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As with all good fairy tales. Philip Pullman's new book is a simple yet profoundly moral story. In a Quixotic adventure the scarecrow, struck into life by a lightning bolt, is øborn" into the world a fully formed adult. Like that other innocent, Candide, he sets off on his adventures, wide-eyed and optimistic. He tells his servant boy, Jack, that he is the owner of Spring Valley a lovely, unspoiled rural area. But the evil Buffaloni brothers want it for their Chemical works.
Since every part of the original scarecrow, from his turnip head to his wooden spine, has become worn out and replaced by the end of the story, the Buffaloni contest his right of ownership. The success of the scarecrow's enterprise turns on the question of exactly what constitutes his true nature. This fairy tale has the traditional happy ending but though it makes you smile, it also keeps you thinking about just what makes us what we really are.
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