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Fantastic Mr. Fox. Farmer Bogus, Farmer Bunce, and Farmer Bean were rich. They were also mean.

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Bogus was a fat chicken farmer who ate three chickens every day. Bunce was a short duck

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farmer who also loved food. Bean was a tall, thin turkey and apple farmer. He never ate,

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but he drank cider from his apples. He loved it. On a hill above the three farms,

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there was a wood. In that wood, in a hole under a big tree, a clever fox lived with Mrs. Fox

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and their four small foxes. Every evening, Mr. Fox went down to one of the farms and took a nice

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fat chicken or a duck or a turkey for their dinner. The farmers hated Mr. Fox. They wanted

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to kill him and his family. I've got an idea, said Bean. Let's hide outside his hole tomorrow

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night and catch him. But where is his hole? We don't know, said Bunce. Bean was excited.

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I can take you there, he said. It's under a big tree in the middle of the wood.

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That night, the farmers waited at the big tree. Let's have bunces duck tonight, said Mrs. Fox

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below them. Mr. Fox looked out into the night. All was quiet. But what was that? It was a gun.

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Mr. Fox ran back into his hole.

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Bang! And again. Bang! Bang!

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Did we get him? shouted Bean.

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Bogus, Bunce, and Bean walked to the hole under the big tree.

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And there on the ground was Mr. Fox's tail.

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Oh no! We got the tail, but not the fox, said Bean.

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What can we do now? asked Bunce. Let's dig him out, Bean said angrily, him and his family.

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Good idea, said Bogus. Start digging, shouted Bean. There was no food that night. Mrs. Fox and the

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small foxes quickly went to sleep. Mr. Fox could not sleep. He had no tail now. Suddenly, he heard

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a noise above him. Wake up, he shouted. They're digging us out. Mrs. Fox began to cry. I've got

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an idea, Mr. Fox said. Foxes are better diggers than men. Mr. Fox started digging. Help me,

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all of you. Dig down. We have to go deep. The hole got deeper and deeper. After about an hour,

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Mr. Fox stopped and listened. All was quiet. They can't catch us now, he said. You see,

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children, your father saves us again, said Mrs. Fox. He's a fantastic fox. Mr. Fox smiled.

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The next day, the farmers tried again. This time they used big black diggers.

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bogus drove one kill the fox he shouted bean drove one too what's that noise asked mrs fox

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she looked up suddenly there was a hole above them diggers cried mr fox they're using diggers

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are trees coming down dig for your lives dig dig dig don't stop little ones shouted mrs

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fox? The small foxes dug faster and faster. The diggers ate into the ground and pulled out trees

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and rocks, but the farmers could not catch the foxes. They dug all day and the hole got bigger

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and bigger. At six o'clock, the farmers stopped. What do we do now? asked Bunce angrily.

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let's stay here day and night said bean he has to come out but he can dig under the hill and get

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away bogus said we must put men round the hill said bean i've got 35 men said bogus i've got 36

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bun said i've got 37 bean said with all these men he can't get away for three nights the farmers

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waited the foxes were hungry now i've got an idea said mr fox but we have to dig again

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We can dig, shouted the small foxes. I'm too weak, said Mrs. Fox. The other foxes started digging.

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They dug for hours, down then up. Suddenly, there was a floor above their heads.

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Mr. Fox pushed the wood up. Hurrah, he cried. We're here. And there in front of them were hundreds

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of chickens. They were in Bogus's chicken house. Mr. Fox killed three chickens and gave them to

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his oldest child. Take these to your mother, he said. Mr. Fox went back into the tunnel and pulled

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the wood down after him. Now we dig a second tunnel, he said to the three small foxes.

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suddenly they heard a noise it was badger we're all hungry fox badger said we can't get out

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there are men with guns up there it's your fault they're looking for you badger bring your family

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and friends to my house we've got a lot of chickens help me dig a tunnel first badger

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said Mr. Fox. After some more digging, they were under a different floor. Mr. Fox pushed it up and

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looked inside. Yes, he shouted, Bunce's storehouse. There were hundreds of fat ducks. Take some ducks,

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children, and some vegetables. The rabbits are going to be at our party and they don't eat meat.

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two of the small foxes took the food back to their mother let's go to beans now said mr fox

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but isn't this wrong we're stealing badger said those farmers want to kill us badger

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we're not going to kill them we want a little food our children have to eat

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hmm said badger yes you're right mr fox and badger dug a third tunnel and came to the wall

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of an underground room mr fox pulled out a rock and they went in there were hundreds of bottles

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but there's no food here said badger we've got food said mr fox we're looking for drinks now

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This is Bean's cider house, and his cider tastes wonderful.

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Suddenly, there was a noise.

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A big woman was on the stairs.

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Hide, said Mr. Fox.

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The woman looked around the room.

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There's a bad smell down here, Mrs. Bean, she shouted.

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Bring the cider up, Mabel, shouted Mrs. Bean.

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Mabel took two bottles and went upstairs take a bottle and let's go said Mr. Fox and they ran

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all the animals were at Mr. Fox's house round a big table they ate and ate then Badger stood up

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to Mr. Fox thank you to our friend he said he saved our lives today

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the animals held up their glasses i only want to say one thing said mrs fox my husband is a

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fantastic fox thank you my friends said mr fox this party is wonderful but now we must think

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about tomorrow the farmers want to kill us but we don't have to go out again we can use the tunnels

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for food and drink and we can live here in our little underground town. The animals all laughed

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and shouted happily. Outside the fox's hole, Bogus and Buns and Bean sat with their guns.

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It was cold and wet. He has to come out, Bogus said. He has to eat, said Buns. He has to drink,

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said Bean. They sat next to the hole and waited for the fox. And they sat and they sat and they sat.