Book excerpt: This wonderful little book features five never-before-published stories by the late Forest Halvorsen. You'll feel the thrill as Grandpa Ryerson tries to out-skate a bear, share the fear of three boys camping in the Rocky Mountains as they try to determine what animal is making a noise under their cabin, and enjoy the story of Mother Carvin and her Indian friends. Each story has valuable lessons to be learned about nature and life. Also included with these five new stories--the longer nature story of "Scrub," a northern-Michigan white-tail deer.