how little ann got in troubble and how did billy save her

A Coon tricked the dog into crossing the river and her weight was too much for the ice. Billy finds a long wild cane and sticks his lantern at the edge. Billy makes a hook on the lantern and fastens it to the pole with his shoelace. Billy measured the depth of the water with his pole, waded into the river and hooked the dog's collar with the end.