Where the Red Fern Grows

Saturday / 1-15-11 / week 2 / 39 -78

Billy went to the depot and got his puppies. He put them in a sack and cut holes for their heads. When he walked down the street, everybody laughed at him because of his puppies. Some kids ganged up on him and beat him but the marshal came and broke it up. After the marshal bought Billy a pop, he headed home. When it got dark he had to sleep in a cave. He heard a mountain lion so he made the fire bigger and made noises. He went home and his mom was so relieved that she started crying. His dad was OK. The gifts he got them helped everybody be in a great mood. He needed to get a coon hide to train his dogs with but he could not catch one in his steel traps. He asked his grandpa and he showed him an easy trap. About a week past until he finally got his first coon with his grandpa's trap. He trained his dogs with the hide until hunting season came. He went hunting and his dogs treed a coon. He cut the tree down with his ax all night. His dad came to see if he was all right. His sister came with some food.