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* AdultFear: ''The Holocaust'', obviously.
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* NothingIsScarier: The Terrible Things are almost never seen directly. All that is initially seen is ominous shadows, and nets thrown at the creatures. [[spoiler:That is until an illustration near the end reveals one of them, which shows a blackened skull wearing round spectacles]].

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* NothingIsScarier: The Terrible Things are almost never seen directly. All that is initially seen is are ominous shadows, and nets thrown at the creatures. [[spoiler:That is until an illustration near the end reveals one of them, which shows a blackened skull wearing round spectacles]]. spectacles, probably a warped portrait of Heinrich Himmler]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Rather than work out a plan to hide from or even fight back against The Terrible Things, the creatures of the forest simply go about their business between visits, and then make excuses why the capture of their latest victims were no big deal.

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* TooDumbToLive: Rather than work out a plan to hide from or even fight back against The Terrible Things, the creatures of the forest simply go about their business between visits, and then make excuses why the capture of their latest victims were no big deal. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considering what it's an allegory for.
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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed, but when The Terrible Things take away a new crop of victims, the forest creatures that were left alone snidely state that they never liked them anyway. Only for them to get singled out by The Terrible Things later on.

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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed, but when The Terrible Things take away a new crop of victims, the forest creatures that were left alone snidely state that they never liked them anyway. Only anyway, only for them to get singled out by The Terrible Things later on.
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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed, but when The Terrible Things take away a new crop of victims, the forest creatures that were left alone snidely state that they never liked them anyway. Only for them to get singled out by The Terrible Things later on.



* RayOfHopeEnding: Little Rabbit is the only one left after the Terrible Things have abducted all the other animals, and the narrative states that he plans to inform other forest creatures about the Terrible Things, hoping they'll listen.

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* RayOfHopeEnding: Little Rabbit is the only one left after the Terrible Things have abducted all the other animals, and the narrative states that he plans to inform other forest creatures about the Terrible Things, hoping they'll listen.listen.
* TooDumbToLive: Rather than work out a plan to hide from or even fight back against The Terrible Things, the creatures of the forest simply go about their business between visits, and then make excuses why the capture of their latest victims were no big deal.
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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Rabbit]]: Little Rabbit is the only animal in the clearing who questions ''why'' the Terrible Things keep abducting animals, and why nobody even tries to stop it from happening. He also has enough sense to hide when the Terrible Things come for the rabbits, which allows him to escape to try and warn the rest of the forest in case the Terrible Things come back again.

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* NothingIsScarier: The Terrible Things are almost never seen directly. All that is initially seen is ominous shadows, and nets thrown at the creatures. [[spoiler:That is until an illustration near the end reveals one of them, which shows a blackened skull wearing round spectacles]].



* OhCrap: Every time The Terrible Things shows up, they inquire that they are looking for a group of animals with a certain body part or feature. This causes the species with said features each time to panic and try to escape. But most of them are caught, anyway.

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* NothingIsScarier: The Terrible Things are almost never seen directly. All that is initially seen is ominous shadows, and nets thrown at the creatures. [[spoiler:That is until an illustration near the end reveals one of them, which shows a blackened skull wearing round spectacles]].
* OhCrap: Every time The Terrible Things shows up, they inquire that they are looking for a group of animals with a certain body part or feature. This causes the species with said features each time to panic and try to escape. But most of them are caught, caught anyway.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Terrible Things are a quite obvious stand-in for the Nazis.



* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Terrible Things are a quite obvious stand-in for the Nazis.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After emerging from his hiding place, Little Rabbit laments that he didn’t stick together with the rest of his fellow rabbits. He tells himself that if they had hid together, more of them could have been spared.
* NothingIsScarier: The Terrible Things are almost never seen directly. All that is initially seen is ominous shadows, and nets thrown at the creatures. [[spoiler:That is until an illustration near the end reveals one of them, which shows a blackened skull wearing round spectacles]].
* OhCrap: Every time The Terrible Things shows up, they inquire that they are looking for a group of animals with a certain body part or feature. This causes the species with said features each time to panic and try to escape. But most of them are caught, anyway.
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Perhaps what the book is notable for - apart from its theme, which is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids rather deep]] for a book aimed at children - is having the art of Stephen Gammell, better known for the ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'' books.

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Perhaps what the book is notable for - apart from its theme, which is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids rather deep]] for a book aimed at children - is having the art of Stephen Gammell, Creator/StephenGammell, better known for the ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'' books.
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->''"Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.ng at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."''


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->''"Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.ng at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."''

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''Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust'' is a children's book by British-American author Eve Bunting. Original ly published in 1980, the book is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and isolationism, with animals for characters.

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''Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust'' is a children's book by British-American author Eve Bunting. Original ly Originally published in 1980, the book is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and isolationism, with animals for characters.
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''Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust'' is a children's book by British-American author Eve Bunting. Original ly published in 1980, the book is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and isolationist policy, with animals for characters.

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''Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust'' is a children's book by British-American author Eve Bunting. Original ly published in 1980, the book is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and isolationist policy, isolationism, with animals for characters.
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-->'''Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.'''
-Eve Bunton

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-->'''Standing ->''"Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.'''
-Eve Bunton
ng at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."''

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-->'''Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.'''
-Eve Bunton

''Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust'' is a children's book by British-American author Eve Bunting. Original ly published in 1980, the book is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and isolationist policy, with animals for characters.

Perhaps what the book is notable for - apart from its theme, which is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids rather deep]] for a book aimed at children - is having the art of Stephen Gammell, better known for the ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'' books.

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!!The book provides examples of:
* AdultFear: ''The Holocaust'', obviously.
* AnAesop: Don't look the other way when something that intimidates you is happening.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Terrible Things are a quite obvious stand-in for the Nazis.
* RayOfHopeEnding: Little Rabbit is the only one left after the Terrible Things have abducted all the other animals, and the narrative states that he plans to inform other forest creatures about the Terrible Things, hoping they'll listen.

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