The Animals of Farthing Wood

After coming all this way, perhaps what's needed is some land of your own inside the

park's boundaries. A sort of a farthing wood within white deer park as long as he's not on my

patch. Scarface threatened everything. Frightened the life out of me he did and he had this horrible

scar on his face. No one is forced to live on farthing land but if you don't remember, you won't

be protected by the oath. It began to grow colder. Winter was coming.

Can't even dig up grubs.

Remember the ouf. That was no farthing wood mouse. Better safe than sorry, Castro.

Of course it is more difficult when the pond is frozen over but on the other hand fish do tend to

be rather sluggish when it's cold which makes our job easier. Say you see with a little

perseverance we can be as successful in winter as in summer.

Then of course we must be careful not to stay in one place too long due to the danger of being

frozen in situ. My old bones are telling me we're in for a hard winter.

The warden knows something too. I saw him putting out hay for the deer this morning.

That's a bad sign. Well at least we've got the oath. How's that supposed to help?

It won't feed us will it? No but it will remind us to look after one another.

Well said Fox. When it comes to survival it is the fittest who emerge triumphant

but we must look after the old ones out. It is the law of nature. We go against nature at our peril.

The fit shall perish with the weak. Take my word for it.

Are there my ease?

Toady not gone into hibernation yet. Just wanted to say goodbye.

Oh dear I'd better get my head down double quick or I'll fall asleep in the open.

I may ease. By toad see you in the spring. We hope.

Toad's right to cold out here in the open. I'm going home get my head down.

Goodbye Badger. Poor old Badger. Peace and last.

I'll see my little baby. Oh your funny swissle I ever seen by darling wizzle.

Do we do we do do we do we do we do we do we do we do.

Can a toad not get a bear sleep around here. Take that my ease.

Oh

helpless helpless one might as well try and crack shellfish.

Oh my goodness aren't I the brainy one.

Are you my dear?

Crayfish how do I like them?

Well I'll eat them if I'm hungry and I am.

Follow me.

No one would have thought the snow would last so long.

Oh this is no use.

You.

Oh it's you what do you want?

You thought you might be hungry girl.

Oh a grab tar ever so.

Buy me more.

Outroed your useless.

Oh wait for me.

I used to see someone's eating.

Oh I say badger do try something.

Well at least it's meat.

Once more speed has got a whole heap of them.

Who wouldn't have. It's fox and fixin you see. Skin and bone.

All the meat eaters say no more.

Whistler has not forgotten the oath. Take all you can carry badger.

You're so good at fishing my dear. You'll soon catch some more.

What do you think about the survival of the fittest now ow?

Don't interrupt while I'm eating.

Feed.

You're not falling wood.

Go away.

You've saved our lives Whistler.

What would I give for one mouse?

What?

I couldn't so much as look at another crayfish.

Oh come on let's go hunting.

I what measurable looking specimens they are.

At least having their own territory keeps them at a suitable distance from us.

I would hate to see our cubs nixing with theirs wouldn't you?

Ah as long as they stay there but just let them put one foe wrong.

It's as though they were keeping us prisoner.

Don't want us poaching on their territory.

But they've got most of the park. We'll starve if we keep to farthing land.

That was the deal. No use fighting about it now.

But look at you.

We'll manage.

Say... how spunk.

The cup razor middle.

I'm warning you one more step.

The stag didn't mean us to be kept prisoner on our own lands.

We can't come on yours.

A you can come on ours.

But if we don't we'll starve.

We can't eat farthing wood creatures because of the oath.

It leaves us very little.

I heartbleed for you.

No man.

There's one thing you have to learn my dear.

My mate is the law around here.

Oh, I thought the stag would.

The stag may be the king, but Scarface holds the power.

No one can better him.

Not even you.

But how dare you.

Vixen.

127, 128, 199.

The 30, 131, 132. It's no good.

Males will go and see how the others are doing.

My goodness, water, winter.

Never seen the light.

Macy.

Macy.

Cool.

Macy.

Fox is king of the castle.

You're the dirty rascal.

Pager.

Pager. Are you there?

Pager.

All right.

So what will you give me for them?

I don't know.

Where did those nuts come from?

Collected them myself, didn't I?

Are you sure you didn't steal them from the web stores?

Were you in a wittery trouble?

Me.

Stay all.

To be a baver.

All right.

What do you want for them?

I want a ball of bread for the night.

What do you mean, Badger's gone?

I looked for him in his set and he wasn't there.

Probably just gone out for a bit.

Nothing to worry about.

But there's just no trace of him.

Oh no.

We were so anxious about getting enough to eat ourselves.

We forgot to take care of him.

He's old, Fox.

All right.

I'll call a meeting.

Maybe we can send out a search party.

Badger lost?

Don't panic.

Don't panic.

Excuse me.