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Title: Not what I expected...and wouldn't recommend
Review: My daughters, who are now 7 and 10, have loved Frank Asch's books in the past, so we thought we would enjoy this. The illustrations by his son are wonderful, but we did not enjoy the story. It seems to be a subtle, or not so subtle, commercial for a vegetarian lifestyle. The words used to describe the cat make anyone who would dare to eat meat out to be the villain. It's not enough that the poor "naked" mouse is served live on a platter to the cat at a restaurant, the mouse is left to somewhat bargain for his life.I'm sorry if I missed the higher nuance of this story, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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