The Christmas Day Hunt Short Story

The Author Borden Deal wrote the story the Christmas Day hunt and I think the theme is things are usually not as bad as you think they are.My first reason I think that is because when he shot the dog he thought his parents were going to be really mad at him.Then on Christmas Day he was feeling really bad about his self and he was bummed that he probably would not get the bike he wanted.So when he was opening his present, he was mad because he did not get the gifts he wanted. Then he peeked out the window and saw all the hunters coming in from the hunt and he saw him dad wave him over there.So he slowly walked over there not knowing what his dad was going to say.Then his dad had him opening a little box,and guesse what was in there a little
puppy he hugged it up and said thanks 1,000 times to his dad.Then his dad told him that it was related to calypso baby he was so excited.His dad told him that they were going to practice with the new dog so next year he could go on the hunt.little boy learned a very important lesson when he messed up in the beginning of the book.All in all Just because you mess up does not mean you are going to get punished for a lifetime.