Chapters 13-15 Summary

Bobby talks about how much he loves the month of October, when the weather is just starting to get cold, and Christmas seems just around the corner. The Old Man and the boy hunt squirrels, and give them to various folks around the county who have a lot of children to feed. The Old Man carefully cultivates long-standing friendships with all the landowners, black and white, bringing them meat, and giving them grain on credit, and in return, they all give him exclusive hunting rights to their land. The Old Man makes sure that he never hunts a single group of animals too much, so they will always be there the next year. He also does what he can to help take care of the property he hunts on, bringing any vermin to the landowner for supper. Sometimes rich hunters from...