OLD YELLER is a fiction novel written by Fred Gipson. The storys climax develops quickly by telling stories and adventures of a boy named Travis and his old stray yellow dog named Yeller. At the introduction of the book, Travis is plowing corn in the garden when an old yellow darts bye and causes the mule to jump. He chases the dog out of the garden and curses at him. Then a few days later, the stray dog had eaten some of the deer meat that was very important for the familys survival. Travis was very angered and threaten to kill the mischievous yellow dog, but his younger brother, Arliss, would not allow this. There are three main adventures in the novel. First of all Travis and his brother Arliss were out in the forest with their mother and were cutting wood. The wood was going to be used to mend a fence that had been broken in the yard. While Arliss was off on his own exploring that day, he ran across a small bear cub and began to play with it. Travis yelled at him to turn the cub loose. Arliss could see the mother bear coming, but he was too frightened to turn the cub loose. Travis and his mother ran down the hill to help Arliss, but they knew that they were going to be too late. All of the sudden, Old Yeller came like a flash and attacked the bear from her side. The bear turned quickly to fight the dog off. Travis snatched Arliss up and threw him to their mother. Travis then began to run and shout at the two fighting animals. The bear tucked its tail and left. Old Yeller had saved Arlisss life and they were all very appreciative of what Yeller had done. One of the next highlights in the book is when Old Yeller knocks down Rose, "the milk cow." Travis and Old Yeller were out in the woods looking for Rose because she had been gone for three days without a trace. Rose had been expecting to give birth at any time and went off by herself to give birth. Travis finally located Rose and she had already given birth to the ca...
