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The Wainscott Weasel
by Tor Seidler
My boyfriend grew up reading this book and every now and then he would talk about it and how wonderful it was, so of course I eventually had to pick it up and try it out.
There were a lot of more mature ideas in this so-called children's book. The story is simple. A weasel falls in love with a fish, but he realizes that that's a very odd thing to do, since they can never be together. He learns that the pond she lives in is threatened by an osprey and a lack of rain, causing the pond to quickly dry up and force the fish into a smaller living area so that the osprey can eat more of them.
He is driven to help her (and another friend he makes along the way) by moving the nest to a different pond. There is no grand evil scheme on the part of the osprey; he is simply a bird, feeding on his natural prey. There is no plot for revenge on the bird by knocking his nest to the ground to shatter it. The weasel is simply trying to make everyone happy without hurting anyone in the process.
I'm impressed. 8/10
There were a lot of more mature ideas in this so-called children's book. The story is simple. A weasel falls in love with a fish, but he realizes that that's a very odd thing to do, since they can never be together. He learns that the pond she lives in is threatened by an osprey and a lack of rain, causing the pond to quickly dry up and force the fish into a smaller living area so that the osprey can eat more of them.
He is driven to help her (and another friend he makes along the way) by moving the nest to a different pond. There is no grand evil scheme on the part of the osprey; he is simply a bird, feeding on his natural prey. There is no plot for revenge on the bird by knocking his nest to the ground to shatter it. The weasel is simply trying to make everyone happy without hurting anyone in the process.
I'm impressed. 8/10