The Native Returns

Alan is a highflying young city rat whose ambition to live his life among the rich and famous, and in his fast paced world he expects results at the click of a mouse. However, when a car accident leaves him stranded deep in the Dorset countryside Alan is forced to experience a very different lifestyle, and in doing so his perception of what really matters changes forever. Through a series of adventures and misadventures Alan discovers that true friends are of much greater worth to him than money, and he learns that the real winners in life aren’t always the ones that come first in the race. The story begins when, while travelling home from a sailing holiday, Alan crashes his brand new expensive Italian sports car into Farmer Tail’s apple orchard – and into the lives of the villagers of Tadstone. The farmer, a middle-aged grey squirrel, takes the devastated rat in and helps him arrange for his car to be repaired.