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Short story

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 in Children's literature

Children's literature

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 by Nankichi Niimi. It was first published in 1943 after his death. The story talks about a fox child who go to the nearby town to buy some gloves.　

Plot

When a cold winter comes to the forest, a little fox

Fox

Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

 awakens one morning to the magic of a first snow-fall. His romp in the snow is cut short, however, when his cold, wet paws turn peony colored. What he needs, his mother decides, are some woolen mittens the size of his little paws

Paws

Paws Incorporated. was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis, it is an American comic book studio and production company. It was founded to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing. It is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a staff of nearly 50 artists and licensing administrators...

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So begins an overnight journey into the village where humans live, to buy a pair of mittens and where, along the way, the little fox learns that people are more complicated creatures than he thought.