Bill Badger and the Free Wind

"You will go on a long journey. Great luck and incredible adventures await you!"

When a blind beggar rat tells an old lonely badger named Uncle Bill his fate, he doesn't believe the prophecy at first, but very soon his life changes dramatically. One of his friends gives Uncle Bill an old barge called the Free Wind, which can be used to sail along the British canals, and at the same time asks him to carry out an important task: to take a chest of gold coins to the bank, which will be hidden in the hold under a load of chestnuts. But it soon turns out that a gang of ferocious robber cats rule the banks of the canal, raiding barges at night and robbing boatmen. Will Uncle Bill be able to reach his destination safe and sound and deliver the chest of money to the bank?

This gripping story is written in the best traditions of the bestseller "Up the Whimsy and Back": exciting adventures, unexpected plot twists, more than 30 stylish black-and-white illustrations and the incomparable atmosphere of a truly classic literary work of the "old school", undeservedly forgotten and rediscovered.