[Edited 4/22 - ignore please; I had to fix a big mistake at the beginning]
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Jan. 19, 2009
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Before his eyes even opened, a flood of memories and emotions drowned Chenaniah’s brain. How many days had it been since he danced at the playground and ran through the forest with that mini-doe? He had really let her get that close…
And then… embarrassment. Had he really been so forward? Had he really nuzzled a complete stranger? And then… oh AND THEN. Had he really leaped and laughed through the playground while so many deer were watching? What had gotten into him? All those deer... those... deer. All around him.
Drowning him...
His eyes still hadn’t opened. He was slowly rising up from the pit of unconsciousness. The blue bowl. One of the best places in the Birch Forest. Birds loved it here. The warm colors danced. The sweet smell of…
Wait.
A different smell. Another deer had been her. Several deer in fact… but one had stayed longer than the rest. No… no it wasn’t the mini doe. It was… it was…