I would love to have heard a lot more about their wonderful, intelligent cats, including their names. Sterling was not diligent about caging Rascal but needed to get him to the wild regardless relieved to know he was safe and free. I am not keen on the novel, if it elaborates upon the unpleasantness. Why would his Dad hire anyone who dislikes animals and usurps Sterling's room to live in? Why should hired help get a say in the North's always content household? This version skimmed those hiccups. There were two unpleasant thorns in the year with his raccoon: a preacher threatening Rascal if he raided his produce again (not a Godly man to think the Lord's creatures are for killing) and a new sourpuss housekeeper. Knowing the main events, I might not need to read the novel. I whizzed through these 80 pages in a day. I got " Little Rascal", shortened for children and the whole "Rascal" story, from garage sales or thrift shops. We meet Sterling and his Dad, a lawyer, in 1918. Their brother survived world war I in France. They adored Sterling and helped raise him, after their Mom, Sarah Elizabeth Nelson North, died at 47 in 1914. It matters so much that he had an animal-loving, kind Dad and sisters. This is a lovely memory by a Grandfatherly person for his Grandchildren, about being ages 11 to 12 in Wisconsin, raising a baby raccoon.
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