the two dogs, the male, barks into the night air. The next morning he stops at the campsite where he found the catalog. There he sees the names “Dan” and “Ann” carved into a tree. He decides to name the dogs Old Dan and Little Ann. Billy was nervous about going home. He was afraid his parents would be worried and angry with him for leaving unexpectedly. They were not mad though they were actually proud. His grandfather had told them everything and they understood. Once Billy was home he wanted to start training his dogs. He needed a raccoon hide and went to his grandfather for help. His grandfather shows him how to make a trap that will lure a coon, and after many tries he finally catches one. His father helps him kill it after he caught it. Using the hide, Billy trained his hounds. He drags the coon over a certain path, and then the hounds have to track the hide by smelling its scent. By the time raccoon season starts in the fall they are ready. On the first night of hunting his dog’s tree a coon in a tree that Billy said was the “big tree” of the bottoms and he had always admired it, so he decides not to cut it down. When the dogs see his intent they pout. He then remembers that he had promised his dogs that if they could tree a coon he would do the rest. Billy then becomes determined to cut down the gigantic tree. His father finds him in the morning and brings him food. Later that evening his grandfather shows him how to make a scarecrow, to keep the coon in the tree so he can go home and eat dinner. The next morning he finds that Old Dan and Little Ann have taken turns guarding the tree all night and he is very proud of them. He works all day until he gets blisters and thinks he is going to have to give up. However, the wind pushed the tree down for him and his dogs kill the coon and they all proudly head for home. When he gets home he tells his papa that he prayed and does he think the win...
