Little Melissa was a curious child.On a camping trip with her human parents, Melissa thought she heard the animals talking to each other. Curious, she could not sleep and left the campsite to find these voices. She soon became lost, and frightened. After hours and hours she still couldn’t find her way back to the safety of the campsite. It was very, very dark and Melissa became tired. She decided it would be safer to climb a tree, and perhaps find her bearings. Exhausted and hungry Melissa quickly fell asleep. She awoke in the morning with a surprise gift of nuts and berries next to her. She gratefully ate her breakfast, and it soon dawned on her that the squirrels in the trees had given her the food, and these were the voices in the night she had heard.
For the next few years the squirrels raised her and played squirrel games with her. She quickly became adept at catching nuts thrown form the trees by her adopted friends, and became strong and agile.
The Squirrels called her 'Albie', which means 'Large Squirrel with opposable thumbs who can catch chestnuts' , in Squirrel. Albie learned how to catch falling chestnuts for her squirrel family. This was a popular treat.
Albie grew a long main that protected her from the elements, and she was happy. But her squirrel family eventually realized that she was really a person and would be safer back with her kind.
Albie moved back to civilization, but was never really happy until she discovered base ball, which was as close to squirrel life as civilization had to offer.
Albie is now happily living in a Tree House and her favorite food is wild berries and nuts she gathers in the forest. She can be seen playing on the Whately Pioneer Base Ball team.
