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BEAUTY AND BROWNIE

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Two Deer named Beauty and Brownie lived with their father and mother
and great herds of Deer in a forest. One day their father called them
to him and said: "The Deer in the forest are always in danger when the
corn is ripening in the fields. It will be best for you to go away for
a while, and you must each take your own herd of Deer with you."

"What is the danger, Father?" they asked.

"When the Deer go into the fields to eat the corn they get caught in
the traps the men set there," the father said. "Many Deer are caught
in these traps every year."

"Shall you go away with us?" Brownie said.

"No, your mother and I, and some of the other old Deer will stay here
in the forest," said the father. "There will be food enough for us,
but there is not enough for you and your herds. You must lead your
herds up into the high hills where there is plenty of food for you,
and stay there until the crops are all cut. Then you can bring your
herds back here. But you must be careful.

"You must travel by night, because the hunters will see you if you go
by day. And you must not take your herd near the villages where
hunters live."

So Beauty and Brownie and their herds set out. Beauty traveled at
night and did not go near any villages, and at last brought his herd
safely to the high hills. Not a single Deer did Beauty lose.

But Brownie forgot what his father had said. Early each morning he
started off with his herd, going along all through the day. When he
saw a village, he led his herd right past it. Again and again hunters
saw the herd, and they killed many, many of the Deer in Brownie's
herd.

When crops had been cut, the Deer started back to the forest. Beauty
led all his herd back, but stupid Brownie traveled in the daytime, and
again he took his herd past the villages. When he reached the forest
only a few were left of all Brownie's herd.

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