Sentence:  Ever since Bambi , and , more recently , Born Free , there have been a lot of books about animals , but <WSD>few</WSD> compare with Max Fink 's wry , understated , charming , and immensely readable My Friend , the Quizzical Salamander . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number