Hedgehog and Tortoise are both looking for a little something lovable – a hug! But Hedgehog is a bit too…spikey. Every animal he asks to hug him practically runs away in terror! Fox has to run off and knock over some garbage cans, Squirrel is “too busy” counting her three measly nuts, and the magpie bird had to sing a very squawky song! Wise Owl, however, tells Hedgehog the truth: he’s just a bit too spiky for most animals to hug. But not to worry, because someone is just right out there, somewhere, ready to hug him.
Tortoise is too hard to hug, the other animals think, and he walks along asking for hugs from all his forest friends. Badger is too sticky and scarfing down berries and cannot hug poor Tortoise. Rabbit has to dig a very important (and very dirty!) hole, and Frog has to jump off to do whatever it is that frogs have to do. When he comes across the wise forest owl, Owl tells him that although he’s too boney for most to consider hugging, there is definitely someone out there perfect to hug him.
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