Very Proper Fox

Frankie is a fox with a taste for baked beans and a fondness for dancing, which his friend Naughty Rabbit insists is not how a real fox behaves. In Rabbit's view, the proper thing is to hunt chickens. Determined to prove otherwise, Frankie tiptoes along the lane toward the hen house, practising a hungry grin, sharpening his claws and delivering a low, menacing threat. The chicken he finds, however, is not the prize he had in mind. He discovers a heap of untidiness that he cannot stop himself from setting right. The story asks whether Frankie will ever manage to be a proper fox.