Open Season

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying, illness, and death.

Sheridan brings as much food as she can to feed the animals one last time before leaving for Eagle Mountain. Despite her mother and grandmother’s excitement, Sheridan thinks leaving the house is a bad idea. She sprinkles food on the woodpile, but the animals don’t come out. Sheridan tears up and worries the animals are angry at her. She wishes she would’ve told her parents about the animals so they could help save them. She tosses another handful of food on the pile, and this time, she hears the animals chirping from farther away. She crawls toward the sound and finds them hiding in the cracked garage foundation. She happily gives them the rest of the food and promises to return.

Sheridan skips back toward the house, but she freezes when she sees a man standing in the barn. She recognizes him but can’t remember his name, and he waves her over. She sheepishly walks to the barn, and the man suddenly pushes her into a stall and covers her mouth. The man saw Sheridan feeding the animals and asks if her parents know about them. Sheridan, terrified, shakes her head no.