"Fog hung thick and low over the whole valley on that cold Sunday, the seventh day of December in 1941." From the opening page through the last page, this is the story of our great old family ranch, a sheep ranch, as it snuggled beneath Abert Rim, in the high-desert country of south-central Oregon from the opening days of World War II through the end of 1949, as seen through my eyes, (my eyes being the eyes of a young child.)