Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
Stream
Social & External
The people behind it
Rupert Friend
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Ralph Fiennes
Roald Dahl
Asa Jennings
Peter Watson
Eliel Ford
Stagehand
Truman Hanks
Benoît Herlin
Octavio Tapia
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The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
