A Tale from Alonzo's Woodlands

Gloria M. Freeman, the author of, The Y Track Series, normally pens novels for older teens and adults, but in the spirit of whimsy decided to engage an audience a bit younger at heart. This tongue-in-cheek tale is spun by a fabled tale-teller traveling about the kingdom of Alonzo. The story at the very heart of the matter is told by a manipulative and vindictive elf; of a newly hatched chick who is abandoned soon after hatching in the vast woodlands belonging to King Alonzo. As it struggles to survive, the chick is beseiged by all sorts of dangers and hardships, including a hungry fox, a farmer's boy on the hunt and a maurading raccoon that relishes a meal of young chicken. As the elf, Perzabub, sings: My tale is of danger and a message quite true, and so a few twists and turns ensue; along with some tears and a smile or two.