1. Sam lives on a mountain and made his home out of a tree. People passed him without knowing that anyone lives there. He dug and burned it out until, he made a cave in the tree and calls it "home."
   
2. Its the fourth of December and below zero outside.
3. He is the narrator because, he is telling us how he lives and what he does as he is doing it.
4. His best friends are Baron and his falcon.
5. Sam has been living there for eight months. 
6. The last part of the snow storm was last written two days ago when he was afraid of the snowstorm.
7. He was scared because he thought he would never get out of his tree.
8. His dad said " Somewhere in the catskills is an old beech with the name Gribley carved on it. It marks the northern boundary of Gribley's folly.