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Where the Red Fern Grows report
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Where the Red Fern Grows is the story about a boy named Billy Coleman, his coonhounds and his family. The story shows Billy’s determination, how responsible he is, his love for his dogs and his family, and his belief in God. It is also a book full of adventures of a boy and his dogs. Billy lives on a farm in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma. He wants two good coonhounds so badly but his Papa can’t afford to buy them for him. It is the Depression and many families are poor. Billy and his sisters don’t even go to school. Billy knows that if he wants these dogs, he must find a way to get them himself. He finds a magazine. An ad says that a kennel is selling coonhound puppies for $25.00 each. Billy is determined that these are the dogs he wants. He decides to save money by selling bait to fishermen and picking berries and skinning hides for his Grandpa’s store. He puts the twenty-three cents he already has into an old K.C. Baking Powder can. He works really hard and saves every penny he makes. It takes him two years of working and saving and he finally has the fifty dollars that he needs. Billy tells his Grandpa about his savings. Grandpa is very proud of him. He promises to order the dogs for him. He gives him a big helping of candy from his store. Billy takes the candy home and shares it with his three sisters. After two weeks, Grandpa tells Billy that his dogs are in but they are 32 miles away in the town of Talhquah. It will take two more weeks for the dogs to get to him. Billy can’t wait. He sneaks off in the middle of the night to go to town and pick up his dogs. He walks all the way. When he gets to the Post Office, he picks up his pups and can’t believe that they belong to him. He puts them in his gunny sack and starts to go into town.
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