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0原著作者｜罗尔德·达尔 Roald Dahl
- Today let me tell you the story of Fantastic Mr Fox
- This book has been translated into sixty-eight languages with over twenty million copies sold
- Wes Anderson made it into an animated film that got an Oscar nomination
- J K Rowling called it a classic every child must read
- The story takes place in a valley
- Three farmers control everything in the valley
- Boggis raises chickens
- Bunce raises ducks
- and Bean raises geese
- They have money power and guns
- Anyone who dares touch their things is in for trouble
- Below in the valley lives a fox family
- Mr Fox Mrs Fox and four hungry little foxes
- Mr Fox is clever
- Every night he goes to borrow a little food
- A chicken a duck a goose
- He never takes too much and never wastes
- But the three farmers would not let it go
- The three farmers got together and shouted
- That fox is stealing from us again
- They grabbed their guns
- Started up the excavators
- And stormed toward the fox den
- Get him out
- Get his whole family out
- Not one fox will survive
- Rumble rumble
- The excavators went to work
- Inside the fox den the little foxes trembled with fear
- Daddy will we die
- Mr Fox looked at his children with steady eyes
- No
- We have something more powerful than excavators
- What is it
- Wisdom
- Mr Fox started digging
- He led the children deeper
- Toward the farmers stores
- Follow me
- Dig to their chicken coop
- The little foxes followed their father
- You dig for a while I dig for a while
- Above ground the excavators roared
- Below ground the fox family moved silently forward
- Suddenly Mr Fox stopped
- We are here
- Where
- Right under Boggis chicken house
- Mr Fox gently opened a hole
- Reached in and grabbed three of the fattest chickens
- Remember we only take what we need
- Keep going
- Dig to Bunce duck house
- Then dig to Bean wine cellar
- Tonight we will invite all our neighbors to dinner
- The news spread
- The rabbits came the badger came
- The moles came too
- Every animal that the three farmers had bullied
- All came
- Deep underground lights blazed bright
- The long table was covered with food
- Roast chicken roast duck roast goose
- And Bean's treasured apple wine
- Mr Fox raised his glass
- Tonight we are not thieves
- We are survivors
- Right now they are still up there guarding
- Waiting for us to come out
- But we we are having a feast down here
- The animals cheered
- Long live Fantastic Mr Fox
- Above ground the three farmers still guarded the den
- He will come out eventually
- Yes a fox always comes out to find food
- They had no idea the fox family was enjoying a feast below
- They would never think this feast would last very very long
- Why is Fantastic Mr Fox worth reading
- Because it tells children
- When power presses down on you
- Head-on collision is not the only choice
- Wisdom is stronger than strength
- Unity is more powerful than loneliness
- True courage is not being unafraid
- True courage is moving forward even when afraid
- Mr Fox protected his family with wisdom
- And won victory through unity
- The three farmers kept waiting
- Waiting for a fox that would never come out
- And the animals in the valley finally understood
- The real strong ones are not those with guns
- But those who use wisdom to protect their families
