Introduction

The bridge appears overnight. The animals find it at dawn as daytime creatures creep from their sleeping quarters, blinking in the early light. One intrepid chip monk thrills his friends by scampering just a couple of paw steps onto the bridge. Sasha is a young squirrel who lives with her two brothers in a tree that overlooks the canyon. She is curious and likes to nose her way around the area, learning all she can. Her curiosity has always centered around her home, her side of the canyon. Until she sees the bridge on that first day, she is never considered what lies beyond the canyon. But as soon as she sees it, fashioned out of untold lengths of rope with thin