Where the red fern grows chapter 1-2 summary's

  Chapter one

In the beginning the man leaves his office and gets the feeling that it's a perfect day. A day where nothing bad could happen. He was walking when he first heard the dog fight. As the noises got louder he could tell that there were quite a few dogs. Then he spotted one that caught his breath.It was a redbone hound. The other dogs made a half moon shape around him. When he came out his left shoulder was open to the bone. The man approached and the dog was still angry. The dog was growling at him but the man went closer and in a soft voice spoke to the dog. The dog calmed down and let the man come to him. After the man noticed a name on the dog's collar that read "Buddie".after that he took buddie to his home and cared for him for a bit. Once it got dark he decided that it was time to let buddie go on with his traveling. He opened the gate buddie wined and put his head in the man's hand then buddie turned and slowly disappeared into the night as he shed a tear from his boyhood memories.

                                          Chapter two

In the beginning of this chapter Billy talks about how he got the puppy loving disease. Billy wanted one so bad that he finally got the courage to go talk to his dad. Billy sat down with his dad and  had a conversation. Billy asked his dad if he could get a dog. The dad said no because they didn't have enough money. Billy wouldn't accept that answer so after talking to his dad he went to his mom. His mother said no as well.the land that he lived on was very pretty so he liked to adventure all of it. When Billy would go on adventures he would see tracks on the trails. Tracks from a ring tailed howned. His dog wanting got so bad that he would see them in his sleep. The food that he ate just didn't taste good anymore and his mom soon realised this.she decided to talk to his dad they talked about the dog wanting. Billy began feeling sorry for himself and his family so he told his father that one would do just fine. The father set billy on his lap and told him how hard times were for them at the moment