Red chief proceeds to drive his captors to distraction with pranks and demands that they play wearying games with him, such as pretending to be a scout and using Bill as his horse. Bill and Sam are soon desperate to get rid of the little terror. they lower the price and ask 10.5 hundreds dollars. They later receive a reply to their ransom letter from Red Chief's father; knowing perfectly well what a handful Red Chief is, he rejects their ransom but instead offers to take the boy back off their hands for two hundreds fifty dollars. When the men bring Red Chief to his home, he does not want to leave, loudly protesting that he was having fun playing with Bill and Sam. He then tries to stay with the two kidnappers but is held back by his father, who quickly whispers for the kidnappers to flee town before Red Chief sneaks out of the house and finds them for more play. The kidnappers then flee in terror.
O. HENRY(2000). THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF. OXFORD BOOKWORMS STARTERS.
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