Chapter+8

= = = SUMMARY: It was hunting season, and Billy was nervous. Billy really wanted to get coons, and was very anxious. While Billy and his dad were talking he brought up how his mom would be worried. At dinner, Billy's mom was fretting over the hunting trip. When Billy went outside and started hunting, he cried tears of joy.=

VOCABULARY Baying-Bark or howl loudly Sycamore-An American plane tree Hollow-Having a hole or empty space inside Drift-A continuous movement form one place to another Gruff-Abrupt in manner

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Metaphor: By sunup I was so stiff I could hardly move. pg. 79 Simile: You're as crazy as a bedbug. pg. 82 Personification: My ax was sharp and the chips flew. pg. 79