A young boy runs away from home to live in the wild on the site that used to be his grandfather's farm.

Author's Preface -- I Hole Up in a Snowstorm -- I Find Gribley's Farm -- The Old, Old Tree -- The King's Provider -- I Learn to Season My Food -- Frightful Learns Her ABC's -- The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness -- Trouble Begins -- I Learn About Birds and People -- The Spring in the Winter and the Beginning of My Story' End -- The City Comes to Me.