![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A previous fox wasn't so lucky and there are some horrible descriptions of what happens to these poor creatures and their babies.Īpart from the cruelty and the attitude towards weight the rest of the story is wonderful. Tommy sees a black fox, it is not long before the dad has dug out the baby with a spade and put it in a cage in the hope it's poor mother will come to rescue it whilst the is able to. He scoops them out with a spoon, they laugh at this and how the threat of the fact you might have the bushbaby spoon is used to stop Hazeline's overeating. ![]() The dad finds it amusing that there are babies in it's pouch. The animal killing was brutal, they kill a bush baby and they all laugh at it being the most ugly thing they have every seen. I loved the relationship between Tommy and Petie, their friendship was wonderful, I loved their love of reading, their letters to each other and the way that although Tommy was bored at first, his boredom led him to discover new wonders. Without this awful treatment of animals and the way Hazeline's engagement was broken off because it was in common agreement she need to lose a stone or more, this would have been a 4:or 5 star. There was such depressing animal cruelty in this book which was of course completely realistic of the time this was set. ![]()
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