Something peculiar is going on in the village of Mud Flat today. Mr. Duffy has disappeared in a puff of green smoke, and Brian woke up with his head on backward. Doris is greeted by a singing tree, and poor Lila sniffs a rose that promptly squirts her in the eye. What is this strange brand of spring fever?
The New Yorker cartoonist turns his prodigious talent for comedy to the tale of Hubie, a mousekin hounded by a phobic-level fear, strangely enough, of islands. When he is stranded on a deserted outcropping, he has got to go in for behavior mod in a big way.
The animals of Mud Flat decide to let the games begin in their unique version of Olympic competition. From the “Deepest Hole Contest” to the “River-Cross Freestyle,” readers will chuckle with the furry Olympians.