The Tail of the Raccoon, Part II: Touching the Invisible

"The Tail of the Raccoon, Part II: Touching the Invisible" is the second story of The Sign Tracker Trilogy. This story follows the adventures of a raccoon family living in the Eastern Woodlands and depicts the early stages of the drug addiction process. Lepus, the youngest son of the raccoon character, Sign Tracker, is offered an extremely rewarding but venomous potion in a vial spun of silk. Lepus enjoys the potion's intoxicating effects and his raccoon mind becomes preoccupied with getting his paws on more. In the presence of the vial, Lepus is powerless to restrain himself. Descending into the abyss of excessive drug use, his health deteriorates, he loses his free-will, and the rings on his tail fade away. Included with the story are Educational and Scientific Commentaries that explain how the development of Sign-Tracking transitions casual drug use into drug abuse.