Freddy Goes to Florida

It tells how the animals of the Bean Farm traveled to Florida and back again, and their adventures on the way.

To avoid the cold winter at their farm in Upstate New York, the animals decided to vacation in Florida.

A few days later, while walking towards Florida, a thunderstorm forced the animals to take refuge in an empty log house.

After meeting two men who tried to capture Hank, the old horse, and Mrs. Wiggins, a cow, the animals arrived at Florida only to get trapped on an island in a swamp by some alligators.

Their further adventures included disguising themselves to get past the two kidnappers, returning stolen property to some townspeople, taking the pile of gold with them on an old carriage, and taking the gold back from the man and the boy who tried to steal it before they got back to the Bean farm.

First edition (publ. Alfred A. Knopf )