Billy's Family In 'Where The Red Fern Grows'

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If it came down to it would you put your family’s needs before your own. In the book “Where The Red Fern Grows” Billy was faced with this exact circumstance. Billy should have bought the mule for his family instead of the hounds for three reasons. His family needed a mule more than dogs, A mule was free labor, and the mule helped their family.

The first reason Billy should have bought the mule for his family instead of the hounds is that Billy’s family needed a mule more than dogs. They needed a mule to plow fields something hounds couldn’t do. The mule billy’s family had was old, weak and probably wouldn’t live much longer. While a new mule would be stronger than the old one.

The second reason Billy should have bought the mule for

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