What do these children find in it? This is not asked truculently, but in genuine curiosity. I know it was long ago, but I have a vivid recollection of my own childhood, & of my literary tastes at the time. I liked plenty of story, incident, things happening — all of which just don't seem to be present here. The whole thing seems so uneventful as to be practically rarefied away (a 'wild rumpus' — they swing from the trees - wowzer!). And of course the intelligent child will get the point of the 3-word final sentence — that none of it had happened really anyway, it was all in his mind.

What is the appeal, please? ··· to you who are responding so enthusiastically with regard to the book, & to the children you share it with who, you assure me, love it so. I repeat - I am not trying to be aggressive or to put anyone down. I am genuinely puzzled.