Roald Dahl 
Fantastic Mr Fox 

‘On a hill above the valley there was a wood.
In the wood there was a huge tree. Under the tree there was a hole.
In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes. . . ‘
Mr Fox is a very clever fox – every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the nearby farms.
Chickens from Farmer Boggis , ducks and geese from Farmer Bunce , and turkeys from Farmer Bean .
But now the farmers have had enough, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of Mr Fox for good!
But what they don»t know is Mr Fox has some help, and a fantastic escape plan of his own…

The text in this edition of Fantastic Mr Fox was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.