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Richard Adams ~ illustrations by Nicola Bayley
Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
Most kids born in the seventies of a certain ilk had this book by the author of the classic rabbit novel Watership Down -- of which, the book and subsequent animated feature had a huge impact on me when I was wee, but I digress. This is my original childhood edition, though I think, technically, way back then it belonged to my sister. She loves tigers, and I think the reason might be largely based on these pages.
(As I'm writing this, maybe I should send it to her? Duh.)
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Through woods and swamps, they struggled on,
Crossing on rafts the muddy lakes
Infested with bright water-snakes.
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