Cute Fella With the Black Mask
2nd January 1977My New Friend
9th January 1977Friendship
16th January 1977Milwaukee Moon
23rd January 1977A Gift for Oscar
30th January 1977Goodbye, Skunks
6th February 1977Which Is Faster, Horse or Car?
13th February 1977Frog and Boxing
20th February 1977Mother’s Return
27th February 1977First Exploration
6th March 1977The Sugar Cube That Disappeared
13th March 1977A Book and One Cent
20th March 1977First Day of Summer Vacation
27th March 1977Motherless Child
3rd April 1977I Wish I Could Be Friends With Alice
10th April 1977Night of the Lively Party
17th April 1977Rascal’s Adventure
24th April 1977Marvelous Young Man We Met in the Forest
1st May 1977Rascal and the Corn
8th May 1977Sterling’s Sadness
15th May 1977Look Out, Rascal
22nd May 1977Animals of the Forest and Lake
29th May 1977Carl’s Misfortune
5th June 1977Go, Go, Our Canoe
12th June 1977Fawn Found in the Forest
19th June 1977Forest and Lake Summer Festival
26th June 1977Collar and Leash
3rd July 1977In the Cage
10th July 1977Let’s Fly Through the Starry Sky
17th July 1977Don’t Be Stingy
24th July 1977Day of the Fireworks
31st July 1977When the Migratory Birds Return
7th August 1977Donnybrook’s Victory
14th August 1977A Mean Letter
21st August 1977Carl and Flora
28th August 1977The Old Man Who Was Waiting
4th September 1977Morning Milking
11th September 1977A Lovely Memory
18th September 1977Forgotten Birthday
25th September 1977First Snowy Night
2nd October 1977An Unusual Patient
9th October 1977Almost Christmas
16th October 1977A Wonderful Gift
23rd October 1977Battle on the Ice
30th October 1977Mother’s Slap
6th November 1977Father's Sad Face
13th November 1977The Calf Stood Up
20th November 1977Taming the Wild Horse
27th November 1977Snow House
4th December 1977Canoe Launching Ceremony
11th December 1977One Week Left
18th December 1977Time of Separation and Departure
25th December 1977The story is set in 1914 in Breisford in Wisconsin, near Lake Koshgonong. One spring day the little Sterling finds in the forest a raccoon cub whose mother has just been killed by a hunter; He decides to treat him and keep him by giving him the name Rascal. The boy and the raccoon become inseparable friends from that day, although Sterling soon realizes, after a series of small disasters that Rascal causes in the gardens of neighbors, that cohabitation between men and wild animals can sometimes be very difficult . Thus began the last unforgettable year of Sterling childhood, punctuated by small and big adventures with its large Rascal friends, Oscar and Alice among the animals she loves so much, but marked by the death of the mother and the financial ruin of the father who lost almost all that he has to repay debts.
