Firkin and the Grey Gangsters

Firkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes.
Firkin and the Grey Gangsters was in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America - Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrel
invaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots.
The Sheep who wasn't a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimming
between one Outer Isle and the other.
The White Drake is a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.