One of those strange Jennings stories -- good for older readers to ponder.

Shane's father promised his own father years ago that he would never open the locked cupboard in his bedroom. Now that they are moving into the Grandad's old house, Shane's father expects Shane to keep that promise. Shane's father also points out the two lemon trees in the back garden. A big one and a small one. The big tree, laden with lemons, marks where Grandad shot a fox and buried its remains. The other tree is shrivelled with only two lemons on it. Under his bed, Shane finds a loose board -- and a rusty key hidden. It unlocks the forbidden cupboard! Inside is a dried fox. Then Shane notices the old photograph in the kitchen of long-dead Grandad and a dried fox. That night Shane dreams of the lemon tree and, as if on command, goes out and gets a lemon and puts it in the dead fox's mouth. Feeding lemons to the fox brings it back to life! All except for real eyes. Shane knows it's the last two lemons the fox needs. All that is left behind when the fox returns to the wild are two glass eyes. The fox looks back at Shane with its clear blue eyes (the color of Grandad's eyes) and seems to say 'Thank you. And farewell.' The little lemon tree dies. And Shane's father happens to mention, "It's never grown well, and it should have. Because we planted it on Grandad's grave." ( )