Tuesday 15 April 2014

They didn't write books like this in my day............what a pity!

Not your typical bedtime story to read to young ones but, if you are not already familiar with it, it's one I'd recommend. The plot is simple: read on but I'd better give you a spoiler alert in advance.

A terrible catastrophe befalls the little mole one bright, sunny morning. It looks a little like a sausage, and the worst thing is that it lands right on his head. So our plucky little hero sets out to find out who has left their business on his head. He approaches various animals--birds, cows, rabbits, horses, pigs--and asks them if they poohed on his head. To prove their innocence, the animals pooh so that the mole will see that their pooh looks different! A horsey example follows:

Finally, after some help from two manure eating flies, he comes across a dog and realises he has found his culprit. He then poohs on the dog's head in a fitting act of revenge. That's it! Simple but funny. And YouTube has an animated version for all to enjoy. 


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