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<\/a><\/p>\nI suppose<\/strong><\/span> that there\u2019s a time in every young boy\u2019s life when he\u2019s affected<\/strong> <\/span>by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don\u2019t mean the kind a boy has for the pretty little girl that lives down the road. I mean the real kind, the kind that has four small feet and a wiggly<\/strong><\/span> tail, and sharp little teeth that can gnaw<\/strong><\/span> on a boy\u2019s finger; the kind a boy can romp and play with, even eat and sleep with.<\/p>\n I was ten years old when I first became infected<\/strong><\/span> with this terrible disease. I\u2019m sure no boy in the world had it worse than I did. It\u2019s not easy for a young boy to want a dog and not be able to have one. It starts gnawing on his heart, and gets all mixed up in his dreams. It gets worse and worse, until finally it becomes almost unbearable<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n If my dog-wanting had been that of an ordinary boy, I\u2019m sure my mother and father would have gotten me a puppy, but my wants were different. I didn\u2019t want just one dog. I wanted two, and not just any kind of a dog. They had to be a special kind and a special breed.<\/p>\n I had to have some dogs. I went to my father and had a talk with him. He scratched his head and thought it over.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, Billy,\u201d he said, \u201cI heard that Old Man Hatfield\u2019s collie is going to have pups. I\u2019m sure I can get one of them for you.\u201d<\/p>\n He may as well have poured cold water on me. \u201cPapa,\u201d I said, \u201cI don\u2019t want an old collie dog. I want hounds\u2014coon hounds \u2014and I want two of them.\u201d<\/p>\n I could tell by the look on his face that he wanted to help me, but couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cBilly, those kind of dogs cost money, and that\u2019s something we don\u2019t have right now. Maybe some day when we can afford<\/strong><\/span> it, you can have them, but not right now.\u201d<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t give up. After my talk with Papa, I went to Mama. I fared no better there. Right off she said I was too young to be hunting with hounds. Besides, a hunter needed a gun, and that was one thing I couldn\u2019t have, not until I was twenty-one anyway. I couldn\u2019t understand it. There I was sitting right in the middle of the finest hunting country in the world and I didn\u2019t even have a dog.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suppose: <\/strong>T<\/strong>o think that something is likely to be true.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Example Sentence:\u00a0\u00a0I suppose that you’ve already heard the news?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Affect:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>T<\/strong>o influence, to cause someone to change<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence:\u00a0The building was badly affected by the fire.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wiggle: To move from side to side.<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence:\u00a0He was wiggling his hips to the music.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gnaw: To\u00a0bite something with a lot of small bites.<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence: He was gnawing on a bone.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Infect: To give someone a sickness or disease<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence: Thousands of people were infected with the virus.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unbearable: Too painful or horrible for you to continue to experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence:\u00a0The heat was unbearable<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Afford: To have enough money to buy something.<\/strong><\/p>\n Example sentence:\u00a0I can’t afford a new computer.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lesson 2: Where the Red Fern Grows I suppose that there\u2019s a time in every young boy\u2019s life when he\u2019s affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. 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