Let’s get the first question on everyone’s lips out there
from the start: They might be hamsters, or guineapigs, or mice, or gerbils, or
something else. It does not matter. They are seven furry brothers and they are
small and cute and that’s all that really matters for the story. So let’s read
on.
“The trouble is, if you grow up in a small dark hole, even
if you start out tiny, there comes a time when you’ve grown too big and the you
have to go … out into the world.”
Then our seven furry brothers need a hole to replace the one
they have outgrown, for they are scared their “EARS WILL FREEZE!”
Hehehe. Love it.
So, they don some hole-like objects that allow them to feel
safe while they journey to find a new home-hole. Only one of them has a hole in
his hole, and he alone can see.
So, terrain after terrain they traverse blindly, each with
something to say until, horror of horrors, a beast steals away the brother who
can see. At first they are too scared to do anything, but then they realised
they have journeyed far and across treacherous terrains, so of course they can
rescue their brother. Then, their mobile-homes/holes come in handy in subduing
the beast in what is a rather funny spread.
Finally, they find a hole in the fence and realise that in
it is their new home, for in that hole “is the whole world … and it is home.”
This book never fails to leave me smiling.
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