Summary part 1

One day, Cooter told Eli that he saw some mystery and it's about strange track that Eli didn't have a single clue what it is. After that he told his Pa about it and he said it's a hoop snake and it's very dangerous, it roll like a hoop and run after people and its poison is the worst. Eli and Cooter ran home without a second thought and Ma scolded him about how coward he was. So this has lit the idea of how he will be in the later chapter that he would be more brave.
After that Eli's parents taught him a scary lesson which was not to be so fragile but in the end, it seemed it was only a joke they wanted to play

There'd be one time that Mr. Douglas visited Buston. Mr. Douglas was a wise man hat cacn speak fluently. At that party Elicaused havoc that brought wild creatures to the Settlement. But later Ma told him that it's jsut a joke that they're making on him.

Eli had to finished the chore first before he can went out and fish. He manage to finished killing horsefly the last because he would use it as bait for catching fish and he fish by stoning them not using string or hook. But after that Preacher fooled him and brought 4 of his fishes home.

The story reached the rising action because of some of people were captured by white men and while they're searching for them, preacher said that he found them and took a gun from them. But Eli thought that why did preacher found only 1 gun because there's no way that only one person brought a gun. But Eli kept this as a secret to himself.