The story is about two boys that live in a small rural town. The Town is nearly completely surrounded by water as the Town has a Ox Bow lake around it. The boys are the best of friends and have fun doing just about anything, as summer drags on as it does before the fall of the year gets here. School begins and the boys are in a One room class setting. their teacher Mrs. Crab tree, is doing her best to keep the different grades working on their lessons. The boy's then realize that their favorite thing they love to do that's is Squirrel Hunting Season and the night before it had rained they were excited how quiet the woods would be. Their names are Thomas and Jake, they have a red cur dog named Lester Earl and a cat named Tank. They had found the cat in a hole, Lester Earl started barking and they found an en battled cat held up to die they mended him up and wanted to see how many of his 9 lives he had used up. Jake decided to name him Tank because he was tough as one. The boys headed to the woods the next morning and what they find is a Humdinger to say the least, the excitement begins and the story takes your imagination for a ride.
