Rolf in the Woods

'Rolf in the Woods' is a novel penned by Ernest Thompson Seton. The story begins with a scene of an early springtime sunrise, where Quonab, a Native American, steps out of his wigwam and begins singing to the rising sun. He then takes his flint-lock and looks across the water for ducks, but instead sees a muskrat and decides to use his bow and arrows and fish line to catch it. He returns to his wigwam and skins the muskrat and hangs it to dry. A tall, rough-looking man with a red nose and white mustache then appears and makes a contemptuous remark about "rat-eater" before being warned by Quonab to keep away.