None of the other burrowing animals have been able to hunt, and they were all starting to starve.
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None of the other burrowing animals have been able to hunt, and they were all starting to starve.
Mr. Fox thinks of them with disdain.
"My darling," said Mr Fox, "I can smell those stupid men a mile away. I can even smell one from the other. Boggis smells of rotten chicken-skins, Bunce smells of goose-livers, and as for Bean, the fumes of...
Bean wanted to send Bunce down the hole. This is because Bunce is so small, "Down you go, you miserable midget!"