He got a little greyer as he got older, but when he talked about himself he still said “I’m little white Moosie”, even though he was hardly little together with his “handlers’, he reached Mike’s nose. Moosie had white fur, especially in his younger days. Moosie loved to stick his nose about and smell everything around him. His front legs had short paws that barely reached around his belly. Moose usually have four hooves, but Moosie had only two, so he walked on his hind legs. He had soft little hooves at the end of his legs. Mike would explain to him that they’re not “handlers’, but “antlers’, but Moosie would answer that other animals may have antlers, but he had “handlers’. “It’s that way!” Moosie said, pointing behind him with his paw, so that north was always behind his back. “And where is the North?” little Mike would ask. Moosie himself said he came from the North. Mike didn’t remember how he got there or where he came from. Those of you who want to read them can read them those of you who don’t, don’t have to. But there are explanations for most of the hard words at the bottom of the page. So I wish to beg the forgiveness of those youngest readers among you for using so many complicated words that you don’t know. But it’s hard to please adults what’s more, they like long, educated words. So I decided to help them, by writing a book in which adults will find something to laugh at too. Adults usually get bored reading books out loud to children. You see, I wanted to please all my readers at the same time, both big and small. Because home is the place we go back to with our friends after all our sojourns.īut I should warn you straight off that this book is a bit unusual.
It’s all about the sea, ships, wild animals, pirates and Flying Dutchmen.