Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose

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Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose is a 1948 children's book by Dr. Seuss.

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Thidwick, one of 60 moose in a herd, accepts a bug living on his antlers, who tells a spider of the luxury, and both accept a "Zinn-a-zu" bird. The herd rejects Thidwick after the Zinnazu bird's wife, a woodpecker, and four squirrels move in. Since food is scarce after a bobcat and turtle settle, they refuse to let him travel to the other side of the lake. Pressure hits the poor moose after three mice, a fox, a bear, and 362 bees move in on his antlers, but trouble switches thoughts fast after seeing hunters who "must get his head for the Harvard club wall". When Thidwick is trapped after an attempt to escape make him realize that the time of year is when he loses his antlers. He bucks the antlers off, and swims to the other side of the lake to rejoin his herd. His horns, and the former squatters, are stuffed and mounted.