The Senior Tally-ho's report that a blessed event occurred in their front yard near Longwood Gardens the other night during a thunderstorm. My mother saw what she thought was a piece of wood and, during her morning gardening chores, went over to pick it up, only to realize it was a newborn fawn. The little thing was so young that it couldn't even get to its feet at first.
My mother kept a careful eye on the fawn the rest of the day. It managed to wriggle into the shade, but when that spot became sunny the creature started to pant -- and still no sign of its mother. My mother took a bowl of water outside, but the deer didn't know what to do with it.
Finally, in the early afternoon, the mother showed up, and the fawn was able to get up and go toward her. The doe ran off, and the baby tried to approach her. They repeated this, and the last my mother saw of them they were heading toward the woods. Let's hope the mother simply wanted to get the baby to safety and wasn't rejecting her.
There's been no sighting of the fawn since.
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