Hippely, Hilary Horder

One dark, stormy, autumn night a child hears the animals on Klickitat Island crying because they have no shelter, and the child's Beary proposes a daring plan to help them.

Lena's grandmother tells about the time when her mother in Hungary shared some freshly made strudel with a beggar who repaid her hospitality with a beautiful song. Includes a recipe for apple strudel.

Nell wishes she had nice old aunts like her mother had and for one brief afternoon she does.

One dark, stormy, autumn night a child hears the animals on Klickitat Island crying because they have no shelter, and the child's Beary proposes a daring plan to help them.