Summary

In Chapter 11, The Sleeping Beauty, Danny comes up with a plan to fill raisins with sleeping pill powder, and to feed those raisins to the pheasants. Danny’s father finds the plan brilliant. Because Danny has come up with the plan, his father agrees to allow him to come on the poaching expedition. Danny is thrilled. Danny’s father decides to christen the new method, The Sleepy Beauty. To ensure the raisins are prepared, Danny’s father will keep Danny home from school on Friday under the excuse of illness.

In Chapter 12, Thursday and School, Danny’s father walks him to school, then heads to Stevens to purchase raisins. At school, Danny watches as Mr. Corrado, a decent man of 60 or so, serves the best meat at lunch to the young and beautiful kindergarten teacher, Miss Birdseye, with whom he is in love. Danny...