Wednesday 16 September 2009

Trolls or Hippopotamuses?

As a child I found the Moomins television series quite scary.  I didn't understand the story lines and they always seemed quite dark.  Now I am older I am very fond of these characters and although I wouldn't choose to watch an episode of Tove Jansson creations, in animated form, I do appreciate the simplicity of the characters she created but I am confused as to why they are said to be a family of trolls when clearly they are a family of hippopotamuses, are they not?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If you ask me, they're definitely hippopotamuses. They're nothing like the scary troll I imagine in the Billy Goats Gruff story.