Firkin & The Grey Gangsters

Firkin and the Grey Gangstersis a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes. Firkin and the Grey Gangsterswas in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America - Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrel invaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots. The Sheep who wasn't a Sheepis about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimming between one Outer Isle and the other. The White Drakeis a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.