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J potty did not mean to dis obey. He was a very good little buff-and-white f aw n w i t h so ft brown eyes and a sweet disposi tion. He had been told over and over again not to wander out of the sight of his mother and the other deer. The forest was large and dark and filled with many dangers to an unsuspecting little fawn, one danger being the ever-present peril of getting lost. But Spotty was so forgetful. He didn’t seem to remember anything that he heard for more than a few minutes. He loved the songs of the birds, and sometimes he would stand listening to them while the others moved on w i t h o u t him. Then he would come out of his daydream and go scampering after them. He was very fond of flowers too. When the deer fed out in the mead ows, he took the greatest delight in a field of scarlet poppies or pur ple lupine or white and yellow daisies. But flowers were scarce in the woods. One day Spotty saw a few violets and heard some birds singing in the distance so he strolled on and on through the dark forest in his forgetful way. Suddenly he noticed that it was growing dark. Too late he realized that he should not have gone so far. He shivered as the black curtains of night began to enfold him. Turning completely around, he began running. But he couldn’t remember where any of the paths led. All about him were big black trees and strange sounds and he was frightened. He knew he was lost. Crouching against a giant redwood, he gave a sad little cry but he had no hope that the other deer would hear him. All at once a dark figure stood beside him. Spotty was so terrified he couldn’t move. Was it the dread ed mountain lion? No, it was just a lumber mill worker taking a short cut through the woods to his home in the hills.
He saw the tiny fawn and imme diately picked him up in his strong arms. “ You poor little creature!” he said kindly. “How did you get sep arated from the others? My little girls will love you.” Spotty was quite a load to carry but the man managed it and soon two blue-eyed, golden-haired little girls came running down the lane to meet their father. The light from the porch shone on him with the baby deer in his arms, and the small girls danced for joy when they saw what he had brought. However, their mother’s feelings were quite different. “ For good ness’ sake, Jim, what now?” she asked. “ Already we have a penful of rabbits, a racoon and a cageful of wild birds. Where on earth can we put a fawn?” Father was always bringing the girls pets from the woods. “Let’s give it some warm milk first and put it in the garage until after supper,” he replied. It took a little patient persuasion to get Spotty to drink the milk, but finally he did, and Jim had no sooner arranged a little bed of straw for him in the comer of the garage than he was fast asleep. At supper time the girls were very excited. “Daddy, will you make a little cart so we can drive him?” asked Gloria, and Phyllis promised, “We’ll save our pennies, Mommy, and buy him grain to eat if we can keep him.” Mother didn’t say anything. There was no room in their back yard for any more pens and fawns soon grow into large deer. For a few days the discussions went on, the girls making more and more fantastic plans to turn Spotty into a pony they could ride. After they went to bed, Mother said, “ Jim, thi s has gone fa r enough. You’ll just have to take that fawn back to the forest.” “ I know,” admitted the lumber m i l l wo rke r , “ I shouldn’t have
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