Chapter+9

= Chapter 9 =

By late evening the happy tune I had been whistling was forgotten-personification; My back throbbed like a stone bruise-simile
= Vocabulary Words = = Summary = === Billy ends up giving up for a short while well chopping down a tree. He tells his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann, he can't get the tree with the coon in it. After, he gives up his grandfather shows up on his buggy. He tell Billy that he can get the tree down, with food in his belly and plenty of rest. Billy's Grandfather teaches him how to keep the coon in the tree, he helps Billy set up a scarecrow. When they finished the scarecrow Billy has to hold Old Dan in the buggy, he was determined to get that coon. They get to the house and Billy's mother made chicken and dumplings. After he gets rested and has eaten he is ready to get that coon! When Billy is resting, Old Dan and Little Ann go out back to the tree to try and get the coon. After it turned to morning Billy went back to the tree and continued chopping. Then the tree finally fell over! He gets the coon! When he was near the house he heard his father laughing, he said "I see you got him!" ===
 * 1) ===Throb - to pulsate or pound with an abnormal force===
 * 2) ===Canebrake - a thick, dense growth of cane or sugarcane===

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