Because Lisbeth cares about Travis and Yeller, she promises not to tell. When their neighbors Bud Searcy and Lisbeth, his quiet, pretty granddaughter, come to visit, Travis learns that Old Yeller has been stealing food from folks in the settlement. They work together to protect the corn crop, drive their heifer back to the homestead, and hunt game. Travis and Old Yeller become inseparable. Travis changes his mind about Old Yeller completely when the dog saves Little Arliss from a bear attack. Travis thinks Yeller is a worthless thief, but his attempts to get rid of the dog fail. To Travis’s disgust, Little Arliss immediately claims the dog, and Mama approves, knowing Arliss needs a friend.
When a stray, one-eared, stub-tailed yellow, or “yeller,” dog steals their bacon one morning, Travis is irate. Travis is excited to prove he can take care of things as well as Papa. Papa wishes Travis had a good dog to help him out, but Travis has no desire for a dog after the death of his beloved dog the previous summer. The trip will take months, and Papa leaves Travis in charge. Papa and the men of the Salt Licks settlement leave the women and children behind to sell their cattle for cash money. Everything they need depends on the land: from game to crops to livestock. Mama and Papa built their homestead from scratch and the family works hard to have a good life. In the late 1860s, Travis lives with his Mama, Papa, and five-year-old brother Little Arliss in a cabin in the Texas Hill County.
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