You two boys have a great surprise coming. Yes, love is a major ingredient in this book. The coon hunt is the event that brings real respect for a boy and his dogs. The way Old Dan and Little Ann work together and with Billy is incredible. On one of the hunts the dogs tree a coon in a big sycamore tree and Billy has to chop it down with an ax to get it out for the dogs. He doesn't leave. His father found him in the morning, worried over him. He saw the tree and said just let it go, maybe the coon isn't there. "Oh, he's there all right," I said. "My dogs weren't ten fe…
You two boys have a great surprise coming. Yes, love is a major ingredient in this book. The coon hunt is the event that brings real respect for a boy and his dogs. The way Old Dan and Little Ann work together and with Billy is incredible. On one of the hunts the dogs tree a coon in a big sycamore tree and Billy has to chop it down with an ax to get it out for the dogs. He doesn't leave. His father found him in the morning, worried over him. He saw the tree and said just let it go, maybe the coon isn't there. "Oh, he's there all right," I said. "My dogs weren't ten fe…