where the red fern grows
Billy is coming home from work one day when suddenly he hears some dogs up the street fighting. He goes to check it out and finds them picking on a redbone hound. He saves the dog and cares for it through the night. It reminds him of his childhood. When Billy was ten years old he lived on a farm in the Ozark Mountains of northeastern Oklahoma. He wanted two good coonhounds very badly, he called it "puppy love", but his papa could not afford to buy him the dogs. For many months, Billy tries to content himself with some rodent traps his papa gives him, but he still wants a dog. Then one day he finds a sportsman's catalog in an abandoned campsite. In it he sees an ad for good hounds, at $25 each. He decides he wants to save $50 and order himself two hounds. Billy works hard, selling fruit and bait to fishermen, and gathering fruit that he sells to his grandfather at his store. Finally, he saves enough money and gives it to his grandfather to order the dogs for him and asks him to keep it s secret. When a notice comes that they have arrived at the mail depot in the nearby town of Tahlequah, they decide to go into town the next week. That night Billy decides he can not wait any longer. He packs himself a little fo
They dare Billy to a bet; he is apprehensive but has to accept. He needed a raccoon hide and went to his grandfather for help. He walks all night, and finally reaches town in the morning. He works all day until he gets blisters and thinks he is going to have to give up. His father finds him in the morning and brings him food. He chases after them and finds them with the coon. This time though it was different because they insulted his dogs and his grandfather. Ruben trips on a stick and falls on the ax killing himself. They leave him, and while he is looking at the fern he makes peace with the fact that his dogs have died. Both dogs are hanging limply around the throat of the mountain lion and clamping down on its jugular. The dogs fight with mountain lion until Billy gets a good lick with the ax across its back. He finally collects his dogs and walks back out of town with their small heads sticking out of his bag. In a few days, it is clear that Little Ann has lost her will to live. A blizzard comes and all the hunters head in to their campsite. Billy felt bad for days and did not want to go hunting.
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