My daughter, Selena, loves Julia Donaldson's books, especially the books about The Gruffalo. So, every time I take her to the library, she picks at least one of her books. Some time ago, I was reading her one of the Gruffalo series books, The Gruffalo's Child. In that book, the Gruffalo's child asks about the big bad mouse who lives in the snowy forest. The Gruffalo describes the mouse, saying he is strong, his eyes are big, his tail is very long, and he has got whiskers thicker than wires. Then, the Gruffalo's child goes out to find this mouse on a snowy night.
During his journey, he finds animals that match one or a few of the characteristics that his father had described, but none matches all of them. At the end, only ...
