Review: "Even if you are a small owl, you are still an owl, and you can do anything you want"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Paul is a tiny Elf Owl who's just learned to fly. Gary, a much larger Spotted Owl, mocked Paul because of his small size. After feeling the sting of Gary's jibes, Paul decided to sleep at night when the other owls were active, and hunt for food in the daytime in order to avoid Gary. But that plan didn't work, so it was back to feeding at night for young Paul. When Paul found three young Spotted Owls in trouble, little did he suspect that his unpleasant relationship with Gary was about to take a dramatic turn.The story's moral is that if you believe in yourself, many things are possible. Young Paul had no idea what he was capable of, but he remembered his grandfather's saying, "Even if you are a small owl, you are still an owl, and you can do anything you want." When faced with a crisis, this gave him the confidence to give his best effort, and that made all the difference.I'm not real knowledgeable about owls, so I looked them up. Measured by body weight, Elf Owls are the world's smallest owls, typically weighing about 1.4 ounces. Spotted Owls are much larger, with adults weighing 21 ounces or more. Both species live in the western United States.