Squirrel seeks chipmunk, by David Sedaris

Sort of Aesop's fables for the 21st century. Cleverly written (this is David Sedaris after all), but strangely affecting and thoughtful too. A mouse keeps a pet snake ("A rescue snake," she'd be quick to inform you); migrating warblers discuss the natives ("My family's been wintering in Guatemala for as long as I can remember....Every year like clockwork, here we come by the tens of thousands -- but do you think any of the those Spanish-speaking birds have bothered to learn English?); storks worry about how to respond when their kids ask about the facts of life ("babies are brought by mice..."). 159 pp.