A charming series of adventures for younger readers featuring a family of all sorts of animals that live in the farmyard behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm! Two fantastic stories in one volume! Mossops Last Chance: Theres mice in my barley sacks theres rats in my roof & now theres mice in the corn bin. This time Ive had enough. If you arent up to the job you will have to go." Mossop the old farm cat likes to sleep -- & not much else! So when Farmer Rafferty tells him to catch twenty-six mice by sunset all the animals have to pull together to give Mossop one last chance! Albertine Goose Queen: " Good morning Madam Ive come to eat you. Your friends have all gone. Theres no one to help you now. Theyre all very stupid arent they?" A fox is on the loose & all the animals except Albertine the goose have hidden themselves inside. Albertine is safe on her island in the pond -- at least so she thinks until the fox starts swimming towards her!"