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 * Chapter 1: Man of the House – ** I chose this title for Chapter 1 because Papa gives Travis the role of man of the house. Travis works to fulfill this role by doing chores around the farm. He even disciplines Arliss for playing in the water hole. When he finishes his chores, he finds that Mama and Arliss waited on him for dinner. This makes Travis very happy.


 * Chapter 2: Arliss Befriends an Old Yeller Dog – ** I chose this title for Chapter 2 because in this chapter, Travis finds Old Yeller after he has eaten their meat. Travis hates Old Yeller after this discovery, but Arliss claims the dog as his own and refuses to give him up. Mama gives Travis reasons that they should keep the dog.


 * Chapter 3: Proud Man Walking – ** This title works for Chapter 3 because Travis must go hunting for a doe after Old Yeller eats the meat. While on the hunt, he is amused by squirrels showing off to each other. (That is how people of this time period entertained themselves.) He hits the doe directly in the heart, which makes him immensely proud. At the end of the chapter he is walking around, proud of himself; he is a proud man walking.


 * Chapter 4: Frontier Forms of Entertainment – ** I chose this title for Chapter 4 because it demonstrates that nature is their form of entertainment. There is a bull fight, which Mama, Travis, and Arliss watch joyfully. However, the fight gets out of hand and the bulls damage the fence. As much fun as they had watching the fight, there were still consequences. This is also an example of man's complex relationship with nature.


 * Chapter 5: How I Came to Love Old Yeller – ** I chose this title for Chapter 5 because Arliss plays with a bear cub and the mama gets angry. Old Yeller comes to his rescue in the nick of time. This causes Travis’s feelings about Old Yeller to change; now he loves the dog that saved his little brother’s life. Although he does not state that he loves Old Yeller until Chapter 6, I thought this was an appropriate title because this chapter //is// about how he came to love Old Yeller.


 * Chapter 6: When Bud Searcy Came to Town – ** At the beginning of this chapter, Travis notices that Old Yeller hasn’t been eating. He takes Arliss and Old Yeller on a squirrel hunt. It appears that Old Yeller has experience with this. Travis later catches a turkey. Then, Bud Searcy came over with his granddaughter Lisbeth. Bud speaks of hydrophobia and of someone—or something—stealing food from the locals. Lisbeth tells Travis that Old Yeller was the thief, and that he and Miss Prissy were about to have pups. She promised not to tell on Old Yeller because she wanted the puppies to have a papa.


 * Chapter 7: Taking Responsibility – ** This title is suitable for Chapter 7 because Travis takes on the responsibility of keeping Old Yeller in at night and keeping varmints from eating the crops. Travis tries tying Old Yeller up, putting him in the corncrib, and keeping him in his and Arliss's room to keep him from eating people's food. But most nights they were kept busy with getting rid of coons. They were up all night taking care of it, and on top of that, Travis had farm work to finish during daytime. On top of all of this, Spot, one of the dairy cows, has her calf and Old Yeller and Travis must find her and break her for milking. That is how he takes responsibility in this chapter.


 * Chapter 8: When Burn Sanderson Came to Town ** – In Chapter 8, Old Yeller's owner, Burn Sanderson, comes to claim him. When he sees how much Arliss loves Old Yeller, he makes a deal; they can keep Old Yeller if Mama serves him a nice, home-cooked meal. Of course, they accept this offer. Right before he leaves, Sanderson tells Travis to be on the lookout fot hydrophobia and to shoot anything suspicious. Travis feels proud because Sanderson came to him, not Mama. However, he is also scared out of his wits.


 * Chapter 9: The Hog Hunt ** – In this chapter, Travis and Old Yeller go on a hunt for young, unmarked hogs. Travis is still very frightened by what Burn Sanderson told him. We find that Old Yeller knows just what to do; he clearly has experience with these types of things. Travis devises a plan in which he will wait in a tree and pull the hogs up one by one to mark and castrate them, while Old Yeller keeps them down below. They finish in good time.


 * Chapter 10: The Day Old Yeller Nearly Died – ** This chapter begins with Bud Searcy telling Travis that he missed a few hogs up near a bat cave. Travis and Old Yeller promptly go out to mark them. Travis’s plan is that he will lie on a dirt bank above the hogs and use the rope to pull them up. However, it does not work out the way he planned. The dirt collapses and Travis falls on the hogs. One of their tushes rams into his leg, but Old Yeller takes the rest of the attack meant for Travis. He gets severely injured, and Travis forces him between rocks so that he will be safe. Travis then walks all the way home to get Mama for help. That was the day Old Yeller nearly died.

Then, Mama fixes up Old Yeller and they start on their way home. By the time they get there, Arliss is fast asleep.
 * Chapter 11: A Long Trip Home – ** After a long trip home, Travis gets his leg fixed up. He must show Mama where Old Yeller is, but he can’t walk because of his leg. As a result, they attach a cow hide to Jumper to pull Old Yeller back on, and Travis rides on Jumper. When they arrive, there are buzzards circling overhead and Travis expects the worst. However, Old Yeller is still alive. Mama sends Arliss to find her a green-striped lizard so he won’t know Old Yeller is hurt.


 * Chapter 12: Lisbeth Comes to Stay – **In this chapter, Lisbeth and Bud Searcy come over again. Lisbeth brings with her a speckled pup of Miss Prissy’s and Old Yeller’s. Travis does not act excited, and Lisbeth gets offended. He already has a dog, and doesn’t feel that he needs a new one. Plus, his leg is hurting too bad for him to speak much. Bud Searcy sees that Travis is hurt and Mama has too much work. Before they leave, Bud offers for Lisbeth to stay and help until Travis’s leg heals.


 * Chapter 13: Burn Sanderson Spoke the Truth ** – At the beginning of this chapter, Lisbeth proves to the Coates that she is a big help. Spot heifer acts strange and won’t feed her calf, but Mama and Travis don’t want to believe the worst. It turns out that Burn Sanderson was correct in saying that there was a hydrophobia plague going around. What proves this to them is when the roan bull comes, moaning and reeling and staggering. Travis knows that it has hydrophobia, so he shoots it right between the eyes.


 * Chapter 14: Something is Wrong – **At the beginning of this chapter, the Coates and Lisbeth unsuccessfully try to move to bull away from the stream to burn it. They gather firewood and set it aflame; it takes 2 days and 2 nights. Next, Travis goes to shoot Spot, but makes sure it is in a clear area. She is already mad, and will not go into a good area for Travis to shoot her. By the time he finally shoots her, he is dead beat and still must walk home, so Mama, Lisbeth, and Old Yeller go to gather wood and burn her. It takes them a long, long time and Travis has a gut feeling that something is wrong—very wrong.


 * Chapter 15: A Man’s Gotta Do What a Man’s Gotta Do – **The chapter begins with Mama screaming for Travis to turn on a light and get his gun. He does this, and sees that Old Yeller and a wolf are fighting, coming towards the house. He waits until he thinks he can get the wolf without shooting Old Yeller, and then he shoots. The shot kills the wolf, but Old Yeller has sustained injuries from the fight. According to Mama, the wolf came at her and Lisbeth, and Old Yeller saved them. The wolf had hydrophobia. She tells Travis what he must do; he must shoot Old Yeller before he suffers and/or spreads the disease. He doesn't want to, but he shows that he is a man and shoots Old Yeller right away.


 * Chapter 16: And the Speckled Pup Heals My Heart – ** At the beginning of the chapter, Travis is sad and can't do anything. It rains and “washes away the hydrophobia.” Papa returns home, bringing with him a horse for Travis. He sees that Travis is still sad, and tells him to stop worrying about the bad parts of life, and focus on the good parts. After this, the speckled pup steals food and plays in the drinking water with Arliss. Travis sees him acting like Old Yeller and begins to accept Old Yeller’s death, and begins to accept the pup into his heart.