My son and I just started reading the hobbit together before his bed time. This is a very special copy, the book came with a case and both are done in forest green and gold trim. I forgot my last copy at my fishing hole under a tree. When I went to pick it up again about a month later it was gone? This is not a high traffic area and have never seen another person there ever. It probably reaked like skunk so I doubt a animal ate it