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In Where the Red Fern Grows, what did Billy do with the money he earned from selling the hides of the raccoons he and his dogs hunted?

Billy turned over the money he earned to his father.


In Chapter 10, the text tells us that Billy enjoyed hunting raccoons for their skins. Accordingly, a good-sized hide could fetch anywhere from four to ten dollars, depending "on the grade and quality" of the hide. Although Billy made good money from selling the hides, he didn't care much about the money itself.


He turned over all his profits to his father and asked no questions about what his father did with the money. To Billy, the most important things in life were his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. With Old Dan and Little Ann by his side, Billy hunted coons with relish. The text tells us that Billy only stayed home from coon-hunting when the weather turned bad, and even then, his mother "all but had to hog-tie" him at home. Billy sold his coon hides at his grandfather's store.

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