I lost sight of this book for a while and was
delighted when it came back into print. Warton the toad straps on his skis to visit his
Aunt Toolia, who lives on the other side of the woods.
But a hungry owl interrupts the tiny toad's
journey and whisks him away to his home in a large oak. "It was dark inside, and
smelled musty. The owl sat the toad in a corner and stepped back. He gave him a piercing
look. . . . The little toad got up all his courage and looked right at the owl. 'Are . . .
are you going to eat me?'
"The owl
opened his yellow eyes wide. 'Am I going to eat you? Of course I'm going to eat you!"
Warty, as the owl disparagingly calls him, is going to be his birthday treat next Tuesday.
Today is Thursday. That's only five days away! Not a lot of time to change some old and
entrenched habits - not a lot of time to win the grumpy old owl's pity.
Warton learns that the owl has no name . . . because he has no friends to call him
a name. So Warton gives him a name: George. Without really even trying, Warton gives
George something else that will entirely change the course of both of their futures. Can a
toad and an owl be friends? Well, read this perfectly wonderful story and find out!B01P125 -
Paperback 64 pp - $7.50 |
