SuitabookAppearance and mistaken interpretation
A howl and a large shadow lead the farmyard characters towards the possibility of a beast, while a prank and a trombone offer other explanations.
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Martin Howard - Author
Andy Janes - Author
A playful farmyard mystery built around mistaken appearances: Bitzer’s hunger, a strange howl and a barn shadow make an ordinary night seem threatening. The humour comes from competing explanations and an apparently outrageous plan.
One dark, misty night at Mossy Bottom Farm, a starving creature creeps silently through the farmyard, waiting to feed. Well, actually, it's just Bitzer the sheepdog with a growling stomach, holding his clipboard as he checks on the flock and chickens. But wait ... what's that howl that's making his fur stand on end? Is it Shaun the sheep playing one of his pranks? The Farmer practicing his trombone? Suddenly the moon appears, and there it is: a hulking shadow on the side of the barn that must be the outline of a ... beast! Are they all doomed, or can Bitzer and his crew concoct a plan that's so madcap it just might work?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA playful farmyard mystery built around mistaken appearances: Bitzer’s hunger, a strange howl and a barn shadow make an ordinary night seem threatening. The humour comes from competing explanations and an apparently outrageous plan.
A howl and a large shadow lead the farmyard characters towards the possibility of a beast, while a prank and a trombone offer other explanations.
The opening uses darkness, mist, a howl, a hulking shadow and the possibility that everyone is doomed. The threat may be comic rather than genuinely dangerous.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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