Professor Mott
A book-loving mole who collects ideas.
Mott knows a little about almost everything and is delighted to learn the rest. He can lose hours in a book and still find time for a friend.
The book beneath the book
Professor Mott was searching for a book about clouds. He checked the weather shelf, the astronomy shelf and the shelf where he kept books that didn't belong on any shelf. Nothing.
Willow came to help. She found three bookmarks, a forgotten cup of tea and a notebook filled with Mott's questions about clouds. Mott was delighted by the notebook and began reading it aloud. Halfway through, he noticed a sentence that ended: SEE CLOUD BOOK UNDER TEAPOT.
The teapot was on his desk. Beneath it was the missing book, protecting the wood from a small ring of tea. Mott opened it and found the answer he needed on page two.
He wrote a new question in his notebook: WHY DID I PUT A TEAPOT ON THE CLOUD BOOK? Willow suggested tea. Mott thought that was probably right.