Old Yeller Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 11 Summary

Chapter 11 Summary

By the time Travis gets home he is weak and hot and trembling all over. His leg twitches and Mama begins to doctor his leg with hot water and turpentine and wraps it with clean bandages. Travis worries about Old Yeller and keeps telling Mama they have to go and get him but she says he will not be able to move on that leg for a week. Travis, stunned, stands up and tells Mama he is heading back for Old Yeller because he promised. By the time he gets Jumper caught Mama is ready to go with her bonnet on. Mama figures out a way in her mind to bring Old Yeller home without Travis having to hold him on Jumper, and she straps pillows and the cowhide to Jumper's back. Little Arliss rides behind Travis on Jumper, and Mama walks.

When Travis, Mama and Little Arliss reach the...
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