Talk:Stone Fox

Little Willy and his dog Searchlight find Willy's grandfather lying in bed. Doc Smith, the only town doctor tells Willy that his grandfather no longer wants to live. A tax collector sneaks into Little Willy's house and, with a derringer in his hand, demands to know how much his grandfather owes the state. After seeing some papers he tells Willy that they owe the state of Wyoming 500 dollars. The next day Willy enters a dog sled race that has a reward of 500 dollars. Willy sees a sled being pulled by five Samoyeds (fast dogs used for sled racing). The man on the sled signs up for the race, and Willy learns it is Stone Fox, a Nassative American who doesn't talk to white people and has never lost a race. When the race starts, Willy instantly takes the lead and as they race past Willy's house they see Grandfather standing up watching them. Near the end of the race,Searchlight is so tired that her heart bursts and she dies instantly about 10 feet from the finish line. Stone Fox feels sad about it and gives Little Willy a dog of his own. Stone Fox makes a line on the ground with his boot, takes out his rifle, and warns that if any other racers cross the line, he'll shoot. He then concedes the match to Willy, by letting Willy carry Searchlight across the finish line to everyone's amazement. Willy pays his grandfather's taxes with the 500 dollars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.190.202.136 (talk) 23:57, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow, nobody can write an Plot Summary without completely spoiling the ending, eh? How lame. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.195.203 (talk) 17:31, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Question: Did Little Willy's grandfather become better? What makes Little Willy become mature in this book? - by dsc456samuel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsc456samuel (talk • contribs) 01:22, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Reference in Movie
Is this story the origin of the phrase "you're the stone fox" in The Virgin Suicides (S. Coppola movie) ?

Clip here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTNZsOVRVk

Stone Fox phrase is at the very end

91.66.29.5 (talk) 22:18, 3 March 2015 (UTC)asker

the plot
why doesn't it mention Searchlight's death in the book plot? Daisy134 (talk) 17:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

The unfair race
I remember reading this as a young boy and being bothered by seeing the boy with his one dog competing against a man with FIVE dogs as if it were a fair contest. I think this too should be mentioned. I think the other racers were also adults with more than one dog pulling  their sleds.Lollipop (talk) 01:21, 16 May 2022 (UTC)