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Buster the Big Brown Bear

Chapter 21: WHITE TAIL THE DEER
By George Ethelbert Walsh
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A bear cub born in a rocky den in the North Woods grows curious as he matures and learns from his mother to fear Loup the lynx. His adventures take him from riverbanks to capture by men, theft and harsh treatment under cruel masters, and an eventual escape. He is later trained to perform, survives a railroad wreck, rescues a little girl named Chiquita, and faces the prospect of life in a zoo before finding his way back toward the wild. The narrative follows his development, encounters with predators and humans, and themes of freedom, loyalty, and resilience.

WHITE TAIL THE DEER

STORY I
White Tail’s First Lesson

High among the timberland of the North Woods White Tail the Deer was born, and if you had stumbled upon his home in the thickets you would have been surprised by a noise like the rushing of the wind, and then by a very remarkable silence that could almost be felt. The first was made by Mother White Tail as she deserted her young and took to quick flight.

White Tail, crouching low down in the bushes, so still that he scarcely moved a hair, would hide his beautiful head in the branches and leaves like an obedient child. Left alone he knew that his one chance of escape was not to move or whimper or cry.

That was the first lesson White Tail was taught by his mother—to keep absolutely quiet in the presence of danger. When he was so small that he could hardly hold up his head, she whispered to him: “Listen, White Tail! When I give the signal that the hunters are coming, you must flatten yourself down

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WHITE TAIL THE DEER
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