Summary:  What Happened In-between in "The Hopefuls"  PG-13  Word Count 

Summary: Adam decides that it is time for him to leave the Ponderosa, but things don’t work out quite the way he plans. Rating: MA (46,590 words) Extract from: To a Mouse – Robert Burns, 1759-1796

Summary: Adam must take desperate measures to get Joe out of his depression. Rating: G (8,785 words)

Summary: Adam rides into the mountains seeking to regain control of his emotions. But a meeting with a stranger leads to events that he cannot control. Rating: MA (29,285 words)

Summary: Adam is determined to protect the payroll, but loses something more precious. Rating: T (33,500 words)

Summary:  Adam goes undercover to help capture a group of rustlers. Rating:  T   (25,800 words)

Summary: Adam, Hoss and Little Joe stop to help a woman travelling alone. Their act of kindness brings with it a storm of emotions, and a revelation for their father. Rating: G (30,615 words)

Summary: Caught between ‘a rock and a hard place’, Adam is forced to help rustle a Ponderosa herd. Rating: T (16,885 Words)

Summary: As Adam recovers from an accident, he wants to thank his rescuer, but that proves easier said than done. Rating: G (29,310 words) I wish to express my sincere thanks to my friend Susan Groves, without whom this story would not exist in any physical, or ‘virtual’, form.

Summary: Tired of being told he’s too young, Joe takes off to hunt a cougar on his own, leaving Adam to follow him into danger. Rating: T (29,075 words)