Once upon a time there was a huge fight between the animals and the birds in a forest. The forest they lived in was full of huge trees, plentiful nuts, plants, and fruits, and large rivers. The forest stretched on for miles and miles in all directions. Even though there was enough food and water for everyone the animals and birds could not seem to live together in the forest peacefully. There were constant fights over the water, food, and where each of the animals and birds lived. The animals bickered and bickered and neither the birds nor the animals would ever make an agreement on sharing the forest.
One day the leader of the animals, the bear, and the leader of the birds, the eagle, decided that they would play a game of baseball in order to decide who would be in charge of the forest. This game would decide who would get to make the rules in the forest.
All of the animals and birds gathered in an open field on one Saturday morning. There was tension in the air as each of the teams warmed up and got their heads in the game. The birds were nervous because they were facing the meanest animals in the forest such as the bear and the lion.
The animals thought that they were easily going to win. They were not nervous at all. Right before the game was about to begin two little mice walked up to the birds and asked the eagle if they could join his team. The eagle was very confused by this because the mice could not fly, did not have wings, and should obviously be on the animals' team. However, the mice said that they tried to play with the animals, but the animals did not accept them because they were so small. Out of pity, the eagle decided that they could play on the birds' team. The eagle thought and thought about how to make wings for the mice so that they could be disguised as birds. Finally, he decided that he would stretch out the skin of both mice to make it look like they had wings. After doing this, the mice turned into flying squirrels. They were able to jump from tree to tree and glide through the sky.