Proud Rooster and the Fox
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The illustration (by George Smith) on our front cover this month is taken from Pete Johnson's Everything Changes (see the Pete Johnson Authorgraph for details). We are grateful to Reed Books for their help in using this cover.
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This is the story of a clever, but proud, rooster who thinks he can beat the fox. Every time fox tries to steal a hen, the rooster calls 'Cock-a-doodle-doo' loudly and the farmer comes out with his gun to shoot the villain. However, one afternoon the fox persuades all the farm animals to play hide-and-seek with him and rooster has to call so much that he loses his voice. Finally fox is able to take the hens away triumphantly, but he does have an alternative motive for capturing them ...
