I honestly quite like that it isn't love and acceptance that gets the guillotine-building brat from next door to change his ways. It's nearly getting torn apart by dogs. And, you know what? He deserved it. Natural consequences and all, but I still think Madeline should have locked him in a cellar. I suppose he did improve, but the "pride and joy" line at the end irked me enough to knock this down to three stars.