The Midnight Fox: 1 (Faber Children's Classics)

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Lines 17-20: “clearings, an eye, / A widening deepening greenness, / Brilliantly, concentratedly, / Coming” Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part Foxes have a really diverse diet. They are expert hunters, catching rabbits, rodents, birds, frogs and earthworms as well as eating carrion. But they aren’t carnivorous - they are actually omnivores as they dine on berries and fruit too. Urban foxes will also scavenge for food in dustbins, and often catch pigeons and rats.

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Foxes have been found to be in decline, with the population estimated at 357,000 in 2018. While the bulk of the UK’s fox population lives in the countryside, a 2017 study found that the UK’s urban fox population may be as high as 150,000.

Ted Hughes had a lifelong interest in mythology and considered his fox to be totemic. At times of stress …for example, while overloaded with work when studying at Cambridge University … he dreamed of a fox-man figure who urged him to be gentle with himself, to avoid destroying his creative impulse.

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The Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885). A non-profit-making company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 1982873. Trying to tame, touch or hand-feed foxes, especially in urban areas. As wild animals, they should be respected and deterred from becoming too bold. Many people are scared of urban foxes because they mistake their inquisitive behaviour for aggression. After graduating, Cromer met Edward Ford Byars, a graduate student in engineering at Clemson University, and they married on June 24, 1950. They had three daughters and a son between 1951 and 1958: Laurie, Betsy Ann, Nan, and Guy. [5] In 1956, the family moved from Clemson, South Carolina, to Urbana, Illinois, where Edward pursued further graduate work at the University of Illinois, eventually becoming a professor of engineering at West Virginia University in 1960. [5] While her husband was busy during the day with his studies, Betsy began writing for magazines. Her work was eventually featured in The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Everywoman's Magazine, and TV Guide. Her first novel, Clementine, was published in 1962. [5] [6] Betsy and Ed Byars are both licensed aircraft pilots and lived on an airstrip in Seneca, South Carolina, the bottom floor of their house being a hangar. [1] Whether we live in the countryside or a bustling city, most of us have seen a fox during our lifetime. But how much do you know about one of the UK’s most iconic animals? Fox droppings (or scat) are much easier to tell apart than dog droppings. Fox droppings are typically dark, long and squiggly, and tapered at one end - dog droppings can be much bigger and messier.I would recommend this book to anyone who loves animals and an adventure story.’ Josh, age 10, Toppsta Putting out food they can take away and cache. Offering something they can eat on the spot discourages them from digging up neighbours’ gardens! Education Shed Ltd, Severn House, Severn Bridge, Riverside North, Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK, DY12 1AB The tone is dream-like and mysterious; the imagined time is midnight, clearly a time of creativity. my fox is better than an ordinary fox. It will live for ever, it will never suffer from hunger or hounds. I have it with me wherever I go. And I made it … through imagining it clearly enough and finding the living words.'