I think that the theme of the story The Christmas Hunt by Borden Deal is that too much ambition leads to negative results. You first see the theme come into play when Tom asks his father to go on the Christmas Hunt and he laughs at him because he thinks he’s too young. Tom hasn’t practiced shooting a gun so obviously his father doesn’t think that he’s ready. Tom takes his father’s dog, Calypso Baby, His father’s gun, and some shotgun shells and heads to the forest to show his father that he can go on the hunt. Tom misses on the first couple fields but on the last one he accidentally shoots Calypso Baby and carries her home to his father. Tom’s father and mother were both very disappointed and sad. Tom insists that he shouldn’t get his bicycle
