Mr. Fox steals food nightly from one of the three disgusting and gluttonous farmers who have more than they need. The farmers get mad and set out to kill Mr. Fox. They have a hard time catching him, they destroy the earth trying to get him out of his hole, they waste many man-hours by making their workers surround the woods with weapons and ultimately Mr. Fox with the help of other underground animals finds another way into the farms and go about their stealing in peace while the farmers sit endlessly waiting to kill the fox and any other animals that pop up from the ground. This book teaches you that stealing is ok, as long as it is done against wicked people. That's a fine message and one that kids probably won't be exposed to for the first time by reading this book. Robin Hood is that message too, although this seems a little bit more anarchic in its presentation, maybe it's the drawings, or all the fun the fox has in stealing that makes it seem like a revolution going on that you can dance to.
This book was extremely fun, and I will start to read books like these!
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