Ike and Porker Author:Susan E. Kirby If there was one thing in the world Isaac Burk wanted, it was to go along with his father and the other men on the yearly hog drive. His older brother Jacob had gone last year, and had come back with marvelous stories of the bustling market town on the shores of the great lake that stretched as far as you could see. When Ike himself ... more »got back, he would carve a message on the log where he kept track of the special events in his life. "1837," he would carve, "Ike saw Chicago."
Why shouldn't this be the year? Surely he was old enough now to be a helper on the drive. Even though Pa said no, Ike had a plan. He knew just how he would persuade Pa to change his mind. Ike's dog Brownie was part of the plan, but the pet pig Porker was definitely not.
Then somehow things began to go wrong. It wasn't going to be so easy to prove himself to his stern, capable father. But Ike was stubborn and brave, and before the adventure was over his plan had worked in a way neither he nor Pa expected.« less