title: Not Carved in Stone: A Black Forest Mystery
author:  Craig W Shier 
description: Craig W. Shier was employed for 33 years as a system engineer, designing and integrating complex systems for the defense, finance, and rail industries. He has seen numerous generations of technology come and go. But even the best built systems will have unexpected consequences. Always an eclectic reader, he enjoys history, theology and literature. Since retiring, he has continued his interests with a focus on the medieval age and its episodes of change and progress. He currently resides near Jacksonville, Florida.
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  Toni, the Little Woodcarver
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIRST. AT HOME IN THE LITTLE STONE
  HUT](Toni%2c%20the%20Little%20Woodcarver_split_001.html#filepos2762)
  
  [CHAPTER SECOND. A HARD
  SENTENCE](Toni%2c%20the%20Little%20Woodcarver_split_001.html#filepos18120)
  
  [CHAPTER THIRD. UP IN THE
  MOUNTAINS](Toni%2c%20the%20Little%20Woodcarver_split_001.html#filepos28327)
  
  [CHAPTER FOURTH. IN THE
  SANITARIUM](Toni%2c%20the%20Little%20Woodcarver_split_001.html#filepos46439)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Toni, the Little Woodcarver
  
  
  ### Johanna Spyri, Translated by Helen B. Dole
  
  
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  * CHAPTER FIRST. AT HOME IN THE LITTLE STONE HUT
  
  
  * CHAPTER SECOND. A HARD SENTENCE
  
  
  * CHAPTER THIRD. UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
  
  
  * CHAPTER FOURTH. IN THE SANITARIUM
  
  
  
  
  
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  TONI, THE LITTLE WOOD-CARV