"But perhaps, just maybe." suggested Hedgehog, "Mr Billy Goat saw a big
hole in the road and sealed it off so no one would fall in."
A beautifully-illustrated picture book for young readers, that teaches
children to have the patience to look past annoyances, and not judge
people too quickly.
Duck and Hedgehog wheel their broken bicycles to Mrs. Hoopoe's Bicycle
Shop to their flat tires fixed. Suddenly, Cat whizzes past them on her
motorcycle, leaving Duck and Hedgehog choking on clouds of dust. Duck is
annoyed, but Hedgehog suggests that maybe Cat is rushing off to see her
injured sister.
Afterwards, Duck and Hedgehog have to navigate around a rock rolled into
the street by Mr. Billy Goat. Once again, Duck is irritated, but
Hedgehog wonders if Mr. Billy Goat was trying to fill a pothole in the
road. When Duck and Hedgehog, tired and hungry, want to snack on
raspberries along the way, they discover that Mrs. Fox has picked all
the fruit.
Duck is understandably grumpy, but Hedgehog imagines Mrs. Fox might have
picked the berries to share with friends. Finally, at Mrs. Bird's
Bicycle Shop, Duck and Hedgehog catch up with Cat, Mr. Billy Goat and
Mrs. Fox.
As everyone enjoys raspberry juice together, Duck realizes that Hedgehog
was right all along, and that his friends each had good reasons for
unintentionally creating the earlier problems!