This is a tale about a long-whiskered bushy-tailed fox called Mr. Whiskers. His home is a
hole under the roots of an old fir tree on Mount Niesen. His job is to turn on the light with a
key at the tippety tippety top of his mountain where it can be seen from near and far. Then
one day he can't find the key... This story is based on a real fox that lived on the Niesen
for many years. Maybe he still lives there to this day we don't know. He used to appear
outside the restaurant regularly when the tourists had left. It became a habit to leave some
food outside the door of the restaurant in the evening. By morning it was always eaten up. The
other animals in this story also exist on the Niesen and their imaginary homes are in the
children's playground the Niesen village ("Niesedörfli") which is high up at the top of this
mountain. Judith Josi's story combines an imaginary world with the real animal world of the
Niesen and the children's play village at the top of this well-known mountain in the Bernese
Oberland. The 40 pages are magically illustrated by Karin Widmer.
