Where the Red Fern Grows Page #6

Little Ann.

Little Ann.

Ann.

Little Ann.

Where is she?

She ain't in the barn, son.|Have you checked in the house?

I looked there already.

I don't understand.

I prayed for both of my dogs.

And now they're both dead.

Your momma said|some prayers, too, Billy,

and 'cause of your dogs|those prayers were answered.

I need to get started.|Little Ann deserves a proper burial box.

Momma?

Do you think God|made a heaven for dogs?

I'm sure He did, Billy.

I'm sure He did.

If we want to get to Wagoner|by night, we better get going.

We're just about ready.

- You're supposed to sit in the back.|- Uh-uh.

I don't want to hear|any more out of either of you now.

I want you to just sit where|I told you. Here, hold that.

I want to hold Momma's hat.

I want to hold Momma's hat.

That's everything, Pa.

Can I go down the river|just one more time?

All right, son.

Don't linger.

Momma, Poppa.

Come here, hurry.

Ain't that something?

It's a red fern.

It's beautiful.

Maybe the Lord's|trying to tell you something, Billy.

They say only an angel|can plant those seeds.

and whenever that happened|those ferns never died,

and that spot was sacred forever.

I never made it|back to those mountains.

But I can still hear|the wind in the trees,

and the sounds|of my dogs baying at those coons.

rolling over the hills|under the moonlight.

I hope to go back one day.

To stand by the graves|of my dogs in that valley by the river.

where the red fern grows.

There was a time

When they played|for the love of the game

When a soldier gave his life

He knew it wasn't in vain

A time when a father offered

More than just his name

When everybody stood behind

The promises they made

That was somewhere way back when

That's the way the world was then

When "I Love You" meant forever

Up until the very end

Not like the way that things are now

Where the lawyers write the vows

I want the kind of love our parents had

We can learn from them

The ways

The ways of way back when

There was a time when love

Was saved for the wedding day

It's safe to say|that kind of thing don't happen today

It wasn't so long ago

We bowed our heads and prayed

And faith was more than just a word

You heard some preacher say

That was somewhere way back when

That's the way the world was then

I want the kind of love our parents had

We can learn from them

The ways

The ways of way back when

If I could only go back again

To the places where I've been

Feeling love as we did then

If I could only go back

If I could only go back

To live in your heart again

To love and let life begin

To run free as the wind

Forever

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