And while I am, indeed, glad that once the fox has managed to return with milk, the peasant woman sews its tail back on, she really should not have cut off the fox's tail in the first place, basically, a rather heavy over-reaction of violence towards a simple case of petty thievery and after all, the fox was indeed very thirsty (and thus obviously needed to slake its thirst). However, although I do appreciate the cumulative aspect of One Fine Day (and think that there is an important message of give and take, of the fact that one often has to give in order to receive presented by Nonny Hogrorian), the (in my opinion) uncalled for violence of the poor fox having its tail cut off simply because it stole milk from a peasant woman, rather lessens my reading pleasure somewhat.
The bright and evocative illustrations are indeed what makes Nonny Hogrorian's One Fine Day such a visual treat (and I can certainly understand why and how One Fine Day won the 1972 Cadecott Medal).
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