The Fox

      The picture book " The Fox" is about Magpie the bird lossing her ability to fly and Dog who lost sight in one eye. They learn to help each other and work together to deal with their disabilities. The fox comes and is jealous about their friendship and seperates them. I think that the Dog lost sight in one eye physically and metaphorically and Magpie lost flight in physical and metaphorically too.

      Dog lost his ability to see in one metaphorically because he was unable to see the fox's true intentions or his anger of dog and magpie's relation ship. Magpie said that she would be dog's missing eye and he would be her wings. She tried to warn him about the fox, and was his missing eye. He did not know the fox's intentions because of his missing eye.

      Magpie lost her wing which could also mean her pride or back- up. When the fox was telling her to take a ride on him and not Dog she had no back- up to make her feel safe. She was pressured to ride fox and not Dog. I feel like the Dog didn't do his job because he was supposed to be her missing wing and protect her but he didn't and she is gone. This is why I think her lost wing is metaphorical and physical.

       The line "you will be my missing wings and I will be your missing eye" shows how both Magpie and Dog are physically disabled and metaphorically. Both need each others help but Dog didn't backup Magpie which she needed. Magpie also warned Dog about the fox but he didn't listen which caused her to be taken. I think that this is important to see in the book because it shows problems of characters in two ways.