Where the Red Fern Grows

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting this past week, there have been a lot of school to catch up on. I have good news.... Kaden lost his first tooth!!!! and he also got his earplugs out!!! Now he can go swimming without having to wear his head strap. I also finished Where the Red Fern Grows by: Wilson Rawls. It was a really good book about a boy named Billy and his two coon hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. At the beginning Billy saves up his money to get the dogs then he walks to town to get them. Then when he gets home he trains them to be good hunting dogs. Once the dogs are trained nobody can beat them. Everyday when Billy kills more and more coons he gives them to his grandpa who sells them and gives Billy the money. Then one day the two bullies of the town come and bet five dollars that Billy can't catch the ghost coon. They say the ghost coon can climb a tree and disappear. So him and the bullies go into the forest and sure enough he catches the ghost coon but the bullies won't give him the money. The bully's dog attacks Old Dan and one of the bullies runs at him with an axe but he trips and kills himself. Billy then goes to a raccoon hunting competition. There, Little Ann wins a beauty competition and they win the cup and 500 dollars. The only thing is that his grandpa sprains his ankle. When they get back home the unthinkable happens, Old Dan is killed by a mountain lion. After they bury him Little Ann has no will to live so she dies too. Then on the graves a red fern grows.