It's not the journey that changes his life but those he meets along the way. Albie is on a
mission! The king has commanded him to deliver an important message to the neighboring castle.
Dutifully he dashes away. But once on his way something comes up . . . and then another thing
and then another! What is one to do when a squirrel a tired mother and her many children and
an old animal need Albie's help just has much as his king? Told with clever parallel
storytelling Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Jutta Bauer delivers a charming new
folktale about the importance of kindness and being true to oneself-even when one is charged
with an important errand for the king.
