<P> One night Old Dan and Little Ann tree a mountain lion , and it attacks . Billy enters the fight with his axe , hoping to save his dogs , but they end up having to save him . Eventually , they kill the mountain lion , but Old Dan is badly wounded , and Billy finds his intestines in a bush . He dies late that night . Billy is heartbroken , and Little Ann loses the will to live , stops eating , and dies of grief a few days later on Old Dan 's grave . Billy 's father tries to tell him that it is all for the best , because with the money they received from winning the championship hunt , they can move to town . He goes to visit Old Dan and Little Ann 's graves and finds a giant red fern between them . According to Native American legend , only an angel can plant one . He feels ready to move on knowing that his dogs are always going to be remembered . </P>
<P> One night Old Dan and Little Ann tree a mountain lion , and it attacks . Billy enters the fight with his axe , hoping to save his dogs , but they end up having to save him . Eventually , they kill the mountain lion , but Old Dan is badly wounded , and Billy finds his intestines in a bush . He dies late that night . Billy is heartbroken , and Little Ann loses the will to live , stops eating , and dies of grief a few days later on Old Dan 's grave . Billy 's father tries to tell him that it is all for the best , because with the money they received from winning the championship hunt , they can move to town . He goes to visit Old Dan and Little Ann 's graves and finds a giant red fern between them . According to Native American legend , only an angel can plant one . He feels ready to move on knowing that his dogs are always going to be remembered . </P>
who dies in where the red fern grows
who dies in where the red fern grows
Old Dan Little Ann
Old Dan Little Ann