me: well heres chapter 4!

Bo: YEE-HAAW! chapter 4!

Luke: calm down Bo its just another chapter

me: oh lighten up Luke. well lets get on with the next chapter!

Luke and the rest of the Duke clan returned home a few hours later from Jackie's house. Luke was the first one to notice that the General was nowhere to be seen. Luke figured that Bo had put the General in the barn so he went into the barn to check to see if he was there. Luke opened the doors and didn't see what he expected to.

This made Luke wonder about where his cousin was. That's when Luke remembered that Bo had gone into town to get some things for his new dog. Luke walked up to the house not thinking about Bo being gone figuring that he was still in town. As Luke walked into the house he noticed Daisy was holding a piece of paper and looking as if she was reading it.

"What ya got there Daisy?" Luke asked his cousin.

"Oh it's a note from Bo. It says that he went fishing at Hazzard Pond and would be back in a couple of hours. And he took Yeller with him."

"Well at least he was kind enough to set the table before he left. Well looks like all that needs done is to have the food heated up." Luke said.

"Yeah I guess your right. Well lets get on it then. Dinner isn't going to heat itself up ya know." Daisy added in.

Meanwhile back at the crash site, there was a movement coming from the yeller dog that had been laying next to his unconscious master. The dog slowly tried to stand up, but soon found that to be a very difficult task. After some time of trying, he finally managed to get up and walk the short distance to his master. The dog lowered his cold black nose and started to nudge the side of Bo's head in an attempt to wake him up.

The dog licked the side of Bo's face and his tongue was met with the irony taste of blood. It was at that moment that Yeller realized that in order to save his master's life that he would need to go back to the farm and try to get the rest of the Dukes to follow him to where the General layed with his master partially trapped beneath the roof of the orange stockcar. Yeller slowly limped his way up the embankment and onto the road.

The usual yellow color of his fur was mixed with the deep crimson of not only his blood, but also that of Bo's. once Yeller was on the road, he quickly picked up his pace and ran as fast as his three partially good legs would carry him. He didn't try to put any weight on his left hind foot because of the severe pain that ran through his leg and into his hip. He continued to run at a constant rate all the way down the road not even having seen one car pass the whole time.

Meanwhile back at the farm Jess was finishing up with the chores she was in the middle of when they got the call to ask if they could help out at Jackie's, while Daisy was finishing up dinner and Jesse and Luke were inside reading. Jesse was reading the Hazzard Gazette while Luke was reading an old car magazine.

Luke was the first to notice that Bo hadn't come back yet. Luke began to worry a little bit. It wasn't like Bo to say he would be home before dinner and not show. Daisy had the rest of the table set and was just finishing pouring the rest of her glass of milk when Jess came in from outside.

"Mmmm boy! That sure smells good. Can't wait to dig into it." Jess said as she took her dirty boots off at the door.

"Well talk about good timing cousin. I was just about to call you in to get ready for dinner."

"Well I always was one for having good timing. Well better go get washed up 'fore it's time to eat." Jess said as she walked through the living room towards the bathroom. The whole time Jess was washing up, she was humming an old Hank Williams song.

At dinner all the Dukes noticed that Bo hadn't come home yet. They began to wonder what could've happened to him. Jesse thought that he had lost track of time and was still fishing. Jess thought that he had gotten a flat tire or was having some other kind of car trouble.

Daisy thought that he had maybe fallen asleep while fishing since Bo had a tendency to do that from time to time. While Luke thought that maybe had seen a pretty girl and was so distracted talking and flirting that he lost track of time.

None of the Dukes were prepared for what was about to come. Jesse said a quick prayer before they dug into their food. After dinner, Jess and Daisy were doing the dishes while Luke helped Jesse out in the barn. Luke happened to look towards the road and saw a familiar sight coming down the drive to the farm.

"Hey there's ol' Yeller coming down the drive. But there' no Bo or General with him." Luke said. Jesse looked over at where Luke saw Yeller coming down the driveway. Jesse noticed that he was limping very badly and not even using his left hind leg. He also noticed the crimson color in his fur.

"Good Lord. What the heck happened to him?" Luke said in shock when he saw the dog limping down the road as fast as he could go. Luke and Jesse ran over to Yeller and were shocked to see how badly the dog was injured. He had several cuts on his face and body and a very severe looking leg injury to his left hind leg.

Luke knew instantly from the piece of bone that was jutting out of the side of his leg that it was broken. Jesse and Luke were equally surprised that he even made it back to the farm. The whole time Jesse and Luke were checking the dog over, he kept trying to get their attention.

'BARK! BARK!'

Both men looked up in surprise when the dog barked. Yeller immediately took hold of Luke's shirt and started to pull him towards the road. Jess and Daisy had heard the barks and decided to go check it out. The sight that the girls were met with made them freeze in their tracks.

"Hey what in the-" Luke stammered surprised at the way the dog looked and the way he was acting.

"Luke I think he's trying to tell us something. It could be about Bo. Yeller and Bo were together remember?" Jesse said. Even while saying that to his oldest nephew, Jesse couldn't help but feel something bad had happened to Bo. He knew that even though Yeller hadn't been there one night yet that him and Bo were inseparable.

"C'mon Luke let's find out what he wants." Jesse said. "Daisy, Jess you two stay here. We're going to see what Yeller is so worked up about." Jesse called to his still shocked nieces. Both girls nodded their heads in response.

"Alright let's get my pick up and go where ever it is that Ol' Yeller wants us to go." Jesse said as he, Luke, and Yeller got into the truck. Luke got in the passenger side while Jesse drove and Yeller got the bed of the truck. After all three of them were settled in, they took off down the road to look for Bo who's life was now in the hands of Yeller.

me: well thats the end of chapter 4! hope ya'll enjoyed it!

Bo: hey hows come i'm the one who got hurt?

me: oh lighten up Bo. it could be worse

Bo: hows being stuck under a car a good thing?

me: i never said it was good. i mean you could be dead.

Bo: oh ok. i guess yer right. but don't kill me ok

me: i'll see.

Luke: well that made him be quiet. but for how long?

Bo: oh shut it Luke

Luke: make me

Bo: ok i will

Luke: like to see ya try

me: well while those two go at it again lets change the subject, stick for the next chapter, ya hear?