Mouse Island - The River in Flood Summary

Dr. Biggin will be hosting a meeting of their archeology committee at Green Knowe, and her friend Old Harry has sent along a sample of grass seeds, which is believed to be the main cereal food of the Ogru giants in Abyssinia. Dr. Biggin and Dr. Bunn will feed some of the grass to Ida, to see if it will help her grow at all. Dr. Biggins and Dr. Bun measure Ida's height before sending her off to play. The children go over to Green Knowe's orchard, an island itself, connected by a bridge over a moat. They will spend the day and picnic lunch there. They discover a small path -a road for mice. The children build mouse nests, and Oskar continues working on his while Ida and Ping eat...