Reading book Response 4: Where the Red Fern Grows

In the last book response I posted, Billy had just saved his small puppy Little Ann from the frozen river that she fell into. After this happened he tried to be more careful when he chose to go hunting. Billy's dogs were becoming famous in the Ozarks. A couple of the few neighbor kids that Billy had (Rubin and Rainie) didn't like Billy very much and decided to challenge his dogs that they couldn't find the Ghost coon the lived around their farm. The ghost has eluded them for years. But sure enough after a long night of tracking the coon Billy's dogs treed the coon. But Billy didn't want to kill the coon and didn't want the two brother to kill it either. While they stood there arguing, The two brothers had a dog whose name was Old Blue, and Old Blue picked a fight with Old Dan. Then little Ann jumped in. The two dogs were killing Old Blue. Rubin grabbed the ax and was going to kill Billy's dogs, but he tripped and fell on the ax he carried. I'll let you guys read the book for the rest of that one.
page 126- Billy: "There are plenty more, why kill him? He has lived here a long time."
                 Rainie: "He's chicken livered, that's what it is."

page 128- Rubin: "I'll kill them damn dogs!"

Months after the Ghost hound night, Billy entered a tournament with all of the best coon hunters around the state. At first he did it for fun, but shortly after the first night or two he realized that he actually had a shot at winning the cup of money that the winner got. But that's enough of me spoiling that.

(This is kind of what I pictured the winning trophy filled with money to look like.)

 

I will say that Billy and his dogs go on plenty more hunts, but on one particular hunt something very, very tragic happens. I promise if you read it you will cry. But you'll have to read it to find out. That concludes the book "Where the Red Fern Grows."