A baby, a cabin, and hungry wolves.Will Willis get there in time?This story takes place in 1866 in Juneau County, Wisconsin, near Lyndon Station. Willis is in charge of his younger brother Andy and his baby brother Vernon, though he'd rather be fishing. Mom has gone to Aunt Eva's to help her sick baby, and Dad has gone to town to get supplies.There are two butchered pigs hanging in the yard that attract a pair of hungry wolves. Willis and Andy run to Aunt Eva's to find their mother. When they get there, their mother asks about baby Vernon. He was left in the cabin, but was the cabin door open or closed? Willis doesn't remember.Will Willis get there in time? And what will he find when he gets there?