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    Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest: Mike & Alex, #1
    Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest: Mike & Alex, #1
    Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest: Mike & Alex, #1
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    Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest: Mike & Alex, #1

    By Peter van Wermeskerken

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    Mike is the most significant child in the family, Rabbit, and Alex is the smallest in the family, Swine. They discover the forest and fields as friends, so they come together in Mama Sophie's stable with her piglets. Sophie wants to remain a Lady, so Mike and Alex are allowed to eat her leftovers. That good food makes them grow big, very big and strong. So they become the leaders of the animals in the Animal Forest. Together with General Owl, the friends draw up plans to stop animal unfriendly activities by the humans. And they succeed! The housewarming party of people from the big city is disturbed with excellent craftsmanship. Such a party will never be held anymore in the Animal Forest neighborhood. So they convince the men of the construction of a road that can be planned better than through the forest. And finally, also very efficient, the hunters go home, without any pray, but dirty all over. And by all actions against humans, the animals win the sympathy of most people.

    Book of some 60 pages for children 4-10 years. Six illustrations by Reema Seghal

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter van Wermeskerken
    Release dateOct 3, 2023
    ISBN9798223119609
    Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest: Mike & Alex, #1
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    Peter van Wermeskerken

    Peter van Wermeskerken is born 12-31-1939 at Zeist, Netherlands. His father was a journalist and he followed in his footsteps. He was reporter and chef economic desk at AD daily at Rotterdam. For many years he was nr. 1 in oil reporting in the world. He studied agriculture and economics at the level of teacher Highschool. After retirement he was one period town councilor. With his first wife (deceased) he has two children. He remarried 2018. Hobbies chess and writing.  

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      Mike & Alex, the Defenders of the Animal Forest - Peter van Wermeskerken

      Mike the Rabbit and Alex the Swine

      His mother called him Michael. He was the most active of all the young bunnies. He played with his brothers and sisters in the forest, skipping, running, and digging, which they learned from their Mom and Dad. ‘Catch-me-as-you-can’ was one of their favorite games. It was enjoyable if you were chased. The trick was to let the pursuer come so close he almost had you and then suddenly jumped a corner, passing a tree. The follower had to be careful not to bump headlong into the tree.

      Yes, Mike replied when his mother called for him. He and the other siblings had a good life in the forest. There were lots of different animals to play with. But they had to be very careful for foxes, cats, and ferrets. Mike’s best friend was Alexander, the little swine.

      Alexander had lots of brothers and sisters, but he was the smallest. He wasn’t as solid and fast as the others and always got pushed away from the food. When they played, he almost always lost.

      The little swine and the giant rabbit liked to play together in the farmer’s cornfield. But once, the nasty farmer sent his vicious dog Mason out into the cornfield. Get out! he yelled. The dog paused and gasped. That darned rabbit jumped beside him, and so he lost sight of the swine. Now, he had to go sniffing for a track, which would take much longer. My boss doesn’t want you digging holes in his cornfield. I’ll keep watch, barked the dog.

      A few days later, Alex and Mike had gathered enough courage to go carefully to the cornfield's edge. They did not see Mason, and Mike's nose could not smell him either. One day, Mike proposed to Alex that they go along to the cornfield’s edge that night. Let’s have an afternoon nap, so we’ll be wide awake, he said. 

      They walked cautiously along the cornfield that night; beware, the dog would jump out. Does a dog need to sleep like us? Mike asked his friend. I think so, Alex growled. He’s an animal, just as we are.

      Mike and Alex gradually became grown-up. They were getting more curious and daring and wanted to explore the world. When they arrived at the corner of the field, in the deep twilight, they saw the farmhouse and a large old barn with several doors. The rear door in that row, which was closest to them, was slightly open. It squeaked back and forth gently in the light evening breeze.

      Mike and Alex were curious. Even more carefully than before, the friends approached, creeping along on tip-toes. They sniffed at all kinds of odors that they did not know. They wondered whether they should feel afraid, but their curiosity overcame them. They had promised to continue to help each other. And together, they were strong.

      Near the stable, Mike sniffed once more. He smelled the dog and other animals, including cows and pigs. Mike hopped quickly to the door. He jumped inside, rushing when a fierce gust threatened to clamp the door shut. Fortunately, the door did not slam shut. Alex had seen his friend jump through

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