Where the Red Fern Grows

What can you infer Papa is saving the money for?

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Papa is saving Billy's prize money because he wants to move the family to town.

After stacking them in a neat pile, he raised his head and looked straight at me. “Billy,” he said, “you know how your mother has prayed that some day we’d have enough money to move out of these hills and into town so that you children could get an education.” I nodded my head.

“Well,” he said, in a low voice, “because of your dogs, her prayers have been answered. This is the money earned by Old Dan and Little Ann. I’ve managed to make the farm feed us and clothe us and I’ve saved every cent your furs brought in. We now have enough.”

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Where the Red Fern Grows