Golden Hound
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When I was a kid, I had to read The Hatchet for a class in elementary school. We also read another book by that same author, The Rifle. I recently was walking in a bookstore and I saw the book sitting there in the "Required Reading For School" section, and I remembered the story. The book tells the story of a Revolutionary War-era musket which was handed down to many different generations, eventually winding up in the hands of a guy in the present day who mounts it on the wall above his fireplace.
At the end of the book, sparks from his fireplace fly up into the rifle and ignite the powder (which just happened to be in there, and still live, after more than 200 years,) sending a musketball (which just happened to be in there - nobody bothered taking it out) flying out of the rifle and into the house next door, killing their son. (!!!)
Has anyone else read this? Did anyone else have to read it in school like me?
At the end of the book, sparks from his fireplace fly up into the rifle and ignite the powder (which just happened to be in there, and still live, after more than 200 years,) sending a musketball (which just happened to be in there - nobody bothered taking it out) flying out of the rifle and into the house next door, killing their son. (!!!)
Has anyone else read this? Did anyone else have to read it in school like me?