grey not just the sky and the river, but the trees, the ground, the Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to ask the well-read Muskrat if he knows what is happening.

Moomintroll and the comet