Doe Season (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Michael Kaplan
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: A cold winter
- Setting: Pennsylvania woods
- Principal Characters: Andrea (Andy), Her father, Charlie, Mac
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Children, Suffering, Gender roles, Fantasy, Forests or forestry, Hunting or hunters, Deer, Guns, Wounds or injuries, Winter
- Locales: Pennsylvania
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...
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