Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first man who was after me -- I learn to season my food -- How a door came to me -- Frightful learns her ABC's -- I find a real live man -- Autumn provides food and loneliness -- We all learn about Halloween -- I find out what to do with hunters -- Trouble begins -- I pile up wood and go on with winter -- I learn about birds and people -- I have a good look and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.