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Sam runs away from his home.
Exact date unknow. The book says "I left New York in May." -
Sam's Tree House is done!
His house is 6ft in diameter. He can lie down, sit, and stand in it! -
The Strawberry Lady Visits Sam's Mountian
Sam helped the lady pick strawberries then walked with her back to Delhi. Sam didn't want to help her, but he did! 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." Sam plans to train her to hunt food for him. -
Sam made something
Sam made some salt, to season his food! -
Sam produces salt
In mid-June, Sam made a salty flavoring by boiling hickory sticks dry. It made a thick, black substance. Sam is going to use it to make his food taste better! -
Sam finished salt
Sam finished the salt! Now he can use it to season his food! -
Sam's bed is finished
Sam's bed is made from ash slats covered with hemlock boughs. -
Sam digs a pit for a deer trap
Sam needs to kill a deer. He needs a door for his house, tethers for Frightful, and a blanket for warmth. -
Sam and Bando work to complete a raft
Sam wants a raft for fishing in some places he can't get to! -
Sam's raft
Sam's raft is almost done! -
Really hot day
To hot to be fireing clay pots, but Bando does it anyway! He fills the pots up with Jam! -
Bando taught Sam
Bando taught Sam how to make Willow whistels. -
Sam is sad!
Sam is sad, because Bando left! -
Baron Weasel
The Baron Weasel looked moldy. -
Sam got clay
Sam got clay for a fire place. -
Sam got the fireplace well
Sam got the fireplace well enough that it didn't full the tree with smoke! -
Mountians
Sam has been up, and down the mountain everyday! And he is collecting nuts with the squrriels. -
Sam celebrates!
Sam celebrates Halloween! -
Sam's house got wrecked
All the animals came and wrecked Sam's tree house. They stole his food and made a mess. -
Sam awoke
Sam got awaken by a shot from a rifle. Hunting Season hed started! -
Sam dressed warm
Sam is dressed head to toe in deerskin. -
Wood
Sam started getting wood for fires! -
Hunters
Hunters are excellent friends, if they are used correctly. Two weeks after Hunting Season! -
Snow
The snow begins! -
Sam's first snowstorm
Sam holed up in his tree home and ate turtle soup, and acorn pancakes. -
Bando didn't come
Sam was wondering if Bando was gonna come to see him! -
Sam is worried
Sam is worried that Bando might not come to visit! -
Bando arrives
Bando was still not at Sam's. At 4:30 that afternoon he arrived! -
Sam's dad arrives
Sam's dad arrives, with good news! -
Sam's dad met someone
Sam's dad met Frightful. Frightful also caught herself a phesant! -
Bando leaves
Bando has to leave to grade papers. -
Sam's dad leaves
Sam's dad went back to New York. -
Sam hears something
Sam heard somethung in his bedroom, he thinks it might be a mouse. -
Sam made snow shoes
Sam made snow shoes out of Ash sapling slats, he wittled them thin enough to bow, soaked them in water to make them bend easier, looped the two ends together, and wound them with hide. With his penknife he made holes an inch apart all around the loop. He strung deer hide crisscross through the loops, he made a loop of hide to hold his toes and straps to hold his shoes on! -
Sam sees what is in his bedroom
Sam sees the mouse and feeds him a nut meat! -
Sam took Frightful out!
Sam took Frightful out today, they went to the medow and somthing frighted Frightful. It was a Great Horned Owl! -
Sam saw deer.
The deer pressed all around Sam. They are hungry, they stamp out yards to feed on. Sam cuts down limbs for the deer to eat! -
Great Horned Owls!
Sam thinks the Great Horned Owls have eggs! -
Great Horned Owl eggs!
Sam found out that the Great Horned Owls do have eggs! -
Spring
The first day of Spring! Sam is excited!