Old Yeller

4/5

This book is about a dog named Old yeller and a boy named Travis, And they live in the texas frontier. We start with his dad leaving for a cattle drive to Abilene, Kansas, With his dad gone Travis has to look after the corn crop and the cows, But most of all his mom and little brother. One day Travis finds a stray old "yeller" dog. His younger brother keeps him and names him "old yeller". The dog was a great help for Travis with keeping vermin away from the corn at night, One day they find that drought has brought rabies to wolfs,cows,dogs,bulls, many animals. They have a milking cow and a bull that has rabies so they shoot them and burn their bodies. one night they find their dog fighting a wolf that has rabies, Travis shoots the wolf but the dog gets bitten and contracts rabies, In the end Travis has to shoot the dog.

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