They find themselves in the Lonely Mountains and set off towards the Observatory. The river takes them into a cave under the mountains where they almost fall into a hole, but at the last moment a Hemulen inadvertently rescues them when he mistakes Snufkin's harmonica-playing for a rare caterpillar and reaches his butterfly net into the cave to catch it. Moomintroll and Sniff set sail towards the Lonely Mountains, and on the way they meet Snufkin, who joins them. He directs Moomintroll to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains, where the Professors would be able to tell him whether the comet will hit the Earth. Back at Moominhouse, the Muskrat, a philosopher whose home was ruined by Moominpappa's bridge-building and who is now staying with them, explains that the pearls depict a comet. The next day, as they go back to the cave, they find the pearls arranged in the shape of a star with a tail. Meanwhile, Sniff and the Silk Monkey find a cave, and the three decide to hide Moomintroll's pearls there. As he and Moomintroll explore it, they meet the mischievous Silk Monkey and arrive at a beach, where Moomintroll goes pearl-fishing. Sniff, who is now living with the Moomins, discovers a mysterious path in a nearby forest. The story begins as the Moomin family are settling into their new life in Moominvalley.
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