Woods Runner (2010)
“Childhood ended when it was possible to help with chores; for a healthy boy or girl, it ended at eight or nine, possibly ten.
Because of his parents’ nature—their lack of physical skills, their joy in gentleness, their love of books and music, their almost childlike wonder in knowing all they could about the whole wide world, but not necessarily the world right around them—Samuel had become the provider for his family.
As he embraced the forest, his skill at hunting grew. Actually, the forest embraced him, took him in, made him, as the French said, a courier du bois, a woods runner. Soon he provided meat for nearly the whole settlement, and in turn, the other men and women helped Samuel’s parents with their small farm and took over Samuel’s chores when he was in the woods.
Samuel’s knowledge grew until when he heard a twig break, he would know whether it was a deer or bear or squirrel that broke it. He could look at a track and know when the animal or man made it, and whether or not t...he creature was in a hurry and if so, why, and how fast it was going and what, if anything, was chasing it and how close the pursuer might be.MoreLess
Because of his parents’ nature—their lack of physical skills, their joy in gentleness, their love of books and music, their almost childlike wonder in knowing all they could about the whole wide world, but not necessarily the world right around them—Samuel had become the provider for his family.
As he embraced the forest, his skill at hunting grew. Actually, the forest embraced him, took him in, made him, as the French said, a courier du bois, a woods runner. Soon he provided meat for nearly the whole settlement, and in turn, the other men and women helped Samuel’s parents with their small farm and took over Samuel’s chores when he was in the woods.
Samuel’s knowledge grew until when he heard a twig break, he would know whether it was a deer or bear or squirrel that broke it. He could look at a track and know when the animal or man made it, and whether or not t...he creature was in a hurry and if so, why, and how fast it was going and what, if anything, was chasing it and how close the pursuer might be.MoreLess
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