Henry Carter Hull

Life in the Far Woods tends to be tranquil because the animal denizens are strictly forbidden to kill (or eat!) one another. An elderly detective, Chief Badger, oversees the community and solves its petty crimes, from stolen pine cones to plucked tail feathers. His restless assistant, Badgercat, longs for some excitement -- a desperate crime, a beastly crime! The brash youngster's hopes are realized when some croaking frogs reveal the shocking news...