Chapter 2 (“Small Worlds”) is framed by the unique developmental and imaginative small worlds of children. Children’s play, work, and travel with domestic animals (sheep, cows, horses, chickens, and pigs) and encounters with wild animals (jackrabbits, bunnies, gophers, prairie dogs, geese, swans, curlews, meadowlarks, ducks, fish, wolves, and coyotes) introduced them to northern grasslands ecology and shaped the rhythms and pace of this generation’s sense of place. Animals led children to engagement with environments and topographies of homestead, farm, and ranch lands and wild grasslands. Hearing stories about buffalos, antelopes, and grizzly bears while listening with childhood imaginations added cultural depth to children’s sense of place. Animal propulsion and movement shaped this generation’s perceptions of the grasslands for lifetimes.