A soft toy was stolen from a library in Helsinki – Then the Czech ambassador decided to act. The Czech ambassador was upset when he read about the Myyrä plush toy stolen from the Laajasalo library. The embassy donated its own Krtek (“Mole”) to replace the missing one. (Google translate)

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1. (Fixed a couple of mistakes from the translation. “Skinny” for “halittava”, “huggable”, WTF google?)

   “A large Myyrä soft toy was stolen from THE LAAJASALO LIBRARY IN HELSINKI AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY. On the library’s Facebook page, a search notice was posted with the following characteristics: “about one meter tall, red nose, huggable”.

   The mole is a Czech animated character created in the 1950s, and it is familiar to many former and present children from books and TV.

   Despite the search notice, the mole was not heard from again. Library director Sami Rainio says that at the end of last week, a criminal complaint was filed about the theft. The capture of the mole was recorded on surveillance cameras.”

   “AROUND THE SAME time, however, the library received a contact from the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

   “The embassy had noticed from a newspaper that the Mole had disappeared, and contacted us, telling that the embassy has a similar giant Mole”, says Rainio.

   The ambassador of the Czech Republic, Adam Vojtĕch, says that the news of the Myyrä theft shocked the embassy. He calls Myyrä/Krtek one of the most prominent Czech ambassadors because the character is so familiar to many people.

   The Myyrä plush that lives in the embassy seemed like a fitting solution to the annoyance caused by the theft.

   “I told my colleagues that we should give our Mole to the library.””