What is a short summary of the book rascal?

The main conflict in the book, "Rascal," is Man vs. nature. You cannot hope to raise a wild animal in captivity and expect the animal to become domesticated like a house dog or cat. Sterling had to learn this lesson the hard way after Rascal kept raiding the crops and food sources, (eating the corn) of the neighbors. Sterling then had to put rascal on a leash, and build a cage to put rascal in. All of this conflict led to Sterling having to release rascal into the wild where he belonged in the first place.