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Sam runs away from home.
runs away -
i meet bill and i learn how to make fire
bill teaches me to make fire -
makes home
burns tree out to make tree home -
decerats home
makes furniture and improves house -
Sams house is done
The house is six feet in diameter. He can "stand in it, lie down in it, and there was room left over for a stump to sit on." He also has a small fireplace with a chimney. He "chipped out three other knotholes to let fresh air in." -
The Strawberry Lady visits Sam's mountain
Even though he didn't want to, Sam helped the lady pick strawberries then walked with her back to Delhi. While there, he went to visit Miss Turner at the library and read a few books about hawks and falcons. -
Sam captures Frightful
Sam picked the biggest of the nestlings. "The females are bigger than the males. They are the 'falcons.' They are the pride of kings." He plans to train her to hunt food for him. -
Sam produces salt
In mid-June, Sam made a salty flavoring by boiling hickory sticks dry. It made a thick, black substance. He used it to season his wild foods to make them taste better. -
Sam's bed is finished
The bed is made from ash slats covered with hemlock boughs. -
Sam digs a pit for a deer trap
Sam would like to kill a deer. He needs a door for his house, tethers for Frightful, and a blanket for warmth. -
Frightful will hop from stump to fist
Frightful can't fly. Her wing feathers are only about an inch long. Sam seems to love her and spends time stroking and handling her so that she will be easier to train. -
frightful learns to fly
frightful learns to fly -
sam goes hunting
sam starts to get deer from what the hunters left behind -
second deer
sam got his second deer -
Bando makes pottery
Bando needs jars to store the blueberry jam he made on Sam's mountain. -
Sam and Bando work to complete a raft
Sam wants a raft for fishing in deep holes. -
Bando fires his jam jars & lids
Bando used clay from the river bank to make clay pots with lids to store homemade jam in. "It was a terribly hot day for Bando to be firing clay jars, but he stuck with it. They look jam-worthy...." -
Bando and Sam make willow whistles
Sam and Bando play sad songs on the willow whistles. Bando will be leaving soon. The good news is, he plans to return for Christmas. -
bando leaves
bando leavs tell christmas -
sams sad
sams sad that bando leaves tell christmas -
Baron Weasel's fur looks moldy
The seasons are changing and the animals are getting ready for winter. The weasel's coat is changing colors. Sam realizes he needs to start making winter clothes. Rabbit skin underwear! What would that feel like?! -
Sam gets clay for a fireplace
As winter nears, Sam knows he'll need a way to stay warm in his tree. -
Sam's new fireplace works well
Sam finally got the fire place working well enough that it didn't fill the tree with smoke. It took him three days and he and Frightful might have died if he wouldn't have realized he needed fresh oxygen in the tree. -
Sam puts out food for a Halloween party with his "neighbors."
In a race with the squirrels, Sam gathers nuts for his winter food supply. -
Sam puts out food for a Halloween party with his "neighbors."
All the animals came. They wrecked Sam's house and made a mess with his food. He chased them off by growling and yelling and showing them that "might is right." -
Halloween Party gets rough
All the animals came. They wrecked Sam's house and made a mess with his food. He chased them off by growling and yelling and showing them that "might is right." -
Deer Season Begins
Sam hears gun shots and realizes that his clothes are a danger for getting him shot. He takes to the treetops and sees a deer that a hunter shot but did not find. He got three deer that season. The last one he got by hurrying to hide the carcass before the hunter could find it. -
Hunting season is over - Sam has venison steak
Two weeks after deer season began, Sam has three deer hidss and plenty of venison. He and Frightful have the mountain to themselves again. -
bando comes
bando comes on christmas eve we have big feast -
Cristmas dad comes
On Christmas dad comes to my tree home -
bando leaves
bando leaves to school -
great owl
sam sees a great horn own and witttles all evning -
sam gets eggs from great horned owl
the eggs are warm -
The first day of spring
The trees smell good and the food is good -
The first day of spring
The trees small good and the food is good -
coon james
jesse con james meets sam in town -
coon leaves
coon james leaves back to town -
matt
sam meets matt in town -
reporter
reporter comes and sam runs -
family comes
family comes to live with sam -
house for sam
dad biulds house to live in