- Jody takes Flag out into the woods, along with Penny's gun, but can't bring himself to shoot him.
- He frantically tries to think of a way to avoid it, and decides to go see if the Forresters will take Flag to Jacksonville to live in a park! Uh, okay.
- He hurries to the Forresters', but they're all gone trading except Ma and Pa.
- He asks Pa Forrester for advice, and Pa says he'd shoot Flag, too, in their situation. Big help he is.
- Jody decides to take him to Jacksonville himself—but when he stops for a nap, Flag just runs back home, and Jody has to follow.
- He sneaks into the barn to sleep with Flag there.
- The next morning, his Ma finds that Flag has eaten the rest of the corn and a bunch of the other newly sprouting crops. What a nightmare!
- Penny calls for Jody, who tells him he just can't do it. Then he calls for Ma, and tells Jody to go to his room.
- Next thing he knows, there's a shot.
- Ma has shot Flag—but only wounded him. Way to go, mom.
- Jody screams at his parents that he hates them, and chases Flag to the sinkhole, where he shoots him in the neck to end his suffering.
- Then he vomits and passes out.