Where The Red Fern Grows - Chapter 13 (The Axe)

In Chapter 13 of "Where the Red Fern Grows," Billy, along with Old Dan and Little Ann, hunts the elusive "ghost coon" and, after a challenging pursuit, succeeds in treeing it, but Billy, moved by the coon's age and cleverness, decides not to kill it, leading to a confrontation with the Pritchard brothers.