A young seagull falls victim to marine pollution. Before dying, she entrusts her egg to the good cat Zorba and asks for his word that he will hatch the egg, not eat the seagull chick, and teach it to fly. Zorba gives his word. But is it really possible for a cat to teach a seagull to fly?

The most tender and sensitive book by Sepúlveda, for young and old...