How human，how funny and endearing these mythical little Scandinavian beasties are...This is a terrific book for reading aloud [and] older children will delight in reading the stories themselves．

It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for ad venture！Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff find the Hobgoblin's top hat，all shiny and new and just waiting to be taken home．They soon realize that this is no ordinary hat；it can turn anything--or anyone--into something else！

  Enhanced with Tove Jansson's simple，sprightly drawings，this series of delightful stories about life in MoominValley has enchanted audiences around the world for more than forty years．

LETTER TO THE READER

PREFACE

CHAPTER Ⅰ

CHAPTER Ⅱ

CHAPTER Ⅲ

CHAPTER Ⅳ

CHAPTER Ⅴ

CHAPTER Ⅵ

CHAPTER Ⅶ

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