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the hat
when lisas woolen stocking flies off the clothesline hedgie finds it and pokes his nose in . he tries to pull it out but the stocking gets stuck on his prickles and the fun begins . br a mother hen comes by then a noisy goose a talkative barn cat a playful farm dog a mama pig and her piglets and a pony . they all laugh at hedgie especially when he pretends hes wearing a new hat . but in the end it is clever hedgie who has the last laugh . br and where is lisa when all of this is going on shes in the borders getting ready for winter until she realizes her stocking is missing and she enters the story to look for it . br jan bretts luminous paintings of a scandinavian farm and the forest around it are bathed in northern light as the snow begins to fall and the story begins in this delightfully original companion book to the mitten .
hardcover putnam publishing group 1997 isbn 0399231013
abridged n isbn 13 9780399231018 number of pages 32 publisher penguin group usa release date 62135769600000