Ben roams the mountains with Tipsy, a lame skylark, on his back, looking for Tipsy’s lost balance and his missing gene. Instead he finds all kinds of things that others have left behind. The other sheep are convinced there is something wrong with them. ‘Collecting rubbish,’ they scoff. ‘Mixing with birds. It’s unnatural.’ It is only when a climber fails to return one evening that Ben’s talents come into their own and the other sheep begin to change their tune.

This magical story of Ben, the bird-sheep, will delight all those, adults and children alike, who have already come across a sheep called Skye and her remarkable family and those meeting them for the first time.

Harris has, in an almost fairy-tale way, interpreted a feeling that many in our present-day society experience: the feeling of being left out of the 'flock', being different from the others and yet knowing that somewhere a place exists for you. She tells about this simple and at the same time complex truth in a clear, witty, restrained way ...