Conradin is ten years old. He lives alone with his aunt. He has twobig secrets. The first is that he hates his aunt. The second is thathe keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed. The animal hassharp, white teeth, and it loves fresh blood. Every night, Conradinprays to this animal and asks it to do one thing for him, just onething. This collection of short stories is clever, funny, and shows us ´Nature, red in tooth and claw´. In other words, it is Saki at hisvery best.
