My foos won't moos

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  • Oos: a river in Germany
  • Moose: name of rivers in New York and Maine, USA and in Canada
  • Fuss: (German) foot
  • My feet won't move.
  • Moos: (German) moss, capturing the way that the woman is transforming into a stone.

This line also refers back to the earlier story of the Mookse and the Gripes (pp. 152-9).