The Secret Book of the Gnomes 22. [antikvár]

A rescue operation nomes are always prepared to climb a tree in an emergency, especially when a sick or wounded squirrel is trapped on a high, leafy branch. As we are so small it is quite an effort to reach the top. Even climbing a small tree is like climbing a very high mountain. When I have to scale a tree, I puli on my fur tree-climbing boots. Each boot has a sharp spike sticking out of the end, which looks like a very long toe-nail. I dig the spikes into the bark and climb the verticai trunk - like Spiderman climbing a wall. During the spring, we are often called upon in the middle of the night by anxious parents. Here I am climbing an oak tree to rescue a large owl chick. He is clinging to a branch, trembling with fright. But he's not really stuck. Ali he needs is a bit of encouragement to fly.