Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Despite its Hallowe'eny overtones, this durable classic carries an unobtrusive message that applies all year round: bend for your friends and they'll bend for you.

Duck, Cat and Squirrel squabble over a ritual pot of home-made pumpkin soup that requires expert attention from each of them. When Duck steps out of line, and indeed steps out the door, all hell breaks loose - until, of course, the offender sheepishly (duckishly?) returns. And then...

Great fun for smalls from an accomplished author/artist who deserves to be much better known in North America than she is.

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