He's also a friend to the other burrowing animals the foxes share their feast with families of badgers, moles, weasels, and rabbits. Fox is a heroic father, rescuing his family from gunfire and starvation. Fox is a charming story in which the animals outfox the farmers. Parents need to know Roald Dahl's novella Fantastic Mr. Badger describes the home-brewed liquor as tasting like 'melted gold' and 'like drinking sunbeams and rainbows.'ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Fox, and the smallest fox gulp some down. Rat sips away at the cider and doesn't want to share, but Badger, Mr. Fox and Badger find their way into the cellar where Farmer Bean keeps his hard cider. Fox will invent some great idea that will defeat the dreadful three.Mr. There is more than one way to skin a cat and clearly more than one way to fool a farmer.Ī delightful adventure that keeps the pages turning and the hopes alive that the Fantastic Mr. What appears to be the end of all that is known in the world of the fox family, slowly changes into a wondrous turn of events for the entire community of tunnelers and diggers.

Thus begins a wonderful story about overcoming a turn for the worse, working together and keeping a stiff upper lip. When he does emerge, guns blaze and the lovely tail of Mr. Fox lives, the three farmers grab their guns and hide themselves just outside the den door to wait for Mr. Now the three farmers are tired of having their goodies stolen night after night and they put their heads together and create a plan. Fox sneaks down into the valley and goes in search of something tasty. Will it be a chicken from the farm of Farmer Boggis or a duck or good from the farm of Farmer Bunce or maybe a turkey or some cider from the farm of Farmer Bean. Fox and finds out what she'd like to have for dinner. Fox is so fantastic and what tricks he has up his sleeve.Ī fox family lives happily in its snug den above the valley. Fox is determined to outsmart them and save the day, but how can he do so when the three nasty farmer's have them surrounded? See why Mr. Fox, his family, and all the animals that live on the hill become in grave danger. However, those three nasty men know what Mr. Fox would ask his wife what she and the kids would like to eat for dinner, then he would sneak down from the hill they lived on and onto Boogis' chicken farm, Bunce's duck-and-goose farm, or Bean's turkey-and-apple farm and bring home a tasty meal.

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