Summary

In Chapter 9, Mr. Fox Has a Plan, Boggis, Bean, and Bunce keep a watch over Mr. Fox’s tunnel for three days and three nights. Mr. Fox thinks carefully, and comes up with a plan. He explains it will require more digging. While the four children are up for more digging, Mrs. Fox is unable to help. Mr. Fox tells her this is no problem at all.

In Chapter 10, Boggis’s Chicken House Number One, Mr. Fox and his children dig in a very special direction, though Mr. Fox will not tell his children where they are digging, yet. They continue to dig until they reach a wooden floor. Mr. Fox then goes up for a peek, where he realizes his plan has worked. They are in Chicken House Number One on Boggis’s farm. There, water is had from the drinking trough, and...