Poppy A tale from Dimwood Forest Book By: Avi Slides by: Katelyn #17

Chapter 1 Mr. Ocax Chapter 1 starts out with a great horned owl named Mr.Ocax sitting in his charred oak tree, waiting for something to eat. He doesn’t see anything ,and is getting pretty annoyed when he sees two mice. Mr.Ocax likes to eat mice the most because they are scared of him more then any other animal he hunts. One of the mice is a deer mouse named Poppy, who is cautious, and the other is a golden mouse named Ragweed, who seems to not be as cautious as Poppy. Mr.Ocax, the owl, caught Ragweed but luckly,missed Poppy who, at the end of the chapter lies unconscious under a length of rotten bark.

Chapter 2 Poppy Remembers Poppy woke up in confusion. Poppy’s dad’s name is Lungwort and her mum is Sweet Cicely. Then she remembered what her mum and dad had told her, a long time ago. They had told her that Mr.Ocax is their protector but, if they didn’t follow his directions Mr.Ocax would eat them. Poppy is scared and alone and most of all she wants to be home.

Chapter 3 Poppy Alone During the beginning of this chapter, Poppy is trying to get home, but Mr.Ocax is trying to catch her. When she escapes Mr.Ocax accidently helps her. When Poppy gets home she goes inside and sees a red flag. The red flag means the mice need to gather for a emergency meeting. She wondered what the meeting was about.

Chapter 4 The Emergency Meeting Poppy’s dad asks her where Ragweed is and she has a hard time telling him. In the end she manages to tell them that Mr.Ocax ate Ragweed. Lungwort, her dad, tells her that he has chosen her to come with him to see Mr.Ocax and she is not happy. They need to ask him if they can move. Poppy knows that Mr.Ocax will recognize her and not be happy.

Chapter 5 Leaving Gray House Poppy and her dad start out when it is dark and go to the tip of Dimwood forest to meet Mr.Ocax. They find him on his tree. Poppy feels like fainting. Poppy’s dad is afraid. Poppy has never known her father to be afraid.

Chapter 6 Standing before Mr.Ocax Mr.Ocax won’t let them move to New House. Meanwhile Poppy found Ragweed's earring in Mr.Ocax’s pellet. He says that ,that is because Poppy and Ragweed didn’t ask permission to go to Bannock hill in the first chapter. But, after a thought he compromises, that if they leave Poppy to be his dinner he will.

Chapter 7 Home Again When Poppy get’s home, everyone is bombarding her with questions. She goes to her room to thinks things over. Finally she realizes that Mr.Ocax said “No you can’t go to New House” and she starts to thinks that maybe he has something hidden there. Poppy falls into a restless sleep. This chapter makes you want to read more.

Chapter 8 Poppy and Papa Poppy’s dad says that it is his fault that they can’t move but Poppy knows it isn’t. At first her father is mad with her, but as she is about to leave, he calls out “Watch out for porcupines!” Poppy goes to sort out the problem. Basil, her cousin wants to come along but Poppy says no. Poppy decides to go through Dimwood Forest.

Chapter 9 On Her Way Poppy is trying to cross the very fast brook. She gets swept away by the water. When she tries to get out she slips back in. She finally gets out. When she looks around she is near Mr.Ocax’s tree.

Chapter 10 Dimwood Forest Poppy is resting near a log when a fox corners her. She runs into the log, but to her horror a animal is in there already. It was just what she had feared. She wheels around but there is no way out. It is then that she relises she is trapped.

Chapter 11 Erethizon Dorsatum The animal turns out to be a porcupine who is rude. His name is Erethizon Dorsatum(or Ereth for short).Ereth says that his name is Latin. Ereth called the fox who had been chasing Poppy a jerk. Poppy thought that he was going to eat her so she ran to the back of the log and he says “why are you hiding in my toilet?”

Chapter 12 What Poppy Learns Poppy learns that Mr.Ocax is afraid of porcupines. Ereth is very nice, but he is rude. Poppy also learns that porcupines don’t eat mice like Mr.Ocax said they did. When she says “Don’t eat me please.”Ereth is very confused and tells her that porcupines don’t eat meat. One more thing that she learns is that Ereth absolutely loves salt.

Chapter 13 Early Morning Poppy is looking at her surroundings in joy when she spots Mr.Ocax’s snag. As soon as she sees him she darts back into the log, hoping he hadn’t seen her. Ereth told Mr.Ocax about Poppy so Poppy punches Ereth in the nose, while yelling at him. Poppy finally convinces him to come with her to New House. Poppy promised Ereth that she would get him the salt if he came with her.

Chapter 14 On the Way to New House All the animals are afraid of Ereth. Ereth even scared Mr.Ocax. They make it to New House safely. When they get there Ereth leaves her there on her own. Ereth loves salt.

Chapter 15 Alone Again Ereth left her at New House. She finds one of Ereth’s quills and is going to use it as a sword. She saw another owl that is twice as big as Mr.Ocax.

Chapter 16 The Truth at Last Poppy thinks that her whole family can move there. Poppy saw three deer and

Chapter 17 A Surprising Conversation

Chapter 18 The Battle

Chapter 19 The Return

Chapter 20 A New Beginning

Conclusion In the end of this book Mr.Ocax died and the mice are then free to do what they want.On the last two pages Poppy is atop Bannock Hill with her children and new husband.