Hawthorn Children's Classics
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"The whole world is full of dead things," said Esther. "In every bush there is a bird, a butterfly, a mouse. Someone must be kind and look after them. Someone must make a sacrifice and see that all these things are buried."
"Who must?" I asked.
"We must," she said.
Esther was very brave. I was little and scared. One summer’s day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther’s little brother, Puttie, cried.
"Who must?" I asked.
"We must," she said.
Esther was very brave. I was little and scared. One summer’s day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther’s little brother, Puttie, cried.
This story shows that the final stages of life need not be a 'difficult' subject. A beautiful book that children love ? it is one of Sweden's bestselling and most borrowed children's books ?yGoodbye Mr Muffinywon the 2002 Swedish August Prize. Voted book of the year by a children's poll in both the Swedish Book Jury Prize (2002) and the French Chronos Prize for Youth Literature (2008?2009)