ALL THE DEAR LITTLE ANIMALS HC – ULF NILSSON-EVA ERIKSSON-JULIA MARSHALL

The whole world is full of dead things, said Esther. In every bush there is a bird, a butterfly, a mouse. Someone must be kind and look after them. Someone must make a sacrifice and see that all these things are buried. Who must? I asked. We must, she said. Esther was very brave. I was little and scared. One summer’s day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther’s little brother, Puttie, cried.