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How a fawn with a hurt leg found her mom again

Twin fawns were born in deer country, on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. One of them had a bad front leg, and she couldn't keep up. more

She tried. Her mother and her twin kept walking, and she dropped to the ground and watched them go. Neither of them looked back.

Darius Sasnauskas lives right there and spends a lot of his time behind a camera. He kept watch on the fawn through the night with his binoculars, and early in the morning he brought her inside.

His old cats and dogs are a friendly bunch. At first they just watched the little creature, curious about what she was. It took them one day to get used to her, and after that it was no problem.

For the weak leg, Darius made a brace out of an oatmeal box, and it gave the joint good support. After five days the leg was getting better, so he took the brace off, and she walked fine. From then on she followed him wherever he went.

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Twin fawns were born in deer country, on the edge of Yellowstone National Park.

A baby deer at your heels is easy to love, and a lot of people admit they would have kept her. Darius did the harder thing. One evening he set out to find deer that might be looking for her, with the fawn following right behind him.

That search never turned up her mother. Then Darius had to leave town for a couple of days, and friends looked after the fawn. On the very first night, her mother showed up. They let the fawn go, and her mom began to nurse her.

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The mother shows up one night while Darius is away, and soon she is nursing her fawn.

Darius says his being away was a big help. The fawn was missing him and the dogs were locked up, so the timing was perfect for her and her real mom to accept each other.

People who hear him talk about her say it is clear he misses her. He still got to see her, though, because the little family stayed near his property all summer. She's in the wild where she belongs, and he hopes she is staying safe and having a great life.

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