So I named him Brave
by Domenico Petrolino
A squirrel climbs to the top of a high wall, gets a good run-up and then leaps, spread-eagled, in a vain attempt to fly. Ridiculed by his own kind, who have become fat and lazy in their city park, and ostracized by the birds he seeks to emulate, he leaves his community and embarks on a lonely life in pursuit of his dream. And then he meets a friend . . .