Does a family mystery stand in the way of saving Kip's
best friend? Katherine Pearl Baker--"Kip" for short--is the only child on
her family's rural peach farm. She longs for a pet to ease the loneliness.
Unfortunately, her father has an angry opposition to all animals--horses in
particular. Why he dislikes them is a confounding mystery. Hiding in the woods on the Fourth of July, Kip encounters a
bedraggled donkey...