Early in the morning a few days ago we spotted a visitor in the trees to the west in front of our house. It was a silent and still morning and the sun had just come up. The deer looked to be young and seemed to be looking right at us, not moving a muscle. We ran for the camera and zipped off heaps of pictures during which the deer cooperatively remained still. We've never seen a deer this close to the house before! Very exciting!Scooby, in his morning search for the perfect blade of grass on which to relieve himself, scampered so close to the deer that I thought for sure he'd scare the poor thing away. But Scoob seemed to not notice the animal and ran on past.
On closer inspection, this deer had a curious seam across its withers and its gaze was woody and absent. And it only had one front leg ... and only one hind leg. And it was riddled with bullet holes. And made of styrofoam. Hmm. It appears that we have been the victims of a cruel hoax. Who the perpetrators are we do not yet know, but INTERPOL is working on it.
In the meantime, he remains in the front trees, and greets me with his wooden stare every morning. I think he needs a name ... any ideas?
We think it should be called Stumpy. What a great hoax!
ReplyDeleteGT and S
M thinks "woody" is a good name.
ReplyDeleteI like "C.D.", for Counterfeit Deer, as suggested by a favourite Bostonian.
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps "T.V." for Tough Venison. Mmmm....