The Beast of Monsieur Racine by Tomi Ungerer

In my next TH-cam video, I record the story, "The Beast of Monsieur Racine", which centers on Monsieur Racine, a retired tax collector who grows and loves his pears by winning at local country fairs, until one day, the retiree finds all his pears gone except one, which are revealed to have been stolen by a strange creature, which actually is two children in disguise together.