In "Where the Red Fern Grows," Rubin and Rainie make a bet with Billy that his dogs cannot tree a raccoon by themselves. Billy agrees to the bet, and his dogs Old Dan and Little Ann eventually prove themselves by successfully treeing a raccoon.
In "Where the Red Fern Grows," it is Ruben who died. Rainie, his younger brother, survives and continues to share adventures with the protagonist, Billy.
Ruban die's by Billy tripping him with a tree branch because he was chasing Billy's dog's with ax to kill them after they had atacked his bluetick hound. Anyway's, You shouldn't run with an ax anyways.
Rubin Pritchard is the oldest we know of it hints that there might be more but they only tell us of Rubin and Rainie
The names of the two boys that made a bet are Raine and Rubin also known as the Pritchard brothers.
Billy Coleman is the man who owns the dogs. The dogs' names are Old Dan and Little Ann. Rainie and Rubin Pritchard are the boys who challenge Billy to a raccoon-hunting contest.
Two boys named Rubin and Rainie, of the Pritchard family. The two boys are trouble making kids and challenge Billy to find the ghost coon. Rubin dies because he trips on an axe.
Billy Coleman is the man who owns the dogs. The dogs' names are Old Dan and Little Ann. Rainie and Rubin Pritchard are the boys who challenge Billy to a raccoon-hunting contest.
In "Where the Red Fern Grows," Billy discovers that Rubin's body was recovered by a search party who found him near the riverbank, where he had fallen and drowned while hunting. Billy is deeply saddened by Rubin's death and the loss of his loyal hounds.
Even though Rubin was a bully, and a mean kid, Billy is still extremely sad about Rubin's death. Remember, Rubin fell on an axe which stabbed him in the belly while he was out hunting with Billy. Rubin's brother Rainie runs off in shock. Billy is the one who then goes to get real help for Rubin, but it's too late. Later Billy sneaks over to the graveyard and quietly puts flowers on Rubin's grave. Somehow, this makes him feel better, and he feels ready to hunt with his dogs again.
I would say that they are not main characters in the story, for they only appear once in the book.
Maybe Rubin Pritchard - one of the boys who challenges Billy to a contest and later dies.
Billy Colman is the protagonist in Where the Red Fern Grows.