Summary

In Chapter 5, The Terrible Tractors, morning comes. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean have dug a tremendous hole, but still have not been able to reach Mr. Fox and his family. Bean decides that mechanical shovels will do the trick. While Boggis guards the hole, Bunce and Bean get on their caterpillar tractors with mechanical shovel attachments to begin digging much faster. Mr. Fox declares his family must also keep digging, but this time they must truly dig for their lives.

In Chapter 6, The Race, Mr. Fox and his family dig as fast as they can to outrun the two massive mechanical shovels. Just as it looks as if Mr. Fox and his family might make it, the shovels come roaring back. The farmers are so desperate to get to Fox, they dig away the entire hill which becomes a giant pit in the ground. People...