The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business: 30th anniversary edition (CBH Children / Picture Books)

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The rabbit's poop sounds like Snoop Dogg's rendition of a semi automatic weapon, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "rat-a-tat tat dat ass." I find little enjoyment in “Gastric emission” stories that are popular today, however, this one has an educational component and is quite amusing.

Anyway, those are minor issues of contention in the debate over this book's quality. Overall it is an interesting read with a bittersweet chocolate twist at the end. Okay so maybe you have to read it to get the appeal, but it truly is a funny and delightful book, that says a lot without actually saying anything. Even the title has a double-meaning: "business" referring to going to the toilet, meaning that the mole knew he hadn't gone to the toilet on his own head. But it also refers to the expression, mind your own business.So obviously this book is the best book in the world. Minnie thinks it's hilariously funny and loves pushing the buttons and then covering her face and snorting with laughter as the sound of the pooing animal is made. The mole, being short-sighted, can't see who did it, so he asks all the animals around, but they show him how they do it and he can see that their poo is quite different (and all the while there's this big turd still on his head). Whoever said ‘it’s impossible to rub a mole the wrong way’ had never met this little mole, who gets very salty and vengeful. Mind you, can’t say I’d be happy if someone pooped on my head, either. Chicago Tribune, Illinois, April 26, 1935

The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth follows the quest of a mole as he tries to find out who did their business on his head. This is a difficult mission for a short-sighted mole! As he asks his neighbours, mole learns that poo comes in many shapes and sizes. He asks a horse, hare, cow and pig if the business on top of his head was their business - it wasn't. Eventually the experts in this business, the flies, explain that it was the work of the dog. Mole gets his revenge and carries on with his day. ​This funny tale creates a great setting through which children can explore: Owls consume prey such as mice, voles and smaller birds whole. When the prey reaches the first stomach, digestive juices start to break down the soft tissues. After this, the partially digested remains enter a second stomach called the gizzard. Here, the indigestible parts are compacted into a sausage-shaped pellet, which hours later, is pushed up and out of the beak! The mole needed help to find out who had done a poo on his head. Each creature has a different diet and therefore their poo is different. Owl pellets however come out from the other end. They are in fact,all the parts of creatures such as voles, shrews and mice that an owl cannot digest, assembled into a handy pellet, which the owl regurgitates.There is no single great big struggle in this story, in which the mole must endure encounters with a number of animals. But the encounters do escalate — each pooh is worse than the last one, with the cow pancake being the worst of the lot. He does get spattered in poo, which can be likened to wounds in a big struggle. ANAGNORISIS OF THE LITTLE MOLE WHO KNEW IT WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGICAL EPIPHANY