Dear Mrs. D.,

May 15/02

I continue to read Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, and like I guessed, so much more has happened.

This young man was introduced to this dog at the beginning. He began to tell the story of him and how he longed for a dog. He begged and begged to his parents, helped with anything and everything around the house, the barn and in the field. He was a sweet young boy, who never asked for anything, and one day when he decides he wants dogs, so he asks his parents. Of course they can't afford it so now he lives in misery begging and begging.

I can connect to his love for dogs, and his begging for dogs. For many years, my brother, sister and I begged for a dog, but we just couldn't find the right dog. Finally we found one and got her.

i predict that he will get a dog, but after a lot of good doings for his parents and possibly raising money himself to buy the pup and to buy him food.

So far, I really like this book, and I can tell that it is already getting better, and it will be a book that I will enjoy. As I read more, the book fits more into place and I can understand a lot more now, too.

I was a little disappointed when the boy asks for one thing, the first time he has ever asked for anything, and his parents said no. I can see how they can't afford it, but I really feel sorry for the boy, because he does so much work for them, and gets nothing back from them. Well that's as far as I have got for now.

Thanks, from Iris.