Badger is bored with the same old meals, but his search for more exciting food only leads to trouble.

Bored with eating apples, worms, and roots, hungry Badger pronounces that he is so hungry he could "eat a horse," yet when his words are overheard by a nearby horse, Badger knows he will have to set the record straight to put his four-legged friend's mind at ease.

When apples, worms and roots become unbearably boring, Badger sets off to find more exciting food—but he canÂ't quite catch the main ingredients. Badger keeps searching until in frustration he shouts: “IÂ'm so hungry I could eat a horse!” Unfortunately, a nearby horse doesnÂ't think that is so funny.

Keiko Kasza, a master at surprise twists on the last page, includes clever panels to show what happens to the animals who escape BadgerÂ's grasp, allowing kids to be in on the satisfying way they unwittingly get back at their tormentor.