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Bud's passion for dirt and gardening worries his loving but orderly parents, especially when fanatically tidy Grandfather Sweet-William comes to visit. But after a storm wreaks havoc in Bud's garden, Grandfather, thinking of the roses his wife used to grow, forgets about cleanliness and helps repair the damage. O'Malley's amusing illustrations endow this rhinoceros family with plenty of character.