Jody Baxter is twelve years old. He is lonely and wants a pet. Then he finds a young deer called Flag. They grow up together. They learn about love and hate, and life and death.
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Introduction
Animals of Northern Florida
Chapter 1 Jody's First Water Wheel
Chapter 2 Old Slewfoot Wakes Up
Chapter 3 Business with the Forresters
Chapter 4 Jody Shoots his First Buck
Chapter 5 The Fight with the Forresters
Chapter 6 A Rattlesnake Attack
Chapter 7 A Special Day
Chapter 8 Jody's Fawn
Chapter 9 A Hnt with Buck
Chapter 10 Jody Loses a Friend
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