![]() ![]() ![]() Over time the landscape is transformed above and below the surface. Carl sets to work again munching, digesting, casting and tunneling to make the soil fluffy again. That is when Carl notices the land is hard - there is no fluffy soil. Wandering through this now desolate land Carl meets a ground beetle. The birds fly away and the animals move on. His journey takes many days and the days turn into months. He asks a rabbit, a fox, a squirrel and many others. This question sounds innocent enough - why? He is happy with his life of burrowing, tunneling, digesting, feasting and casting turning hard dirt into fluffy soil until one day a field mouse asks a question. Carl is also a book about discovering yourself and your purpose.Ĭarl is not a bird, or a bear, or a beaver - he is an earthworm. ![]() ![]() This is a book that seems so simple but the meaning is so big. Beneath the surface (yes Carl lives beneath the surface) you get a sense that a huge amount of scientific research went into the writing of this book but it is presented with such a light touch that it is only after reading about the role of Carl in our ecosystems that you marvel at what you have just learnt or discovered. He uses the word - Breathtaking - I agree!Ĭarl and the Meaning of Life is a book about the interconnections of life on earth. ![]()
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