Will the new tenants use weapons to protect their property? Will Porkey the Woodchuck be safe in a burrow so close to the house? Will there finally be enough to eat? When the new Folks do move in, it seems they will indeed be friendly toward their animal neighbors, but some of the residents of the Hill, led by elderly curmudgeon Uncle Analdas, will not be convinced there isn't something sinister at work until the Folks truly prove themselves beyond a shade of doubt. When the rumors start to circulate of "new Folks coming!" the Hill buzzes with gossip and speculation. The animals of Rabbit Hill have been on their own for quite some time, as the Big House has stood empty and the surrounding gardens have yielded no harvest.
Thankfully, the first animal book I picked up this month was not a cutesy meditation on the merits of pet ownership or a thinly veiled lesson about animal rights, but a truly well-written story about a charming place called Rabbit Hill. It is on account of this that, on Dividing Night, the animals, while deciding who will get to eat from what parts of the garden, that they all agree to leave a portion of the garden untouched for the Folks on account of their kindness to Willie.I am not at all a great lover of animals, so when I chose Animal Stories as this month's focus for the Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge, I was really pushing myself outside of my comfort zone. And, best of all, they make plans for a vegetable garden which are overheard by Willie the Field Mouse, who falls into the rain barrel after hearing this but is rescued and nursed back to health by the Folks. They post a sign near that reads, "Please drive carefully on account of small animals." They also allow a part of the old stone wall to go unmended so as not to disturb anyone's home. Despite the fear and cynicism amongst the animals, they soon learn that the New Folks do not mean them harm. He has a good feeling about the changes to come and he makes up a song about it as he travels north to fetch Old Uncle Analdas. Will the new folks set traps, have BB guns, cover their garbage cans? But Little Georgie isn't worried. Then, one day The Hill is ringing with the news, "New Folks coming." This causes concern and fear initially for the animals of The Hill. They have their routines and rituals that keep them living happily together, but their food supply is dwindling and they are growing worried.
The main character is a rabbit, Little Georgie along with a host of other animals, including woodchucks, skunks, field mice, raccoons, foxes, pheasants and more, who have lived their lives next to a long vacant house.
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