
I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS DEER—UNTIL I SAW WHAT THE LITTLE ONE WAS CARRYING
While tossing hay, I saw two deer emerge from the woods—calm, unafraid. One stared directly at me, almost knowingly. Then it walked up and dropped a bundle at my feet: a small box containing a tarnished silver locket carved with strange symbols. Drawn by something I couldn’t explain, I followed the deer into a silent,…