Bill Badger and the Pirates

With the arrival of spring, Bill Badger, nicknamed Uncle Bill, and his faithful assistant, a hedgehog named Buzzie-Buzzie, find themselves "on the rocks" in the figurative sense of the word: their barge "Free Wind" is idle, and the transport company "Hedgehog and Badger" suffers losses - and all because their customers now prefer to transport goods by road. However, the enterprising Matty McGryz, an old friend of Uncle Bill, gives the badger a great idea: he suggests converting the barge into a cruise ship and using it for excursions along the canal.
The new business is flourishing, but the friends' joy is overshadowed by the news that their sworn enemies, the robber cats Napoleon and Ryzhik the Bully, are free, and now Uncle Bill and Buzzie-Buzzie are afraid that the robbers will attack the barge again...
This exciting story, which became a continuation of the action-packed adventure stories "Bill Badger and the Free Wind" and "Bill Badger. Winter Journey", is written in the best traditions of the bestseller "Up the Whimsy and Back": exciting adventures, unexpected plot twists, 30 stylish black-and-white illustrations and the incomparable atmosphere of a classic literary work of the "old school", undeservedly forgotten and rediscovered.