The son of the British ambassador moves next door. He is cruel to animals. When given tools, he builds a guillotine for chickens. Later he tries to bring a cat to a group of dogs. He ends up getting injured by this escapade. The girls visit him as he is recovering and Madeline tells him to be better. He turns a leaf and starts being a vegetarian who is super kind to animals. He takes it too far and tries to release animals from the zoo. Luckily they calm him down before he can release the lion. I love all the yellow in the book. The rhyme is good, but the meter and rhythm has some challenges.
