“You will go on a long journey. Great luck and incredible adventures await you!”When a blind beggar rat predicts Bill the Badger's fate, Uncle Bill (that's what his friends called the badger) at first does not believe this prophecy, but very soon his life suddenly changes dramatically. One of his friends gives Uncle Bill an old barge that can sail through the British canals, and at the same time asks him to complete an important task: to take a chest with 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 is in charge on the banks of the canal, who raid barges at night and rob boatmen. Will Uncle Bill make it to his destination safe and sound and deliver the chest of money to the bank?This gripping story is written in the best tradition of the bestseller Up the Fancy and Back: exciting adventures, unexpected plot twists, subtle British humor and the incomparable atmosphere of a truly classic literary work of the "old school", undeservedly forgotten and rediscovered.

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