Bruno quotes from The Animals of Farthing Wood

If I could get my teeth into you...

Adder

[snarls] Watccch it! My bite'sss worse than my bark.

My master wants you dead.

Fox

So? He wants every fox dead.

You killed his chickens!

Fox

Oh, no I didn't.

Liar!

Fox

I'm not the only fox around.

You're here.

Fox

Ah, I see. Any fox will do. Is that it? Your master must be very stupid.

[growls] How dare you!

Fox

To kill one fox because another hurt him. That's the same as kicking you because his wife's burnt his dinner!

[realising] Uh? - He does, too!

Fox

I mean, does that make any sense to you?

Er, no. But you still haven't told me why you were lurking round the chicken coop!

Fox

Not for the taste of chicken. I don't even like them. Too many feathers. Achoo!

You're a right one, aren't you? Joking at a time like this! Alright, if it wasn't for the chickens, what was it for?

Fox

Didn't you see the others?

What others?

Fox

My friends. Not foxes. But rabbits. Mice. Hedgehogs. Toads, birds, all kinds!

Your friends?

Fox

We've taken an Oath of Mutual Protection.

What's that when it's at home?

Fox

Well, we've sworn to look after each other on this journey we're doing to a nature reserve. Even humans can't hurt you there.

[growls] pull the other one [growls].

Fox

True as I'm standing here.

You're true to your name, I must say, very cunning. But you can't fool me, oh, no. I'm taking you back. I'll get a nice fat reward when my master sees you're dead.

Fox

Oh, no you won't.

Oh, yes I will!

Fox

You won't. He doesn't want you to kill his fox. He wants to do it for himself. All you'll do is rob him of the satisfaction.

[snarls] All right, suits me! I'll take you back alive! [growls]

Fox

Sorry. Can't oblige, old son. If you want me, you'll have to kill me first.

Oh, I don't know. First my master blames me for not catching his fox, then when I've caught him he still blames me.

Fox

That's about it.

You've got me tied in knots, you clever dink!

Fox

You should have caught the right fox. That's all there is to it.

Wild animals, huh. They'll be telling me the cat's made a friend of a mouse next! [Fox sweats] But no, that can't be right. [Fox leaves the entrance and pushes his tail back] Or that I should make a friend of the cat?

That can't be right, either. [Fox runs up to the hill] Now what am I to do? Go home I suppose.