25 gramov šťastia - Ako vám maličký ježko može zmeniť život – Vacchetta Massimo, Tomaselli Antonella (2020)

So why are you doing this? What do you have from those hedgehogs? I enjoy them. Could you take care of it for those two days? This is how the friendship began between veterinarian Massimo, who specializes in livestock, and an abandoned hedgehog. The little one, barely a few days old, is entirely pink and has a stripe of white, soft, and slightly ruffled spines on its back. It weighs only twenty-five grams and quietly whimpers – it is hungry, it is cold, perhaps it feels lonely. Its desperate cries are so strong and urgent that they penetrate even Massimo's defensive shield forged from apathy and the strength of habit. And so it happened that Ninna – that scruffy little hedgehog was a female – turned his life upside down with the magic of her personality. She is curious. As soon as she senses something new, she immediately pokes her little nose out of her hiding place. She is very playful. She entertains herself by tipping over her water bowl with her nose. She is gentle. When she doesn't see Massimo for a while, she licks him with joy when he returns. But she is also a wild animal that needs freedom. The cage is becoming increasingly cramped for her; she finds happiness outside in the woods... Massimo Vacchetta recounts the unusual encounter that helped him overcome a difficult period and inspired him with a new sense of life. He founded a rescue station for hedgehogs, which, due to...