A greedy fox who lives up on a hill gazes down at a plump hen. He watches her eat and eat and each day she becomes plumper still. So the fox decides to wait for her to fatten up before he sneaks down to farm in search of his meal. In doing so, he gets thinner and thinner. When the hen is so big that only her enormous head can be seen squeezing out of her coop, the skinny, desperate fox runs down the hill to gobble her up. But this is a story with a very unexpected ending . . . A great story to enjoy at Easter time and beyond if you're looking for something with more 'bite' than chocolate!
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Born "a nice Jewish boy", in North London, Richard Waring did a variety of jobs before becoming a writer of children,s books. From bus conductor to theatre director, it was teaching that really ignited Richard,s passion. He has worked as a lecturer at Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Sussex Universities and now teaches secondary. Richard started writing children,
More about Richard WaringCaroline has also had Wobble Bear and Wobble Bear Says Yellow published with OUP. Other titles include Do Your Ears Hang Low (Chicken House), Mouse in the Marmalade (Hodder), Tortoise in the Toilet (Hodder). She lives in Farnham, Surrey.
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