On the next page, the bear sits on a rustled patch of ground, wearing the red pointy hat.

The bear answers negatively and defensively, implying he ate the rabbit and ending with "Don't ask me any more questions."

The book achieved considerable commercial success, spending 48 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

"[3] According to the Chicago Tribune, "the joy of this book lies in figuring out the explicit plot from the implicit details in the pictures.

[10] It was directed by Wils Wilson, with book and lyrics by Joel Horwood and music by Arthur Darvill.

[13] During the United Kingdom's first Covid lockdown Sam Wilde[14] and Ian Nicholson created and performed a stage version made only from cardboard boxes.

This was then picked up by Little Angel Theatre[15] and became a successful national tour with large full sized puppets – still made from cardboard – and included the complete trilogy.