I just want to say - always drop by here and enjoy reading the old moomin strips.

Thanks for posting them;

But is the sprout an animal or a plant?

If anyone wants to watch this, here's a compilation of how the 1990 TV show adapted the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYhffeCE-TU

Broadly the same, but differences like no zoologist Hemulen