“It was the first snow-fall since before New Year, and Moomintroll was greatly surprised.
One flake after the other landed on his warm snout and melted away. He caught several in his paw to admire them for a fleeting moment, he looked towards the sky and saw them sinking down straight at him, more and more, softer and lighter than bird's down.
'Oh, it's like this,' thought Moomintroll. 'I believed it simply formed on the ground somehow.'
The air was milder. There was nothing in sight except falling snow, and Moomintroll was caught by the same kind of excitement he used to feel at times when he was wading out for a swim. He threw off his bath-gown, and himself headlong in to a snowdrift.
'So that's winter too!' he thought. 'You can even like it!”