![]() ![]() ![]() The animals miss the Folks, but there is also no question that they will eventually return. ![]() Yes, the animals are faced with surviving a difficult winter, but the reader doesn't really doubt that they will survive it. By contrast, The Tough Winter lacks an overarching conflict to carry the story. Because the characters were uncertain about the Folks, the ending, in which their kindness toward animals was revealed, was an emotional moment and a satisfying one. In Rabbit Hill, details were revealed in such a way that the reader had a clear motivation to keep reading: to find out what sort of people the Folks would turn out to be. Though its text and illustrations are quite good, The Tough Winter is just not as distinctive as Rabbit Hill. When some of the animals are forced to leave the Hill in search of food, Uncle Analdas decides he's had enough, and he sets out to find the Folks and bring them home again. ![]() The Caretaker doesn't put out any garbage worth eating, and once the snow begins to fall, food becomes more and more scarce. The Folks have gone to the Bluegrass country to weather the colder months, and they have left a Caretaker and his mean dog to look after their property. In this sequel to Rabbit Hill, gloomy rabbit Uncle Analdas and all the other animals on the Hill are dreading a tough winter. ![]()
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