The Forest Feast is a children’s puzzle book I made in college. The premise: learn about an animal, try to guess what it eats, then put together a jigsaw puzzle of it’s hoped-for meal.

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Stuart the Skunk

Stuart the Skunk is a wee bit lonely

it seems everyone would join him if only

he weren't so smelly at the slightest provoking

So all alone through the trees he is poking

for his favorite fruit, ripe and full of flavor

with a bannana and mango essence to savor.

This fruit comprises a most excellent pie

if you tasted a bite you'd surely know why

All sorts of critters endure the smell the flowers bring

that reminds one of roadkill every spring

Luckily the fruit does not resemble the flowers

so please summon all your botanical powers

and name the tree that our dear Stuart seeks

He will thank you with many heartfelt squeaks