Gruntly is a hog in every meaning of the word.  His friends are sick of his greedy grabs for everything around, but he learns his lesson at the town treasure hunt — Gruntly is so greedily determined to get to all the treasure first and keep it all for himself that he never stays long enough to hear or read the end of the clues, but jumps to conclusions and heads off at full speed in the wrong direction.  When he does finally catch up to his friends, he is moved by the recognition they all left his portion for him, that he ended up sharing in the end.  Is it believable that one would change their ways so easily? No.  But it’s not aiming for believability, but for making a point, which it does admirably.  Students will be drawn to the familiar illustrations from other books by this pair, and they will delight in using the rhyming clues to make predictions about what mistakes Gruntly makes.  A worthy choice.