Bella's den is a special place. It's only a hollow under some tree roots, but no one can see you. Once we sat watching a fox family playing nearby. I told mother, and the farmer overheard. Things were never the same again.
Berlie Doherty née Hollingsworth is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.