Ungerer, Tomi

Monsieur Racine believes he has made a significant scientific discovery, but the beast will surprise him, one more time.

Determined to catch the thief of his prize pears, a retired tax collector sets a trap in his garden and captures a beast unknown to modern science.

Emile the octopus rescues a diver being attacked by a shark, accepts a job as a lifeguard and saves many people in the ocean, and helps the police capture a gang of smugglers.