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Theme Of The Christmas Hunt By Borben Deal

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The Christmas hunt by. Borben Deal The story Christmas time the theme was to listen to others even if you don 't want to because it could lead to bad things. It Could make something worse. For example the kid from the story made things worse by going hunting by himself and not telling his dad, he didn 't listen to his dad when he was told not to go out by himself. He made it way worse because he didn 't listen to his dad and shot his dad 's dog. In the text his dad told him he was to young to go on the Christmas hunt because he wasn 't ready. This is why I believe the theme is to listen to others even if you don 't want

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