In Happy Hollow

By: Rutherford Montgomery

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Synopsis: "Who’s Mink?” Elmer asked. “He and Badger and Owl run things here in the hollow,’ the rabbit explained. “We have a new order here, and everybody fits into it except skunks.” The rabbit waved a paw. “I have nothing to fear from foxes or coyotes or even Mink himself.” “This must be the end of the world,” Elmer said. “I guess I’ve seen it all.” Happy Hollow was quite a place. No human hunters were allowed to go there, and the animals themselves had set up all sorts of rules enforced by Owl and Mink. For instance, big animals couldn’t make a meal out of smaller ones, and skunks had to stay in the swamp. All this worked very well until Elmer, a little spotted skunk who considered himself the best all-around song-and- dance man and acrobat in California, arrived in Happy Hollow and decided to enter the summer festival contest. What happened then shouldn’t happen anywhere. Add to that the complications of Elmer’s personal life—the fact that he was the last of the spotted skunks except for one Plumey, who was having some rare adventures herself trying to find Elmer—and you have a gay book. It is full of the gentle humor that Rutherford Montgomery always invests in his stories, like Kildee House, about the wild animals he knows and loves. And Harold Berson’s delicate drawings capture the sprightly mood perfectly.