A Pennsylvania Amish boy wonders if the fox raised on his farm misses other foxes and gets his answer when the animal leaves long enough to have a litter.
"Clyde was hatched late in the spring the year Ada was eight years old. Ada loved him from the first moment she saw him and watched with increasing fondness as Clyde grew into a fine mallard drake. They became constant companioins in all the many summer joys of Pennsylvania Dutch farm life." [book jacket]