"Going from shop to shop, a boy requests a series of items--a hat, a coat, a cake, a chair--only to find himself thwarted at every turn, amassing a growing menagerie of animals instead. Did he want them? No, he did not! And then when he asks for a cup, he's finally offered something he does want--but does that solve his dilemma? No, it does not. Oh dear!"--Jacket flap.
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