Peter

Peter is the central character. His story begins when he is forced by his father to abandon the fox that he raised from a kit. Peter’s father was going away with his military unit. He told Peter that he would have to stay with his grandfather for at least six months. Peter’s father told him he would have to release Pax into the wild because he could not take him to his grandfather’s house. After Peter settles in at his grandfather’s house, Peter realizes he was wrong to let his father make him abandon Pax. Peter runs away from his grandfather’s house. He is determined to find Pax.

Shortly after he begins his trek to find Pax, Peter breaks his foot. When Vola finds Peter hiding out in her barn, she first makes arrangements to send Peter back to his grandfather. Peter realizes...