Where The Red Fern Grows: Book And Movie

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There is a book and movie called Where The Red Fern Grows. The book was made in 1961, the movie was made in 1964. In the book a boy saves up money to get his dogs, he trains them, and goes to a contest. He wins the contest and brings home two cups one silver the other gold. He and his dogs get into a fight with a mountain lion the mountain lion died and so did the dogs.

In the book it started off with Billy coming home from work and he takes in a dog. In both the movie and the book billy started saving up money for two coonhounds. The Prichard boys bet that Billy’s hounds can’t catch the ghost coon. Rubin Prichard picked up Billy’s axe and fell on it. Billy entered a contest he won the contest. Him and his dogs got into a fight with a mountain

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