Tub stops looking for tracks and tries to catch up. Tub struggles to keep pace, but Kenny and Frank don’t wait for him. Frank again mocks Tub for being fat, which Kenny finds hilarious.Īfter lunch, they again look for animal tracks, with Tub on one bank of the creek and Kenny and Frank on the other. When they stop for lunch, Tub claims he is on a diet and blames being overweight on his “glands” (22). Tub struggles to get over fences and walk through the snow, but Kenny and Frank decline to help him. When they arrive at the woods, Tub complains about the cold, but Frank tells him to “stop bitching.” Kenny then threatens to tell Tub about Frank’s secret involving “a certain babysitter” (21-22).

Tub gets into the truck, and they drive toward the countryside to go hunting, stopping twice for coffee to warm up on the way because the windshield is broken due to “juvenile delinquents,” and the heater doesn’t work (21). Tub is angry that Kenny and Frank are late, but Frank, who is in the passenger seat, is dismissive of Tub’s feelings, telling him to “be mellow” (20). Kenny, who is driving the truck, deliberately mounts the curb and almost runs Tub over and then mocks Tub for being overweight, saying, “You look just like a beach ball with a hat on” (20). When they arrive, Kenny begins to treat Tub cruelly.

“Hunters in the Snow” begins with a man named Tub who “has been waiting for an hour in the falling snow” for his friends Kenny and Frank to arrive (20).

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