Pip's Big Meadows Field Guide

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Somewhere in the tall meadow grass of Big Meadows, a tiny chipmunk named Pip is in trouble. She's been working all season on the very first Big Meadows Field Guide — a page for every animal who calls these mountains home. But Pip is too small to see over the grass, too short to spot the deer, the birds, the bears. Page after page sits empty. Winter is coming. And the animals are starting to disappear into the woods. What Pip needs is an explorer — a tall one, with binoculars and a walking stick and a very brave heart. Lucky for her, one just arrived.

1 Pip's Note START M1

Henry finds Pip's tiny rolled-up note and learns about the empty field guide. The adventure begins — he is the explorer she has been waiting for.

Clue: "Dear Explorer, My name is Pip. I am a chipmunk. I am making the Big Meadows Field Guide, but all my pages are empty! I need someone tall. Someone with binoculars. Someone just like you. Will you help me? Your first animal to find is a white-tailed deer. Look out into the open meadow. They love the tall grass!" M1.clue

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Dear Explorer, My name is Pip. I am a chipmunk. I am making the Big Meadows Field Guide, but all my pages are empty! I need someone tall. Someone with binoculars. Someone just like you. Will you help me? Your first animal to find is a white-tailed deer. Look out into the open meadow. They love the tall grass!

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A tiny chipmunk. An almost-empty book. And a winter that won't wait.

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In the meadow at the foot of the old blue mountains, there lived a chipmunk named Pip. She had three stripes down her back, one very serious face, and a field guide she had made herself — one blank square for every animal in Big Meadows. She loved those empty squares more than anything. Each one felt like a friend she simply hadn't met yet.

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Every morning, Pip walked the long path through Big Meadows with her field guide tucked under her arm. She listened for wings. She watched for shadows. She tucked a fern frond behind her ear whenever she was thinking very hard — which was almost always. The mountains smelled like cold and pine. She took a deep breath and wrote the date at the top of a new page.

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But here was the trouble. The meadow grass had grown very, very tall. And Pip — well. Pip was very, very small. She could hear the deer. She could hear the red-winged blackbirds calling. She could even hear, once, the low and rumbling breath of something large and wonderful somewhere nearby. But she could not see a single one of them.

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She tried standing on a pinecone. She tried climbing a cattail. Once, she dragged a smooth river stone all the way from the creek and stood on top of it with both feet. She could see a little more sky. That was all. Back home, she opened her field guide and counted the blank squares. Forty-seven. Every single one still empty.

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The nights were growing colder now. Pip could feel it in her paws when she woke up. The geese were already gone. The woodchuck by the old fence post had stopped coming out at noon. One by one, the animals of Big Meadows were slipping away into the woods to sleep the long winter sleep. And not one of them had been written down. Not one.

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That evening, Pip sat at her little writing desk and opened the field guide one more time. Forty-seven squares. Forty-seven friends she had never met. She touched the first empty square very gently with one paw. Then she tucked the fern frond behind her ear — even though there was no one to see, and nothing left to think about. Some habits just stay.

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She picked up her twig pen. She tried to draw something — anything — from memory. But the squares stayed empty. You cannot draw what you have never truly seen. Pip closed the book. She set her pen down. Outside, the first few snowflakes of the season drifted past the tiny round window of her burrow. They didn't stop. They never do.

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In the morning, Pip carried her field guide to the old oak tree at the top of the meadow — the one you can see from the main trail. She tucked a fresh fern frond behind her ear. She sat very still and waited, the way she always did. But the meadow was quiet now. And the snow was starting to stick.

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She opened to the very last page — the secret one, the one she had been saving for the most important discovery of all. It was blank too. Pip pressed her paw flat against it, as if she could warm it somehow. Forty-seven empty squares. And winter had arrived. Who would ever know that the animals of Big Meadows had been here at all?

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2 The Deer's Page M2

Henry spots a white-tailed deer and Pip fills the very first page of the field guide. One down — the book is starting to come alive.

Clue: "You found the deer! Pip is doing a little chipmunk jump. Page one is DONE! She tucks her fern frond behind her ear and thinks hard. "Now I need the birds," she says. "They sing up high in the pine trees. Listen very carefully — can you hear them? Look up with your binoculars!"" M2.clue

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You found the deer! Pip is doing a little chipmunk jump. Page one is DONE! She tucks her fern frond behind her ear and thinks hard. "Now I need the birds," she says. "They sing up high in the pine trees. Listen very carefully — can you hear them? Look up with your binoculars!"

3 The Bird Page M3

Henry finds birds in the pine trees and Pip draws carefully — but then she goes very quiet. There is one last empty page she hasn't mentioned yet.

Clue: "The birds sang, and Pip drew every single feather! But now she is very quiet. She is holding the field guide tight. "There is one more page," she whispers. "I have been saving it. It is the most important one. And the biggest one." She takes a deep breath. "It is the bear page."" M3.clue

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The birds sang, and Pip drew every single feather! But now she is very quiet. She is holding the field guide tight. "There is one more page," she whispers. "I have been saving it. It is the most important one. And the biggest one." She takes a deep breath. "It is the bear page."

4 The Bear Page M4

The biggest challenge — Henry must move slowly, hold his walking stick with both hands, and be very brave. This is the most important page in the whole guide.

Clue: "Pip says: "Bears live in the quiet, shady places. Here is what you must do." "Move. Very. Slowly." "Hold your walking stick with both hands." "Look through your binoculars — but do not make a sound." "Can you find the bear? I will be right beside you. I promise."" M4.clue

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Pip says: "Bears live in the quiet, shady places. Here is what you must do." "Move. Very. Slowly." "Hold your walking stick with both hands." "Look through your binoculars — but do not make a sound." "Can you find the bear? I will be right beside you. I promise."

5 The Last Page END M5

The field guide is complete — but Pip has saved one secret page. She turns to the very last square and shows Henry what she drew there.

Clue: "You did it, Explorer! Every page is full! Pip is jumping up and down on a rock. She says: "The Big Meadows Field Guide is DONE! But wait — there is one more page. I saved it for last." "Open the field guide to the very last page. I drew it just for you."" M5.clue

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You did it, Explorer! Every page is full! Pip is jumping up and down on a rock. She says: "The Big Meadows Field Guide is DONE! But wait — there is one more page. I saved it for last." "Open the field guide to the very last page. I drew it just for you."

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