![]() One is about how family is not simply one you are born with, but one that you make yourself. It’s a sad but sweet ending.Įven if the story is sweet and meaningful, my favorite part was the prominent themes. But she finds out the weasel is a mother simply trying to feed her babies too, and thus agrees to die to help another mother. Sprout raises the duck and names it Greentop, only to have Greentop want to join those of his own and fly north in the spring with the flock, leaving Sprout to die alone. Of course, the egg is not a chicken, but instead a duck. The weasel, who is the main antagonist of the book, has killed the mother and thus Sprout finally gets her chance to be a mother. ![]() So Sprout gets out of the coop and lives on her own for a while, until she discovers an egg alone. The illustrations are plain but sweet, and the story is short, but the themes are incredibly meaningful.Īlso, this is going to be a spoiler review, so I’ll be getting into major spoilers in the next paragraph. The characters have basic motivations (Greentop wants to be part of a group, Sprout wants to have a baby, etc.), and yet they are all understandable. Despite this book being a pretty simple story, it imparts surprisingly deep messages. Just look at Watership Down and Animal Farm. ![]() ![]() I am always intrigued by books which try to tell meaningful, human stories through the eyes of animals. ![]()
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