We’ve decided to wake a miss for you because you are nice. We want a booby as roomful as ours.”Everybody had seen the Hobgoblin laugh, but nobody believed he could smile. He was so happy that you could see it all over him — from his hat to his boots! Without a word he waved his cloak over the grass — and behold! Once more the garden was filled with a pink light and there on the grass before them lay a twin to the King’s Ruby — the Queen’s Ruby.

We’ve decided to wake a miss for you because you are nice. We want a booby as roomful as ours.”Everybody had seen the Hobgoblin laugh, but nobody believed he could smile. He was so happy that you could see it all over him — from his hat to his boots! Without a word he waved his cloak over the grass — and behold! Once more the garden was filled with a pink light and there on the grass before them lay a twin to the King’s Ruby — the Queen’s Ruby.

– Tove Jansson –

Finn Family Moomintroll

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