Nanne my Neighbour and the ferret who made angels

"The ferret tasted all the hens, and the rooster too, bit them so hard they died and became angels. All of them exept one who flew up in the air and into the dark spruce forest. Lucky for her, Bianca is a flying hen said Nanne."
My neighbour told me a story, one that was both happy and sad. Afterwards I thought, what strange things can happen, and was that ferret mean ...?
This book has been appreciated by both younger and older children.