Animals
It has quills...
Porcupine
Being positive, thinking positive and staying on top of things
Mr. Perpich
Mother's gift
Hatchet
It made tracks in the sand, towards the lake
turtle
Brian's friend and confidante
Terry
Brian's fishing tool
spear
Looking down on Brian with 'wide yellow eyes'
wolf
'Short blond hair...'
His mother's love interest
Weapon to hunt the fool birds
Bow
Small animal, rhymes with 'barrel'
squirrel
'Chest! Oh God my chest is coming apart'
The pilot
Cover for the mosquitoes
Windbreaker
Shining black and silky, with a cinnamon-coloured nose
bear
a mechanical engineer who had designed or invented a new drill
Brian's father
A hungry friend, but a good one