“This Moose belongs to me” - Oliver Jeffers
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“This Moose belongs to me” - Oliver Jeffers
Language & title of book for review:
German - “Dieser Elch gehört mir”
Published also in:
English - “This Moose belongs to me”
European Portuguese - “Este Alce é meu”
A moose actually comes to Wilfred, and Wilfred adopts the moose as a pet. His name is Marcel. The first thing Wilfred wants to do is teach him all his pet rules while they go exploring. As Wilfred's sense of direction is not so good, he takes a piece of string with him as a tracking system - like breadcrumbs in the forest, the string is supposed to show him the way back again and again. One day, the worst happens: someone else claims that the moose is his pet. It totally confuses Wilfred. Especially because Marcel also makes no effort to return to Wilfred or to obey. So Wilfred storms off on his own and it happens as it should: he gets tangled up in the cord and is trapped. By chance, Marcel rescues him from his dilemma and is able to open Wilfred's eyes a little: Could it be that the moose doesn't actually belong to anyone?
Could it be that ‘stray’ things don't simply belong to you and therefore don't simply do what you expect them to do? A humorous, yet reflective and conversation-opening book about (non-)possessions and expectations.
