Amos & Boris by William Steig Newbery Honor the animals of the nearby

the animals of the nearby farm try to distract her

Her keen observations come as narrative (following a fox) or as manual (building a house) or as poems masquerading as description ("I have seen bluefish arc and sled across the water

And going to the doctor can be pretty scary

Does it seem that they in turn study you

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Amos & Boris by William Steig Newbery Honor the animals of the nearbyAmos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal. They meet after Amos sets out to sea in his homemade boat, the Rodent, and soon finds himself in extreme need of rescue. Enter Boris. But there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life of whaling about and Amos has gone back to his life of mousing around, when the tiny mouse