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A heartbreakingly warm and moving story of a young orphaned boy, sold out of an orphanage to work on a farm, and of his relationship with an equally orphaned black fawn that he one day stumbles upon in the forest. Will their bond survive the many problems that adults pose in their way, such as hunting? A tale with a classic, timeless and universal feel and message to it.

Excerpt: ...the bus driver saying, "Hey, Sloan. You aim to get out in the next hour or so?" Bud looked up to see that the bus was parked at the Bennett's drive. He squeezed past Get Umberdehoven and ran up the drive, stopping long enough to ruffle Shep's ears when he came bounding to meet him. Daydreaming about Old Yellowfoot had made him feel better. The arrival of Gram and Gramps' children and grandchildren was as certain as the rising of the sun. Bud knew that they would displace him, for they belonged and he did not. But Christmas was not yet at hand and, maybe, if he wished hard enough, it never would come. Anyhow, there were at least the days before Christmas, and he decided to live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself. In spite of the snow, Gramps was working on the little building that Munn Mackie had brought in his truck. Gramps had installed new and larger windows, put in insulation and rebuilt the door and hung it on new hinges. He was replacing some of the outside boards when Bud came up. Bud asked no questions although now he wanted to. But he had ignored the building the day it was delivered, and pride prevented his asking about it now. "By gummy," Gramps said over the blows of his hammer, which were strangely muffled in the storm, "sure looks as though we hit it right." "We sure did," Bud agreed. Gramps said solemnly, "Got the same feeling in my bones as I had just before we caught Old Shark. Only this feeling's 'bout Old Yellowfoot. We'll nail him sure before the season's out." "Gee! Are you sure?" Bud said, his reserve gone. "Sure's a body can be 'thout putting it down on paper and swearing to it in front of Squire Sedlock. Yep. We're going to lay that old tyrant low." "Gee!" Bud said again. "That'll be something! I'll run along and change." "Come out when you're set if you've a mind to." The storm-muffled thumps of Gramps' hammer were magic in Bud's ears as he ran around to the kitchen door, for in his imagination they had become...

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Bud Sloan who has no parents had been given away of the children's home to become a farm boy from the moment he becomes mature enough to work. The farmstead where he was to labor was owned by an elderly crofter and his wife who had reared a big family and were presently living without their children. Then, after finishing his duties, Bud walked into the forest in the vicinity and went agog when he saw a baby jet black fawn without his mother and seemingly baffled in his new environments. Bud pondered that day that this little fawn was also like himself, no parents, and would leap to him in life. Although, several hindrances would make the two divided, and the black fawn would sooner or later become a prey of the resident huntsmen. James Arthur Kjelgaard was an American writer of juvenile adult fiction. He was born in New York City, New York, Jim Kjelgaard is the writer of over forty novels, the best known of which is Big Red. It marketed 225,000 prints and was adapted into a Walt Disney motion picture with the original title, Big Red. His stories were mostly of dogs and untamed animals, always with animal heroes and narrated from the animal's way of thinking. Jim also composed short stories for a lot of magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, and Adventure. A few of his novels include: Forest Patrol; Rebel Siege; The Fangs of Tsan-Lo; Buckskin Brigade; Snow Dog; Kalak of the Ice; A Nose for Trouble; Wild Trek; Chip the Dam Builder; Irish Red, Son of Big Red; Fire-hunter; The Explorations of Pere Marquette; Trailing Trouble; Outlaw Red, Son of Big Red; The Spell of the White Sturgeon; The Coming of the Mormons; Haunt Fox; Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter; Lion Hound; The Lost Wagon; Desert Dog; Trading Jeff and his Dog; and all other works of fiction.