Setting.

The events in the short story “Boys and Girls” take place on a fox breeding farm. There live main chаracter  with family.   Father was a fox farmer. He made a living by selling foxes' pelts : " he raised silver foxes, in pens; and in the fall and early winter, when their fur was prime, he killed them and skinned them and sold their pelts to the Hudson's Bay Company or the Montreal Fur Traders."
Author skilfully presented the setting of the events in a detailed way and very realistic. The setting introduces us to the  life of this family.