Where The Red Fern Grows

This the part Billy and his famoly pack up every thing to move to a town. Billy wanted to stop by and say good bye to his two digs Dan and Little Ann. They were buried up on a hill that over looked the farm. Billy went up the hill and spotted a weed looking plant. He was about to get his knife out of his pocket , suddenly he realized that the plant was very unusual and he cried to his mom. His mom thought some thing was terrably wrong with Billy so she hurried up the hill. When she reached the top of the hill she seen Billy was fine and asked what was wrong. Billy pionted to the weed. His mom explained that the plant was sacred and very legandary in these parts . The Red Fern was a red leafy plant and it had grown between the dogs’ graves ging it shelter.


They say there were tow Indian children who got lost in a snow storm and their bodies were found in the spring protected by the plant. Billy left the hill and got into the wagon and all of them Billy his mom, dad and tow sisters took one last glanse back at the lonely farm and took off on their journey to their new home. Billy was the narrator of the story and he wrote the book. Very exciting ,but it causes one to tear up. Billy looks back and wishes he could return to the old homested. He also would like to see if the ax and the lantrin would still be where he had left it when he was a kid. Dan and Little Ann were Coon hunting dogs and the best in the country back then.