Richard Bach. The Seagull named Jonathan Livingston (№ 281027)

Aren't keen to learn about flying anything more than the basics: how to get from shore to food and back. For most gulls, most importantly - the food, not the flight. More than anything, Jonathan Livingston loved to fly. But this addiction, he understood, does not inspire respect for the birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent whole days alone, doing their experiments again and again planning over the water.