While walking the Pennine Way, in Northern England, I stopped in a tiny village called Muker. I had supper in a pub called The Farmers Arms. I was so impressed with the people and personalities that I met in this place I thought it would make a perfect sit-com. But I realized that the best way to make this idea happen was to substitute the people for animals, and make it a children's story, and so "The Fox, The Badger, and The Bunny" was born.
Here are the inspirations for the three main characters: