The Mole and the Owl: The Original Novella

By Charles Duffie

A mole in love with an owl? A rider of the wind could never love a burrower of the earth! At least that's what nearly everyone tells the intrepid mole when he leaves the security of his underground... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571740821
• ISBN13: 9781571740823
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

I love this book

This book must be in every house, in every hotel, restaurant, kitchen, bathroom, on the street, school, bus... all over the world. It's a book that goes so near to the heart that I'm smiling and crying together.

love for all

In a highly conforming and rule-blound world that we live in, people become more and more indifferent. People are caught up with their everyday routines, keeping busy schedules, having little time to what some would say "live". This book is not only about the power of faithful love, but it taught me just how important it is to make decisions that will make us happy and will show what we truly believe in. For those people who believe they have wasted too much of their lives following rules and being afraid of becoming different, for those people who believe that they are capable of a greater love than they can imagine, for those people who believe that they should start "living their lives", then here is a book that sings your song.

Touched my soul in a way few stories have done before

The lyrical prose and the wonderful illustrations touched my soul. The imagery lifted my spirit and often had me in tears. It is a tale that inspires one to take a breath and see the beauty that surrounds us all, and most of all, to DREAM. This book shall be a treasured part of my personal library, and I am looking forward to sharing it with my children, and possibly someday, my grandchildren.

A great story.

As I was reading it I was thinking about how I would love to read this to the children I hope to someday have. Not only is this a great book, it would make a great movie. As I was reading, the images going through my head were dramatic.

From the first sentence I was drawn to the writing.

One of my great joys in life is reading short stories. I love science fiction and fantasy. My special joy, however, is the fairy tale. In "The Mole and the Owl" I have found the pure essence of fairy tales. The true and pure love of the mole and his selfless heroism, the sacrifice of the owl and the actions of the wolf are magical. This story tells about all things noble and makes me believe I can be just that noble. A great story is a great story but there is something that can be added to the telling. The lyrical use of prose in this story is almost unbelievable. It sings to me like a favorite song. Ray Bradbury is the only writer I have read with an idea of prose that even comes close to comparison. I am rarely moved the way I was moved by this story. I cried. I never cry when I read. It's just a story. But still I cried.