Hvordan gjorde gamle yellers navn har en dobbelt betydning?
Den unge Travis Coates er blevet overladt til at passe familiens ranch sammen med sin mor og lillebror Arliss, mens hans far tager ud på en kvægtogt i Texas i slutningen af 1860'erne. Da en "dingy yellow" hund kommer på uopfordret ophold hos familien, tager Travis modvilligt hunden til sig, som de kalder Old Yeller. Navnet har en dobbelt betydning: Pelsfarven gul udtales som "yeller" og det faktum, at dens gøen lyder mere som et menneskeligt råb.
Young Travis Coates has been left to take care of his family ranch with his mother and younger brother, Arliss, while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the late 1860s in Texas. When a "dingy yellow" dog comes for an unasked stay with the family, Travis reluctantly takes in the dog, which they name Old Yeller. The name has a double meaning: The fur color yellow pronounced as "yeller" and the fact that its bark sounds more like a human yell.
Old Yeller