Chapters 11 and 12

Chapter 11...Frightful Learns Her ABC's:

By now Frightful is starting to loose her down feathers and is learning how to fly. Frightful learns how to hunt. Sam ties a sack of meat to a rope and tosses it in the air for Frightful to catch. If Frightful catches it , he takes it away and tosses her a small peice of meat. Sam was afraid that if he let her eat the meat she catches, that she would turn wild and not hunt for him (That's what should happen). This whole time The Baron weasel was watching. Sam chased andplayed with him, while Frightful was busy eating her meat. Sam would take Frightful out to the meadow to spread her wings every day. She flew greater and greater heights. One day, Frightful had her very first live catch. It was a small sparrow. He took it away and gave her the lure.

Chapter 12...I Find A Real Live Man:

Sam meets Bando. Bando isn't the man's real name though, more like a nickname. Sam heard sirens and spotted him sleeping against a log. His immeadiate thought was an outsider. That's why he calls him Bando. Bando called Sam, Thoreau (not sure why). Sam and Bando became great friends. It turns out that Bando wasn't an outlaw but a lost, confused, College English teacher who got lost on a hike in the Catskills.
Bando helped carve some utensils and tools for Sam. He also made some type of whistle and showed Sam how to play. Bando spent the night. The next day he helped Sam finish his raft. He collected some natural clay from the bottom of lake and made some jars. He made some jam from some wild berries and kept it in his jars. Bando and Frightful tolerated each other. They didn't sound too fond of each other. He prefered to keep his distance from The Baron weasel. Either than that he made himself feel at home.

MY COMMENTS ON THESE CHAPTERS...

I think it is interesting how Sam taught Frightful to fly and hunt. I guess Frightful's wild instinct helped her hunt, but he still makes it sound too easy. I like Bando (if he was a real person). He seems friendly. I'm surprised he doesn't get along with the animals well, but that just may be because the animals can scense that he is fearful. I find it funny how Sam decided to name the weasel The Baron. It's kind of a weird name.
Questions I am thinking/wondering: Is it as easy as Sam makes it seem to train a falcon? What year does this story take place because wouldn't Bando have a cell phone on his hike? Why did Sam name the weasel The Baron istead of just Baron? That's all I'm thinking. Not much on these chapters.