A man drives his truck up to a cliff's edge. Unable to go any further,
he opens the back door of his truck and a flock of birds flies out, but,
as the man soon discovers, a small timid bird remains. Surprised and
delighted, the man acts kindly towards the bird and an intimacy
develops. After lunch, the man tries to show the bird that he should fly
off and join his friends. The man's comic attempt at flight deepens the
encounter between these two very different creatures. Soon the bird
flies off and the man drives away, but in a surprise twist the bird and
his friends return, and in a starkly lyrical moment we see them all
experience something entirely new.
Germano Zullo is a prolific writer and poet who lives in Geneva,
Switzerland. He writes for adults and children alike, and has written
many popular children's comics and stories.
Albertine has illustrated loads of children's books and also
illustrates for many of the daily French newspapers in Switzerland. She
teaches at the School of Visual Arts in Geneva.