Hummock
Like a hammock, but better. Hummocks are actual, soft-furred, live creatures that grow between trees. They hum according to your mood.
Climb in sleepy and a hummock will gently hum you to sleep. Climb in a bad mood and it will cheer you up with a sunny, upbeat hum. It reads the room.
Old Man Trundle-Humple was once found asleep high up in a hummock on Norma Island. Exactly the intended use.
First seen in Book 7, page 210
Research
e_hummockIn the printed almanac pages (2 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (4)
A Hummock is a live creature that grows between trees and hums according to the occupant's mood.
They are actual live creatures that grow between trees. Hummocks hum, according to your mood. al1:c01:p128
Old Man Trundle-Humple was found asleep high up in a hummock on Norma Island.
We found him asleep high up in a hummock, blissfully unaware of the shenanigans just across the island. b07:c09:p210
Hummocks are actual, soft-furred, live creatures that grow between trees; they hum according to your mood.
They are actual, soft-furred, live creatures that grow between trees. Hummocks hum, according to your mood. b07:c99:p249
If you're sleepy and climb into a hummock, it will gently hum you to sleep; if you're in a bad mood it will cheer you up with a sunny, upbeat hum.
So if you're sleepy, and climb into one, it will gently hum you to sleep. If you're in a bad mood, and climb into one, it will cheer you up with a sunny, upbeat hum. b07:c99:p249
Continuity findings
- Hummock description: soft-furred detail present in b07 but absent in al1 variant
- first_appearance of Hummock cites al1, story debut is b07 first_appearance_review