Freddy Goes to Florida

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Freddy goes to Florida (1927) (formerly published as To and Again), is the first of the Freddy the Pig books written by Walter R. Brooks. It tells of how the animals of the Bean Farm traveled to Florida and back again, and their adventures on the way.

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Freddy is an intelligent pig that lives on the Bean Farm. That winter, the animals decided to vacation in Florida to avoid the cold winter at their farm in Upstate New York. However, Charles, the rooster, was kept from going by his wife Henrietta, a sharp tongued hen.

Meanwhile, the animals had an encounter with a man and a boy who wished to capture them. The animals scared them off. Later, Charles and Henrietta joined the group again. They also met the man and the boy, with the same results as last time. The animals were also joined by the man's black dog, Jack.

They next passed through Washington, D.C where three senators took them on a tour of the city. At the end of the tour, one of the senators made a speech how pleased he was of how the animals visited them. A few days later, while walking towards Florida, a thunderstorm came formed, and the animals took refuge in an empty log house. They were told by a flock of swallows of how there was a pile of gold in the area.

The animals found the gold but were unable to take it with them, because they had nothing to carry it in. After meeting two men who tried to capture Hank, the old horse, and Mrs. Wiggins, a cow, the animals arrived at Florida. While wandering across the state, they got trapped on an island in a swamp by some alligators but they managed to get away.

They then started the long trek northward. Their further adventures included disguising themselves to get pass the two men, returning some 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.