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Terrible Things

an allegory of the Holocaust

by Eve Bunting

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In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.

AllegoriesAnimals in fictionFictionAnimalsJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionRabbits, fiction
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