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Section 1
Rob is skipping school because he gets mad so he decides to take a walk in the country when he sees Apron, Mr. Tanners milk cow.
Getting feathered was a form of punishment back when Rob was a kid.
Rob was dragged through a thorn bush by Apron, Mr. Tanners milk cow.
Rob helped Apron give birth to a baby calf.
Section 2
Rob had to get stitches on his harm.
Section 3
Rob's dad builds a fence between their land and Mr. Tanners land. Rob's dad tells Rob how fences bring people together rather than separate people.
Rob finds out that Apron had two calves.
Mr. Tanner gave Rob a baby pig for helping Apron give birth to her calf.
Section 4
Calvin Coolidge is the president at this time.
Sty is created for Pinky because pigs, cows or ox can not live together because it says that in Shaker Law.
Section 5
Pinky loves to eat butternuts.
Rob's family cat has kittens.
Section 6
Rob got a D on his report card in English.
Aunt Matty is going to tutor Rob.
Section 7
A hawk scares Pinky and attacks a rabbit while Rob and Pinky are in the woods.
Section 8
It was raining hard on a summer night and it woke up Rob.
Rob rides with his dad while Salomon pulls them while they go look for Mr. Hillman.
Section 9
Rob is giving Pinky a bath.
Mrs. Bascom hit Rob when he was running through her strawberries one summer day.
Rob helped Mrs. Bascom move her flower plants.
Rob talks about Pinky getting really dirty.
Section 10
London is the largest city in the world at the time of this book.
Mr. Tanner had two horses pull his wagon to Rutland.
Rob got his picture taken when he was in Rutland.
Pinky won a blue ribbon for being the best behaved pig.
Rob shows Mr. Tanner's Holstein calves.
Section 11
Haven found the weasel eating their chickens.
Ira Long has a rat terrier puppy.
Ira Long had to kill his dog when they tried to weasel it and it got mean after they weaseled it.
Section 12
Rob hunts with a 22 rifle.
Rob hunts squirrels.
Rob wants a new checkerboard coat.
Ch. 13
Sampson is a Poland Pig.
Rob has to become a man at the age of 13.
Ch.14
Rob harvests Jonathan and Baldwin apples.
Pinky is killed for the meat so the family can survive through the winter.
Ch.15
Rob's dad passes away and they bury him on the Peck's land with a simple coffin
Rob inherits his dad tools so he can use them on the farm.
Shovels are used to burry Haven.