Chapter 2, Thorne Summary

In Chapter 2, Fone Bone is surviving through the winter with the help of his new forest friends. Mz. Possum arrives with her children and brings Fone blankets and other warm items. Fone asks if the Possum's have seen Ted, the bug, and they reply they have not. Mz. Possum leaves her children with Fone so she can run errands, and the boys help Fone move wood to his home. Inside, Fone and the boys play, but they soon run out of the house. Fone runs to follow them, only to find them in the hands of the rat creatures. He grabs the possums, and tells them to run home while he distracts the monsters. He pretends to hurt his foot, and when they growl at him, asks what they had for lunch, implying their breath stinks. The monsters discuss their lunch...