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This weeks Theme is Childhood
This weeks theme is Childhood but no one said that it had to be about human childhood. I found this photo and thought it was absolutely adorable. Actually I feel more than a little sorry for the poor fawn. It looks cold and lonely doesn’t it?
My mother actually had a pet deer when she was growing up.
This was back in the days when people truly hunted for food. I think her father or one of her brothers had killed her fawns mother and they brought the baby back to the farm where my mother quickly adopted the baby deer. If I remember right that story doesn’t have a happy ending because when the deer got older an other hunter, perhaps from a neighboring farm mistakenly shot the pet deer.
that is an adorable picture! sad about it’s life and death situations though…
Oh, that’s so cute! Poor little thing looks so cold and afraid. Great photo 🙂
It does look cold. Makes me sad…
ohhh sad story…such an adorable deer!
Cute picture, sad story.
About 5 years ago, I was fishing in the Musquodoboit River and I accidentally STEPPED ON a baby deer. It made a disturbing noise, sort of a cry and sort of a squeal. I was quite sure that I hadn’t hurt it, but I examined it to be certain. I lifted it to its feet and it was able to stand and walk, though it was trembling. I wanted to be sure it hadn’t been orphaned, so I stepped back a few paces and stood still and silent, listening to see if the mother was nearby. After a LONG awkward silence, the doe lost her patience and burst into the clearing with a snort. She ran across the small expanse of tall grass and back into the bushes. I left after that hoping that they would both go back to business as usual.
A very sad picture.
That picture is so adorable, I wish that the story had a happier ending.
You guys know that isn’t a photo of my mom’s deer right? I probably shouldn’t have added the story of her pet fawn to this photo post … I think I confused ya.
Martin I’ve had an experience like that where I almost stepped on a fawn. It’s amazing how they blend right in isn’t it? I’m glad to hear that “Mom” decided to come out of hiding after a while and that it seems you didn’t hurt the fawn.
he’s such a cutie, very sad story though. That would be a neat pet to have.
What a precious babe – it does look lonely & cold.