"The Education of Little Tree": Chapter Summary 9.

This chapter started out by telling us that Granpa had never held a job in public works, which is a job for regular hire. During Little Tree's childhood, corn was very cheap in its regular form, but in whiskey form it was worth a profitable amount. Granpa's trade was making moonshine. This was the only way to make money because they had such a small corn patch that it was impossible to make money selling …

…carrying and instead of answering he took off running! Luckily Granma just released all the dogs and when Little Tree had to run by someone who almost grabbed him, he was bit by one of their dogs. Little Tree made it back to the cabin and was safe. Granpa was already there and Granma and Granpa told him how proud of him they were. Granpa took Little Tree's bag and Granma carried him back home.