![]() Trufflehunter (from Prince Caspian by CS Lewis) Still: wise and kind and learned in country lore, Brock was the first anthropomorphic badger I ever encountered and shaped my early mental picture of a badger’s personality. Brock the Badger (from the Sam Pig stories by Alison Uttley)įor some reason I never quite grasped, Brock is the head of a household of four young pigs - except when he’s hibernating then the pigs have to fend for themselves, which should surely be reason enough for a call to Childline (or at least Pigline). A real badger would more likely turn them inside out and have them for breakfast. And there’s a bit where he takes in a couple of young hedgehogs and gives them breakfast. Though actually he’s a bit bossy as well. He is the wise and kind badger who has defined fictional badgers for generations, and is almost single-pawedly responsible for their nobly paternal image. The Badger (from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame)Įven though I’ve never read The Wind in the Willows, I knew immediately that Mr Badger had to be number one on this list. ![]()
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