My person and I met someone coming off my trails, and she said she’d seen a deer.
I’ve never ever seen a deer. Never in my life.
Deer don’t hang out on my trails.
If they did I’m sure I would have found one.
So what was that deer doing here?
I’ve got to go find that deer.
But how would I recognize it if I saw it?
Maybe by the smell – because it would be the only new smell on my trails.
So let’s go person. That deer’s got to be around here somewhere.
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I looked all over for that deer.
I pawed the ground and everything, but nothing would bring that deer around.
And then you know what happened?
My person and my younger person left the house and drove away.
Without me, mind you.
It was dark when they came back home, and you know what they told me?
They drove right by that deer. It was right by the side of the road.
And I’ve still never seen a deer.
But from what I’ve heard about what a deer looks like…
I imagine it might look kind of like this.



























