Chapter+10

chapter 10

summary:

Billy goes hunting with his hounds, to get money for his dad ,and when he collects his hide he takes it to his Grandpa. So then his Grandpa, which then counts the hide, and writes something down on a piece of paper and gives Billy money for the hides. Billy gives the money to his dad. So then that night Billy went hunting for coons. His dogs found one and they were chasing it all night until the dogs soon got distracted by muskrats, and old Dan soon got struck in the muskrat hole. Billy got him out

figurative language: Simile : running like a deer through the thick timber of the bottoms. Simile : feeling just about as smart as Sherlock Holmes. personification : Little Ann is half as smart as she says. hyperbole : The price of the coonskins jumped sky high. Metaphor : My whole life was wrapped up in those dogs.

Vocab:

Prowled : (A person or animal) move around restlessly and stealthily. Spellbound : Hold complete attention of someone. remark : Say something as a comment mention pleading: The action of making an amotional or earnest appeal to someone.] paralyzed : ( of a person or part of body ) partly or whole incapable of movement. Drift: A continuous slow movement from one place to another.