DailySusan Humor Blog

BUTTED BY BAMBI?

I love this neighborhood. The other day, someone’s gelding got loose and galloped through our yard, leaving hoofprints six inches deep in the rain-soaked lawn. I helped corral him with a bucket of sweet grain, and don’t mind the gashes in our grass because it was such a fun few moments chasing him down.

Periodically, we have to deal with a flock of very tall, very bossy wild turkeys who stroll across the roads out here and refuse to move faster than their customary 1 mph. Again, we don’t mind sharing the road with them. I marvel at how much they all look like E.T.

But this latest one takes the cake: my neighbor thought she saw a deer out her main-floor window the other morning at 7. She grabbed a camera, and sure enough, in her front yard, there was a yearling. He still had white spots on his flank, but he was pretty big.

She crouched down low, hands on knees, to get at eye level with him, and said soothingly, “Hi, Baby!” But he wasn’t soothed.

He lowered his head and ran at her – butting her with his head – knocking her to the ground!

She scrambled up and got inside, grateful that he hadn’t grown any antlers yet.

She is the first person I’ve ever met to have been butted by a Bambi. Let’s just be glad it wasn’t a baby buffalo!

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Praise report: Two little girls who had to undergo surgeries for bone spurs in the Twin Cities have returned after highly-successful procedures for both. Thank You, Jesus, for the good medical team surrounding Chasse and Hazelle. May they run and play painlessly, and joyously, this summer. (Psalm 89:15,16)