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The Little Grey Men Series

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The Little Grey Men Series	comment	Written by Denys Watkins-Pitchford under the pen name "B.B.", The Little Grey Men (in full, The Little Grey Men: A story for the young in heart) is a fantasy novel for children that was first published in 1942 by Eyre & Spottiswoode. It was illustrated by Watkins-Pitchford using his real name, and won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for its realistic portrayal of the natural world.Dodder, Baldmoney, Cloudberry and Sneezewort are four gnomes who believe they may be the last of their kind in England. When Cloudberry goes missing, the remaining three embark on a mission that takes them through the changing seasons of the land to find him and discover once and for all what has happened to the rest of their race.Initially a stand-alone novel, a sequel was published in 1948 called Down the Bright Stream. After the two novels were combined as "The Little Grey Men Series", Down the Bright Stream became known as The Little Grey Men Go Down the Bright Stream.The Little Grey Men series: The Little Grey Men (1942) Down the Bright Stream (1948)In 1975, an animated television series of the first book began airing in the UK, called Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry. It was a 13-episode series produced by Anglia Television.See also The Forest Of Boland Light Railway, a prequel to this series that was published in 1955 and explores a different community of gnomes within the same setting.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Robin Clobber is BB's real life son who tragically died before the book was published.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_13a6b7ef	comment	Gaia's Lament: The poem in Down The Bright Stream about the demise of the folly brook.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: The gnomes steal the eggs of the Asshole Victim Upper-Class Twit pheasant as payback for his hostility.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_334e48a1	comment	After the End: By the 20th century, all of the other gnomes in England have died or migrated to other countries to escape industrialisation.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Giant Grum shoots Otter for his own amusement, then strings him up from a tree.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_3bbecc8b	comment	Hell-Bent for Leather: Dodder wears a black leather jacket made from bat wings.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_3d90a738	comment	Hero with a Unique Name: All the animals are named in a way that either is their species name (such as Squirrel or Vole) or alludes to the type of animal they are in another way (such as Nanny the goat, Herne the Heron or Brockett the Badger), the gnomes and Ben the Owl are now. While Ben has a human name, the four gnomes are all named after flowers.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_446c5792	comment	Villainous Rescue: In The Little Grey Men, Dodder avoids being eaten by a fox because human hunters show up. In Down the Bright Stream, The Dreaded Worm of Death's reign of terror is ended by a hungry fox who bites off his head.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_450d9b75	comment	Scavenged Punk: The gnomes' daggers are made from the discarded blades of a human's pocket knife. Presumably they also get the tobacco for their pipes from cigarette ends.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_470bff94	type	Eats Babies
The Little Grey Men Series / int_470bff94	comment	Eats Babies: The Worm of Death devours nightingale chicks and fluffy owlets.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_476d2edb	comment	Snakes Are Sinister: The Worm of Death preys upon baby chicks, and his Sssssnake Talk terrifies Cloudberry.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_4ac8b81f	type	Humans Are the Real Monsters
The Little Grey Men Series / int_4ac8b81f	comment	Humans Are the Real Monsters: In the first book, the Big Bad is a gamekeeper called Perkins, but the gnomes know him as Cruel Giant Grum
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_4c0b2072	comment	Animal Religion: The gnomes and forest creatures worship the god Pan.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
The Little Grey Men Series / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: The Worm of Death is a Sadistic adder who knows that death cap mushrooms are poisonous; he tells Cloudberry that he is welcome to take as many as he wants.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_511728ae	type	Magic Versus Science
The Little Grey Men Series / int_511728ae	comment	Magic Versus Science: The cruel giant has a gun, traps and snares. The gnomes are aided by the god Pan.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_55c79f7c	comment	Death Trap: Crow Wood is full of snares and traps.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_56b53152	comment	Green Aesop: BB's novels are a warning to his readers that existing real life wildlife could disappear like the gnomes if people do not care for the environment.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
The Little Grey Men Series / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Boomerang Bigot Squirrel dislikes the pheasant for being a foreigner from Asia, but grey squirrels are also an invasive species introduced from America.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_5ac34441	comment	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": The gnomes have their own names for woodland creatures. A bunny is a bub'm, a fox is a wood dog, a badger is a fern bear, a bluetit is a blue button, and a hedgehog is a woodpig.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_5ee0a2d8	comment	Token Heroic Orc: Robin Clobber spots the gnomes while searching for his toy boat, but doesn't try to capture them. He later wishes them well when he realises they have taken possession of the boat.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_60f92ddd	type	Oireland
The Little Grey Men Series / int_60f92ddd	comment	Oireland: After their home is destroyed by flooding, the gnomes make a perilous journey across the Irish Sea in search of an island free from people.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_61881f59	comment	Demoted to Dragon: Cloudberry starts out as one of the heroes, but after turning evil he allies with the Worm of Death.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_63cad64b	comment	Threatening Shark: It's only a pike, but to the gnomes it's a monster comparable to Jaws
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_82b1fd4f	comment	World Half Full: The other gnomes, fairies, elves, pixies and goblins have long since gone, leaving only Pan.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Little Grey Men Series / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: The pheasants like the cruel giant because he feeds them and shoots their natural predators.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_8e04fdd7	comment	Dragon with an Agenda: Cloudberry's Faceâ€“Heel Turn is caused by his rivalry with Dodder.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_8e5c0199	type	Egomaniac Hunter
The Little Grey Men Series / int_8e5c0199	comment	Egomaniac Hunter: After Giant Grum comes across the gnomes' tracks he becomes obsessed with hunting them.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_8f746311	comment	Cargo Cult: The gnomes initially believe the Jeanie Deans was built and abandoned by other gnomes. When there is no sign of the crew on the island, they conclude that the boat was sent to them by Pan.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_9723a8b8	comment	Floral Theme Naming: The four gnomes are all named after flowers found in the UK: Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum), Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica), Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) and Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus).
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Giant Grum is killed by his own gun backfiring after Dodder sabotages it.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: The gnomes do not eat meat, but have no problem with carnivores killing for food. However, they are horrified to see a human kill animals and nail the carcasses to a tree.
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The Little Grey Men Series / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: BB was a naturalist, conservationist and hunter who did extensive research on British wildlife for his job as an illustrator of a shooting journal.
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