The Chapter starts out with Little Tree calculating his total losses in his dealings with the Christian. Since He paid 50 cents for the calf that he bought, and Granma paid Little Tree 10 cents for the hide, he had lost 40 cents. After some moonshine deliveries, he was making money again.
Since Little Tree had to learn five words a week out of the dictionary, one word was misunderstood by Granpa and proved to be a bit of a hassle. When he used a word in a sentence, Granpa would have to stop and figure out what Little Tree was saying. He was working on the word abhor and hw said "I abho…