This book is about the death and life of someone very special.Badger was a friend, and almost everyone who knew him had warm andloving memories of when he was living with them. At first, thosewho loved Badger felt overwhelmed by their loss. In time though,whenever Badger's name was mentioned, someone would recallsomething about him that made them all smile. And Badger was partof their lives once more.

這是一本非常溫和甚至溫馨的，詮釋離別、失去甚至死亡的書。
獾老了，他在看伙伴們玩耍的時候，明顯覺得自己非常疲憊，開始有了悲觀的想法。
晚上回到家，獾看著月亮，迷迷糊糊的，他好像做夢一樣，覺得自己向一條隧道跑去，他感覺渾身越來越有力了……
第二天，伙伴們發現，獾已經“走了”。他們開始沉浸在悲傷中……不斷回憶起獾教給自己的本領，或者帶給自己的歡樂。過了很久，他們感覺獾還會看到他們玩耍，心里懷念獾。