Book One: Chapter IV Summary

The weather warms quickly and Hig plants his garden of beans, corn, potatoes and spinach. In the cold frame, he begins his tomatoes. He always grew more than they could eat, and canned the rest to get them through the winter. He secretly took fresh vegetables and sometimes jars to the Mennonite families as well. He talks to Jasper as he works, planting and then siphoning water from the pond to the runnels he created to keep the garden watered. He is tired when he finishes and decides he will take Jasper hunting the next day. The next morning he tells Bangley he will be gone for two or three days as he packs food for himself and jerky for Jasper. Bangley isn't happy. He reminds Hig that every day he and Jasper are gone, and they...