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Most Swedish people know this brilliant nonsense poem, which in my humble opinion is as good as anything in Lewis Carroll. But it's so hard to convey the attraction of poetry to people who don't know the language. When you translate it, Tove Jansson's wonderful airy soufflé just falls flat.
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In this brilliant nonsense poem, which easily stands comparison with Lewis Carroll, Mumintroll is on his way home with a can of milk when he enters the dangerous-looking woods around nightfall:
Från mjölkbutiken, klockan femAs on all the pages, the last line is Vad tror du att det hände sen?, " ...more
Ett litet mumintroll gick hem
En kanna full med mjölk han bar
Och vägen lång och kuslig var
Och vinden suckade och ven
I skogens alla mörka trän
Det var ej långt från skymningen
Vad tror du att det hände sen?
