In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to c…
A tree stood quietly in the sunshine. A big brown bear stepped up. "Hello!" he said, very loudly. "Hello! Hello!" come little voices, squeaky voices and deep-down voices from all over the tree. But when it begins to rain, what do you think they say?