Mysideofmntn 734420 2049

My Side of the Mountain

By Eric215

  • Sam ran away from home.

    Don't actually know the year or day when he ran away. The book said he was getting ready to run away in April.

  • Sam learns how to make a fire.

  • Sam meets Ms. Turner and find's the Gribley Farm.

    Ms. Turner, a librarian, helps Sam find maps of the mountains and find the Gribley Farm for Sam.

  • Sam finished his treehouse.

  • Sam got Frightful. His hunting bird.

    Sam had to climb up a tree and had to fight the mother to get Frightful.

  • Sam finished his bed.

  • Sam set a trap to catch his first deer.

  • First day of summer.

  • Independence Day.

  • Sam is almost done with his deerskin pants.

    Exact date unknown.

  • Frightful catches her first prey.

    Exact date unknown.

  • Sam hears sirens and meets the man he calls himself "Bando."

  • Bando makes jars for his blueberry jam.

    Bando needs jars for his blueberry jam.

  • Sam and Bando make a raft.

    Sam wants a boat to go fishing in.

  • Bando left Sam.

    Bando taught Sam how to catch mussels.

  • Sam gathers clay to build a fireplace.

    Sam knows winter is coming, so he prepares himself with a firepkace.

  • Hunting season began.

    I don't know the real date it just said early November. Sam caught a total of three deer.

  • Sam cut his hair.

    Sam cut his hair with his penknife.

  • Sam meets a guy he calls, "Mr. Jacket."

    Sam goes to town and meets "Mr. Jacket."

  • Sam piled up wood for the winter.

    Sam realized he hadn't piled up wood for winter so he made sure he piled up some wood.

  • Sam hid the deer from the hunter.

    Sam hid up in the trees because the hunters never looked up just down, left, and right.

  • Sam wrote the first part of the first chapter.

    This is a flashback.

  • Sam is in his first snowstorm.

  • Strawberry lady reported that she saw a wild boy living in the woods.

    Sam was the wild boy. Bando was the one to tell Sam about it.

  • Sam is wondering if Bando is coming to visit.

  • Bando came to visit Sam in the woods.

  • Sam's dad visited Sam for the first time in a long time.

    Sam's dad hollered "Hellllllllooooo" when he thought he was close to Sam.

  • Bando left Sam.

    Bando said he had to grade papers back at his school.

  • Sam's dad left him.

    That was the last time they saw each other in a long time.

  • Sam makes snowshoes to walk easier on the snow.

  • Sam saw owls in a cave.

    Sam noticed that Frightful was looking in a direction that had a cave near it. Sam went in and saw an owl.

  • Sam made it through the winter.

    Sam was missing some of his vitamins.

  • The great horned owls have eggs.

  • Sam meets Matt Spell.

    Matt Spell saw Sam in the wood and started asking him questions for his newsletter.

  • Sam could tell it was Spring.

  • Sam is no longer living off of his storehouse.

  • Sam found a man named Aaron.

    Exact date unknown.

  • Matt came back to visit Sam.

  • Bando came back to visit Sam.

    Bando said, "I'm on Spring break."

  • Sam boiled some sap and made syrup.

    Sam boiled exactly 32 cups of sap.

  • Photographers came out and took pictures of Sam.

    Do not know exact date.

  • Sam's entire family came and hugged him.

    Sam's family said, "If you are not coming home, then home is coming to you."