Orphan

An elderly couple made their home where the mountain met the valley, creating many wildlife friendships, human insertion into the wildlife world, wildlife insertion into the human world,and a close study of animal ways.******* In the middle of the little fawn s loneliness, a flock of turkeys passed through. Fawn simply stepped back into protection of the bushes and watched the turkeys moving, quiet as ghosts, accross the snow... ******* With green eyes fixed and tail slightly twitching, the cougar waited for exactly the right moment. Early sunrise allowed the cougar to pick its choice from the little herd of Mule Deer which was just rousing in the meadow... ******* Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth, The Tables Turned