Something special is happening to ordinary people who do their best to keep everything working correctly. The feel of the story was just the feel you want in a fable or folk tale. I'm not sure, the story was mum on this point. It seems as if they don't go home the entire time of the queen's pregnancy. I'm also concerned about the children staying to watch over the newly formed hare couple.

The hare, set with five precious stones, sold for Pounds 31,900 at Sotheby. When the children rush to follow the hares, the text mentions that someone else also follows - but I couldn't find anyone in the painting (which distressed me as a reader, I wondered if I was missing something), and this particular storyline seems to flap around in the wind for a while until the end when the author remembers there has to be some conflict - the old queen can't just go on her merry way. Kit Williams, author of Masquerade, the best-selling treasure hunt book, last night conceded for the first time that he had been conned, along with the thousands of enthusiasts who had chased its prize, an elusive golden hare. I wanted to know more about all the characters - especially the hare that the grandfather raises. But on closer readings, I found the characters to be a bit flat, and I was sad for the mother of the children who had never heard the hare's song. A fable of a golden hare who is queen of the hares.

The golden hare was sold privately and disappeared. They made me want to go home and pull out my paints even though I know I wouldn't get anywhere near the same results. storybook written and illustrated by the British artist Kit Williams.

Kit golden hare