the Story

Two men and their children—a nine-year-old girl nicknamed Andy and a boy, Mac, eleven years of age—go on a hunting trip in the Pennsylvania woods. They leave Andy's home at dawn. Mac's father, Charlie, objects to Andy's coming along because of her age and because she will be the only girl in an otherwise all-male hunting party. Her father tries to conciliate Charlie by noting that animals—including deer, he hopes—seem attracted to Andy, and she is adept at handling a gun, although in target practice. Charlie is not reassured. They drive to an isolated location in the woods that Charlie and Mac previously scouted out as a likely deer-feeding ground. Andy arrives in a fairly congealed state, because the heater in Charlie's vehicle is defective. Still, she carries a day pack, although smaller than the three men's backpacks, and is to do more than her share of KP duties.

On the first day of the trip, while the three males lie in wait for game, Andy goes off to......

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Title: Doe Season
Approximate Word Count: 1421
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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