Badger matures, loses a few brothers, has quarrels with his mum, is pursued by fox, leaves, moves again, and eventually settles in with the "Ditzens," Hans Fallada's family. They don't like him because he destroys the cornfield. He's meant to be wiped out, but that doesn't happen. They are ecstatic that they are unable to contact him. The whole thing is written in a humorous manner. But it's still unromantically distant; badgers, foxes, and other...