S?ss?, ? littl? ?l? l???, w?s ?ick?? ?? ?s ? st??? in ? ?i?l?. It is ?ncl??? w??t??? s?? w?s ???n??n?? ?? ??t l?st. S?? ??? liv?? ? s?? ?n? ????? li??, ?n? it s??w?? in ??? c??nk? ????vi??. B?t ??s?it? ??? ?is??siti?n, s?? n????? l?v? ?n? c???. W??n s?? w?s ??sc???, s?? w?s ???n? t? ??v? ? ????l? ???ni?, c??sin? ??? ??in ?n? ?isc?m???t.

A?t?? ??ttin? ??? m??ic?l t???tm?nt ?l?n s?t, S?ss? ??? ? s?cc?ss??l s?????? t? ????i? ??? ???ni?. H?? ??c?v??? j???n?? st??t??, ?n? ??? ??st?? ????nt t??k c??? ?? ??? ?v??? n???, incl??in? s??in?? ????in? ??? m??ic?ti?n. As ???s w?nt ??, S?ss? s??w?? im???v?m?nt in ??? ???sic?l ?n? ?m?ti?n?l st?t?. S?? ??c?m? m??? ?ctiv?, st??t?? ??tin? ????l??l?, ?n? ?v?n s??w?? ????cti?n t? ??? ??st?? ????nt.

H?? j???n?? t? ??c?v??? w?sn’t ??s?, ?n? it t??k ? l?t ?? ??ti?nc? ?n? ???ic?ti?n ???m ??? ??st?? ????nt. B?t wit? t?? ??l? ?? t?? Sm??t A?????c? V?t??in??? S??vic?s, S?ss? w?s ??l? t? ???l ?n? ????in ??? st??n?t?. A?t?? m?nt?s ?? ?????ilit?ti?n, S?ss? t??ns???m?? ???m ? s??, s??t ??wn, ?n? c??nk? ?it?? t? ? ????? ?n? ?l????l ???.

T????, S?ss? is ??ll? ???lt?? ?n? ?????, livin? in ??ll ?? c??? ?n? l?v?. S?? ?v?n ???n? ? n?w ??i?n? in L?l?, ?n? t???t???, t??? l?v? ?l??in? ?n? ??vin? ??n. S?ss?’s j???n?? is ? t?st?m?nt t??t wit? l?v? ?n? c???, ?v?n t?? ???m?i?st ?? ???s c?n ?in? t??i? ????? ?l?c?\

.

.

.

.

N?ws ?? B?ll?’s inc???i?l? t??ns???m?ti?n s?????, c??t??in? t?? ????ts ?? m?n?. H?? st??? s??v?? ?s ? ???c?n ?? ????, ins?i?in? ?t???s t? ?xt?n? t??i? kin?n?ss ?n? s?????t t? ?nim?ls in n???. T?? ??t????in? ?? l?v? ?n? ?nc??????m?nt ?????i?m?? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? t?? imm?ns? im??ct it c?n ??v? ?n t?? liv?s ?? t??s? w? c??? ???.

B?ll?’s t???s, ?nc? ? ???l?cti?n ?? ??? ?v??w??lmin? ?l?ti?n, ??c?m? ? c?t?l?st ??? c??n??. T?????? ??? st???, ????l? w??? ??min??? ?? t?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls ????nin? ??? ? ?liss??l ?????, ?n? t??? ??c?m? ??v?c?t?s ??? t??i? w?ll-??in?. B?ll?’s j???n?? t??c??? t?? ????ts ?? m?n?, l??vin? ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n t?? w??l? ?n? i?nitin? ? s???k ?? c?m??ssi?n t??t w??l? c?ntin?? t? s?????.

In t?? ???s?nc? ?? B?ll?’s t???s, w? ??? ??min??? ?? t?? ???t? ?? ?m?ti?n t??t ?xists wit?in ??? ?nim?l c?m??ni?ns. T??? ??min? ?s ?? t?? ??????n? c?nn?cti?n w? s???? wit? t??m, ?n? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? c???. T?????? ?cts ?? kin?n?ss, w? c?n c???t? ? w??l? w???? ?v??? ?nim?l, lik? B?ll?, ?in?s s?l?c?, j??, ?n? t?? ??ssi?ilit? ?? s????in? t???s ?? ????in?ss.