The Hunter and the Hunted

She could hear the rustle of the leaves as she hid her fawn beneath the trees You must be very still she told her fawn as the sun rose on the early dawn Soon the hunters will be here and her fawn shook with fear They heard a shot ring out then a hunter shout Thought I saw one over here but it was a fox not a deer We must stay hidden in the bush or they will shoot the both of us Then she licked his little snout maybe tomorrow well go out When the sun sets they will be gone and you and I will be moving on I will take you to a safer place far from this human race Soon the little fawn was fast asleep And a Moms promise she could not keep for as she drank from the pond at night A hunters gun had her in its sight another trophy he won he was pleased and now another fawn is left to freeze carolann Crowley 12/2/05