The Lonely Little Deer

I found something in the forest that I thought was very sad. Before I tell you what it is, let me give you a little back story so you'll understand what I'm talking about. As you can see by the title, this is about a lonely deer. Now let me tell you what happened.

A few weeks a go told you a story of a small herd of deer I found in the meadow of the nature park. There were two adult females and three little fawns. It was a nice thing to see that they had formed their own little family. At the time, I thought the three fawns belonged to one of the females, but then I saw something that led me to believe I was mistaken.

Just this last week I told you another story of my adventure through this same nature park. This time I was surprised by three more deer, a doe (an adult female) and two fawns. I believed these to be three of those same five deer I saw those few weeks ago. One of the fawns was not with them, so I thought maybe I was mistaken before and one of those three fawns must have belonged to the other doe.

Well, yesterday is when things took a sad turn. While I was in the forest walking towards the meadow, as I was watching some other animal activity, I saw another deer behind all of this action. It was another fawn! It appeared to be all alone. As I began taking a few pictures of this beautiful little creature, a very sad thought seeped into my mind.

Maybe this was why there was only two fawns with the mother the last time. Maybe this little fawn had somehow gotten separated from its family. I couldn't bear to think of this poor little baby all alone in the woods. As I watched this little deer, it looked back at me a few times. It seemed calm and not afraid. It even turned and began eating the leaves off of a bush in front of it. I finally had to go on my way, but with the sad thoughts still in my head I paused and said, "Goodbye Bambi." I then moved on through the forest.

Later on I finally made my way back around the park and to the meadow. I wasn't surprised to see the little deer there, still all alone. It was grazing by the edge of the forest. I moved in a little closer to get a few more pictures of it out here in the meadow. I still felt very sad for it. But then I saw something else.

It was another deer! Another little fawn came walking up behind it! The lonely little deer wasn't alone after all! My sadness suddenly turned to joy! My previous assumption was all wrong. These deer hadn't become separated at all. I now guessed that the rest of the family must be nearby somewhere. I could now go home secure in the knowledge that this lonely little deer wasn't alone after all.