Chapter Twenty-five - Twenty-six Summary

Pink, Will, Dunson, Lee Roy and Smiley head off on their camping trip in the mountains. They are having a great time, until that night when they watch two black bears demolish their food box.

The rest of the trip is miserable. It is rainy and cold; the boys are scared to sleep in a wagon that hauls dead bodies, and they are hungry, too. They do a little hunting, but then one of the boys leaves the shells out in the rain. Now their meals will have to consist of berries.

The boys decide to cut the camping trip short and get the racehorse.

Chapter Twenty-five - Twenty-six Analysis

Will doesn't intend on going into business with Grandpa Blakeslee, but Grandpa Blakeslee doesn't realize that. Most in this era would love to have an opportunity like...