Student Question
Who did Sam get his first deer from in My Side of the Mountain?
Quick answer:
Sam Gribley obtained his first deer in "My Side of the Mountain" from poachers who shot the deer but failed to track it. This allowed Sam to claim the deer, which he needed for its hide to cover his door hole in the mountains where he was living independently.
In "My Side of the Mountain," Sam Gribley has left home to live in the wild on an old homestead that had belonged to his great-grandfather.
Once up in the mountains, Sam builds himself a home in an old tree. He decides he wants to obtain a deer so that, among other things, he can have its hide to cover his door hole.
Sam can't really figure out how to kill a deer himself. Luckily for him, some poachers come to the mountains and shoot a deer but are unable to track it.
It was in this way that Sam got his first deer.
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