In the book “The Trumpet of the Swan” by F.B White, Sam is not telling his dad about the swan because he is lonesome and he likes to keep his thoughts to him self. One reason is the author picked Canada, For example Canada is a big place to get him lost by himself and he likes to wonder of by himself too. In conclusion in the book “The Trumpet of the Swan” by F.B White you can tell this is why he doesn’t want to talk about the swan to his father.