![]() ![]() I always associate the story of fantastic Mr fox with the fox from the poem The Fox’s Foray. He comes up with a marvelous plan to save his family from those loathsome farmers and also save the other animals from starvation. However, Mr Fox is no ordinary fox, he is a fantastic fox as his wife calls him. The Fox family and the other animals of the wood are in a dire predicament because of the machines. Their resolve to kill Mr Fox is so adamantine that when their initial plan to kill him fails, they hire machinery to dig up the fox hole and all the land surrounding it. They are enraged and mean to kill Mr Fox and rid themselves of him once and for all. ![]() We begin the story at a point where Mr Fox has pinched one too many chickens and the three farmers have had enough. Boggis is a chicken farmer, Bunce is a goose farmer and Bean brews cider. These three are the villains of the story. Mr Fox is our protagonist of course, and a very wily fox is he! All he cares about is looking after Mrs Fox and their four little foxes with the spoils he pilfers from the three farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Roald Dahl sure knows how to tell a story. So much so that I just had to recommend it. I recently listened to the audiobook of Fantastic Mr Fox read by Martin Jarvis. These horrible crooks so different in looks were nonetheless equally mean!” “ Boggis, and Bunce, and Bean one fat, one short, one lean. ![]()
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