When one after another family member goes the store for baking soda and never returns, the pet squirrel decides to investigate in this retelling of a traditional Appalachian tale.

A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person he meets on the road says to him.

"The bestselling Foxfire series returns with a loving tribute to Appalachian culture, this time with a focus on preserving and passing down the music, the lore, and the "how-to" wisdom of earlier generations"--Provided by publisher.

On t.p.: general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawba Indian potter--and haint tales, quilting, home cures, and log cabins revisited.

Worried that Little Boy will be frightened if she fails to return home before dark, an old woman enlists the aid of some passing animals to coax her new pig across the bridge.