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I remember liking this story as a child, but reading it as an adult is more eye-opening. It's a good morality tale for children, but full of very adult moral themes as well, such as this one:
Chapter 34: "...'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' 'Ah!...I should think they never saw it. No doubt it is very fine when there is no enemy, when it is just exercise and parade, and sham-fight. Yes, it is very fine then; but when thousands of good brave men and horses are ki ...more
Chapter 34: "...'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' 'Ah!...I should think they never saw it. No doubt it is very fine when there is no enemy, when it is just exercise and parade, and sham-fight. Yes, it is very fine then; but when thousands of good brave men and horses are ki ...more
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I quite liked this book as some of the themes throughout are quiet adult and maybe too serious for young children to wrap their heads around. Religion is a large them and also the issue of being a good person in general. It is a very emotive text and as it is told from the perspective of the animals, you really travel with them and the live the positions that they are in. ...more
I quite liked this book as some of the themes throughout are quiet adult and maybe too serious for young children to wrap their heads around. Religion is a large them and also the issue of being a good person in general. It is a very emotive text and as it is told from the perspective of the animals, you really travel with them and the live the positions that they are in. ...more
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