I think that the authors said that the door has three big locks because it sounds better than saying that the book has one big lock. What I think is cool is how they get the fake nature things; the sky picture, the butterfly under class and a fake fish and when there is genuine dirt and the recording of the sound of a seagull and the film of the fresh running brook. I think that the parents are trying to make up for the the things the kids are missing out on but they are doing it in the wrong way becasue they are giving them fakes things except for the dirt. What they really should do instead of keeping their kids in the box should let them out to run free. I think the kids should get out of the box and even if they get in trouble, I would rather get in trouble and be free. I think that the parents what the children to be perfect little angels and it is hard to be perfect little angels when you are trying to have fun so I think the parents stuck them in the bos so the kids could have a lot of fun and then come back and be the perfect little angles that the parents want them to be. The box is kind of like a prison because the kids can get in and out . . the can get in but they can't get out. How come the parents can get out but the kids can't It doesn't have a lid so why don't they climb out. At the end they are getting their freedom back because they are climbing out of the box and the box is falling apart and the beaver is chewing a hole in it and the rabbits are helping to tak the box down. The rabbits and the beavers are the two animals that are named every time . . .the rabbits will hope and the beavers will chew trees when they need them. This book is more about kids not getting what they deserved becasue the deserve to get to be kids. The kids will become adults and won't have a chance to be kids first. They talk about all the good things the kids do and the They say the rabbits and beaver line before there is always a line the sparrows will sing and the porpoises will scream and that is always about the kids' head and around it they were saying all the good things that kids do. I notice about the illustrations that some look like they have been cut from magazines and otehrs look like they have been printed off the computer and some look like they have been drawn by kids. I like the way the parents are always walking out the door and they are dressed all happy. They look all happy when they are outside and they look sad when they are in the big box.