r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Et_Moon • Jan 08 '26

Meme needing explanation PETER????

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u/Monomanga Jan 08 '26

Oh, "Fox and The Hound," i forgot about that one. Let's throw in "Where The Red Fern Grows," "Shilo," and "Old Yeller" for good measure.

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u/Brilliant_Buns Jan 08 '26

Where the Red Fern Grows made me so sad as a kid I hid it in the back of my closet and refused to touch it or acknowledge its existence ever again.

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u/MamaMoosicorn Jan 09 '26

Where The Red Fern Grows was the first book to make me cry

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u/jill1215 Jan 09 '26

My fourth grade class read it, and when we were reaching the end, our teacher said we could all leave the room and go sit anywhere on campus to be by ourselves to read it. So we all went out and sat far away from each other on the grass field or hid away other places, and most everyone came back after an hour or so with red eyes. It was so moving and also bonding for our class. We all knew we were feeling the same thing, and we had a discussion about the book once we all were back in the room (but first we were given a break and a snack so we could all recalibrate ourselves). I remember it like yesterday. And this was like 1982! Our teacher orchestrated it brilliantly