The deer hovered by the trees beyond as the sounds of the ravening wolves came to them across the grass, their own senses almost frozen in impotent horror.

David ClementDavies
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In the opening lines of "The Deer and the Wolf," by Sarah Orne Jewett, a father and son hunt for a deer. The father has his son wait in the trees as he moves forward. The deer is out of sight and the son is beginning to panic when he hears a wolf growling nearby. In this moment, he knows that something terrifying is coming. The wolf will have them both​!

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