Julia Donaldson's Trademark Rhyming Text And Axel Scheffler's Brilliant, Characterful Illustrations Come Together In This Perfect Read Aloud--A Perfect Gift For Any Special Occasion A Mouse Is Taking A Stroll Through The Deep, Dark Wood When Along Comes A Hungry Fox, Then An Owl, And Then A Snake. The Mouse Is Good Enough To Eat But Smart Enough To Know This, So He Invents . . . The Gruffalo As Mouse Explains, The Gruffalo Is A Creature With Terrible Claws, And Terrible Tusks In Its Terrible Jaws, And Knobbly Knees And Turned-Out Toes, And A Poisonous Wart At The End Of Its Nose. But Mouse Has No Worry To Show. After All, There's No Such Thing As A Gruffalo. . . .