Lacey's Version

LACEY:  My first encounter with my Deer family was when I met a little Fawn which was trapped in our yard. That idiot brother of mine had chased it and it got separated from it's Mom...the poor little thing laid down in the Salal and cried. I shoved Robbie out of the way and then I licked the little girl (it was a girl) and told her it would be okay, that her Mom would come back and get her.

A few days later I met  Fawna's Mom on the trail and she was so happy that I saved her baby she invited me to hang out with them. I was a Mom once  myself and I know what it is like to worry about your baby and one day to lose them..so I said 'sure, I  would love to'. Florinda (that is the Doe's name) said 'just don't bring your idiot brother with you' ...and I agreed that I would not.

I slipped away from Mom and Robbie as we walked down Tanya's Trail and I joined the Ladies Clan in a high mossy meadow. They were so welcoming to me and all gathered around wanting to know my name and where I came from, how I ended up on Saturna. We exchanged stories while we looked after babies and told of all our ups and downs as girls love to do. Then HE showed up...the Big Stag ...The Boss...Bracken is his name. Wow...he is the Johnny Depp of the Deer set. And then I heard Mom and DOD calling my name over and over. I knew they had spotted me and my Deer friends so I high-tailed it out of the glen and ran over to meet them.

That was my first encounter.....to be continued.