An enduring bestseller at last available in English, this is a masterful picture book about a rabbit and a wolf who want to be best friends

Once upon a time there was a rabbit who had never seen a wolf, and a young wolf who had never seen a rabbit.The pair meet and become good friends. Tom the rabbit teaches the wolf to play marbles, read, count and fish. Wolfy teaches Tom to run very, very fast. But eventually their friendship is tested by the classic game Who's-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf?

Can the little rabbit and the young wolf remain best friends in all the world?