Friends who let him help."'Ĭat and Squirrel had no idea things would turn out like this. 'Then the cat whispered in a sad little voice, "Duck might have found some better friends. They remember how much they care about him and feel guilty for the earlier fight: Of course they are scared but they press on for the sake of their friend. He's out alone, in the dark and who knows what could happen? Squirrel and Cat pluck up their courage and venture out into the cold, dark woods with the trees, the foxes, the wolves and the witches, and the bears. They begin to wish they'd let him stir the soup. Their soup tastes awful too it's salty because Duck wasn't there to tip in 'just enough'.
Cat and Squirrel do start to worry then, especially when soup time comes and Duck is still missing. Lunchtime comes and goes and there is no sign of Duck, teatime comes and goes and still he hasn't returned. Duck packs his barrow with his own necessities and he's off leaving Cat and Squirrel to clean up the mess of spilled soup. They hide under the dining room table, their Action Man back packs filled with essentials - er.dinosaur stickers, toy tanks, dummies, teddies - you know the kind of things I'm sure. My children go off in very large huffs, especially if their desires are thwarted. It's trouble, it's big, big, big trouble. The three friends argue and fight, soup goes everywhere:ĭoes that sound at all familiar? I'll bet it does. One day Duck takes a fancy to soup stirring. Each has a job to do and things are happy and peaceful.
They work in harmony, these three friends, even at bedtime when they 'pop off to bed, in a quilt stitched together by the Cat, embroidered by the Squirrel and filled with fine feathers by the Duck'. Cat slices the pumpkin, Squirrel cooks and stirs and Duck 'scoops up a pipkin of salt, and tips just enough in'. They always have a huge pan of the best pumpkin soup you ever tasted sitting on the stove. They play music during the autumn evenings Cat has bagpipes, Squirrel has a banjo and Duck sings. If they like it, you can always buy it!Ĭat, Squirrel and Duck live in an old white cabin deep in the woods.
It perhaps overdoes the sentimentality, but is certainly worth borrowing from the library. Summary: Beautifully illustrated, simple, rhythmic and with some useful messages about friendship and loyalty, Pumpkin Soup is a class act of a picture book.
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