Bearclaw Valley Fantastic Mr.Fox

Along with learning to play, Alexander was also still learning how to be a parent. He didn’t quite know how it worked, even now, and so he didn’t know what he was supposed to do—how he was supposed to let the child win, how he was supposed to boost her confidence instead of tearing it down. He did not know these things, as no one had ever taught him, either in his youth or adulthood.

And so, he yanked back on the stick—

—and he yanked hard.