Old Yeller
Beloved frontier hound
Old Yeller is a 1956 novel by Fred Gipson about a boy and a stray yellow dog in frontier Texas, adapted into a beloved 1957 Disney film.
The story ends with the boy having to shoot his rabid dog—a scene so affecting that Old Yeller has become shorthand for any emotionally devastating ending: That movie pulled an Old Yeller on me.
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- man's best friendThe domestic canine
- family dogDomesticated canine companion
- loyalFirm in allegiance
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
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narrative ending type
Old YellerHomeward Bound
Destined for home
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