Annie and the Wild Animals

Annie was lonely. Taffy her golden-haired cat had disappeared. Life in the woods was empty and Annie could not find anyone to be her friend. Outside the snow was deep and the winter seemed endless. A moose and a bear and even a wildcat are not as friendly or as soft or as cuddlesome as Taffy. A story within a story forms as the intricate borders subtly foreshadow the main plot of Taffys return at the end of the winter.