Summary 6-7 where are the red ferns
grow

Chapter 6

After a long, terrifying night, the sun comes up and Billy is again on his way with his pups. Billy decides to head home by way of the fishing grounds where he first found the sportsman's magazine. He stalls for a bit while he figures out how to tell his parents.

Chapter 7

Now that Billy has his pups, he wants a coon skin to train them how to hunt. He goes to Grandpa for advice on how to catch a coon and Grandpa tells him an old trick that he used to do when he was a boy.  The coon was too stupid to drop the object and then just pull his hand through.

(Where the Red Fern Grows. You put an "are".)

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused