Harris and Me Chapter Summaries

Chapters 1 - 4 (already read) The narrator's parents drink too much, so he's rotated out to different relatives. The summer he's eleven, a deputy takes him way out to the Larson place - home of Knute, Clair, fourteen-year-old Glennis, and nine-year-old Harris. Harris is always swearing, and Glennis is always whacking him for it. The next morning, the boy meets Louie, a filthy ranch hand, and the fastest eater the boy has ever seen. He goes to the barn where Vivian, a cow, knocks him out with a kick. Later, the boys are attacked by Ernie, a vicious rooster. Harris tricks the boy into separating the milk from the cream, a tiring process. Lunch is followed by hitching up huge horses, Bill and Bob to go mowing. Buzzer, Louie's large cat comes along. They catch mice to give to Louie, but the boy has to share his with Buzzer. And that is just the narrator's first day on the farm!