sentence: characters a nice guy called david bouchard a mole family - mr. manny , mrs. milly , marcia , marcus a family of mice ( the corncrackers ) - albert , rose , root , snoot and hickory a frog family - moses , neptune , abel and grannie annie who pushes around a bowl containing two tadpoles , on a pram a hedgehog family ( the tickles ) - mrs. tickle , lizzie , libby and shrimp a squirrel family - rufus , rain and their baby squirrel called hazel two mischievous gray squirrels - dave and denzil who communicate frequently with a cups and string phone .