| 单词 | deer |
| 例句 | They were going back to the village, having shot one antelope and one deer with their bows and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Honestly, if he knew my crazy brother took it out to poach deer he’d shoot him.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes coyotes would come and eat watermelons, too; and now and then a deer would jump into the field and eat corn, melons, and peas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Tim Boyle tells us the girls are having a bit of a time while their husbands are away overnight hunting deer, and one woman, Betty, says, Yeah. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The coroner questioning this nimrod asked, “Did you think he was a deer?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern whispered in a weak voice, “She hunts deer? And rabbits?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z At the fork in the path she dropped down to examine the ground, and Ash realized that she was following the trail of the deer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z To save Shiloh, I’m making it harder for deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were lucky; the arrow had been true, and it was only another half mile before they found the deer collapsed on the ground, his flanks heaving. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The logging companies hired full-time hunters who fed entire logging camps, taking ten or fifteen deer each week and fifty wild turkeys in one month. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He can smell the deer’s blood, too; I know by the way he sniffs my shoes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The rifle sounds again, and this time the deer goes down. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She plants a gentle kiss on Hiroshi’s cheek and slips past me like a deer. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The browse line on the trees went higher and higher as they sought food, and in time many more deer were dying of starvation than had formerly been killed by predators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t. You had that look in your eyes. Like a startled deer, or someone who’s just been given bad news.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Help me get this deer to my trailer.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A deer, a large buck, handsome and proud, stepped onto the path, gazed at me for a moment without concern, and sauntered on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She sorta reminded me of a deer—watchful, waiting to bound away at any moment. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Above me is the head and neck of a deer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The forest was full of deer, and I already had drawn plans on a piece of birch bark for deadfalls, pit traps, and snares. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She soon came to a clearly marked trail dotted with the hoofprints of deer; it took her to the tree- line and, finally, the meadow behind Quinn House. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was the boys’ turn to be the deer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On our way we scared up a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I got the deer after dark, and I was quite right. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a cold night in the Wood, but in the morning the tracks of the deer would be clear and sharp, and it would be child’s play to uncover them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Already he had seen the deer eyes that fixed on him through the rain, fixed on him as she backed away, fixed on him as her body began to turn for flight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The same danger exists for wild animals belonging to the group of ruminants, such as deer, antelope, sheep, and goats. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He remembered how heavy a deer is and how hard it is to carry the dangling limp body from the place of the kill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It happened so fast that the deer stumbled and was lost in a sea of wool and trampling hooves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Among land animals hunted, wild boar and deer were the commonest prey, followed by mountain goat and bear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Better established is Lyme disease, caused by a spirochete that we get from the bite of ticks carried by mice and deer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two native men come walking through the forest, quiet as deer. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Grandpa told stories about things they saw, like coyotes, crows, a whitetailed deer, and hawks. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z When I thank her, her head jerks up like a startled deer’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You’ll get the trophy, Karen. Just like a hunter who kills a deer, you’ll be able to hang Dad’s toe on your wall.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter cranked the handle to the spit and the deer turned around and around under a pit of burning coals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Step away from the deer,” the man demanded, and slowly shuffled forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Jumped out like a deer and made the gesture of tying it to a post on the store porch. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I tell the lieutenant, “You know, this path could be made by Calvin. Or by a deer. Or rabbits. It’s hard to know.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When my name is called, I glide across the stage, imagining I’m a bird or a deer as Dona Amelia suggested in our lessons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw deer; and once, beside the road, looking at them curious and unafraid, a small reddish-brown creature with a thick tail, whose name Jonas did not know. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z On a day of straight-up forest trail, she definitely sees a white-tailed deer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was desperate enough to try some deer droppings, but spat them out immediately in disgust. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father was a government packer. I helped him when I was a kid. Just the two of us could about clean up a deer’s ham.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A deer caught in headlights, she reeled with a gasp, backing into me. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It is a matter of fact that I have never killed a deer in all my life, and never will. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a deer, I think. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The cypress was sacred to her; and all wild animals, but especially the deer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer was some way ahead, poised for flight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Making a killing shot like that on a moving deer made me feel bigger and more important. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z If I tell Ma and Dad everything except about the deer, that’s lying by omission, Ma says: not telling the whole truth. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw deer give birth to fawns who were up and running in a matter of minutes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They went up the slopes of the cone-shaped peaks in the summer, when the deer were reddish brown, the hair short and shining while they browsed in meadows above the treeline to avoid the heat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I watched as Maribel got off, walking down the steps like a deer carefully picking its way down the side of a mountain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We passed a family of rabbits grazing on clover; a groundhog; a deer and her fawn. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z People who go to the forest looking for fairies and unicorns would seem to have less chance of survival than people who go looking for mushrooms and deer. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam cut two thin pieces of deer hide, made three holes in each, and, tucking ends inside holes, he fastened jesses to her legs with the falconer’s knot, the knot that never binds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Like the deer with his eyes, or the clay with his fingers . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The canoes are filled with bread, fish, and meat: turkey, squirrel, deer, and raccoon. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The cat took his advantage of that second and was off like a streak, running for his life up a narrow deer trail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been staring into the forest greenery when a deer appeared in abrupt focus. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z One night when he came in from doing the chores Pa said that after supper he would go to his deer-lick and watch for a deer. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Pigs breed exuberantly and can pass diseases to deer and turkeys, which then can infect people. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the alpine jungles, lakes and little rivers drew herds of deer and the big cats that hunted them, making for plentiful game. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Adam stood up slowly and picked his hat from the deer horns on the wall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Finnick flies by me, his skin shadowy with medicine, leaping through the undergrowth like a deer. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a deer that has just stepped into the hunter’s well-laid trap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wow, she has missed those brown eyes that look sweet as a deer’s. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I know how many grouse are killed, how many partridge, how many head of deer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He knew the birds by their songs, and how a mountain lion’s spoor looked different from that of a deer. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Our second night out, two hours before dawn, I was steering from the flying bridge when the head of a mule deer materialized in the spotlight's glare. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was aimed not at Mom but at the deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The twins glanced up, startled as a pair of deer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I swung the wheel to starboard, the boat slid past, and the deer bobbed twice in our wake before vanishing into the darkness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I woke, Dad had already used the tractor to drag the deer into the garage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh my god—” Nicole hit the brakes and the car fishtailed as a deer flew across the road. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z No less arresting is Lyme disease, which comes from the bite of a tiny deer tick. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you remember last winter when we went deer hunting and I taught you about gun safety?” he said, raising an eyebrow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "So. There is your choice. The Night's Watch"—he reached inside the deer, ripped out its heart, and held it in his fist, red and dripping—"or this." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My problem was not oak or water but getting a vessel big enough to put the deer hide in. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s thrown a rope with weights at either end right at my legs and they’ve twisted round and caught me, expert, just like a hunter after swamp deer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I am beginning to think I’ll have all the deer hide and venison I can use. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Every sudden noise—the crack of a falling limb, the crash of a bolting deer—makes you spin in alarm and stifle a plea for mercy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The two weeks of work I put in for him was just long enough for rain to wash away the blood, for the field grass to spring back up again where the deer was shot. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps because they had fallen into that angry silence, they walked quietly enough to come upon One Horn, the magnificent buck deer who had lost half of his antler rack defending his island territory. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But somehow seeing that deer there thrashing around, trying to free itself from the fence, made my blood boil. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z So he didn’t say anything about it, but he avoided the room where they laid the deer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Tom put on the wounded look, face of the ruptured deer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees the deer, who flies and lands and splats, his eyes flat and blank. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A deer shoots out and bounds across the highway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was like suddenly seeing the deer—a clear vision emerging from a cloudy dream. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His ears were large, and when he was listening, they stood up like a deer’s. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Fourth reason I don’t like him is because he kills deer out of season. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The bear sinks its teeth into the fish's flesh because it must; it never terrorizes a deer for a night of fun, just because it can. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m just about to come out of the trees when I stop dead still again, for right there in the meadow is a deer, a young doe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to think of some way to change the subject when he said: ‘Hey. November tenth? That’s the night you guys were out at Francis’s. The night you ran over that deer.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Kaede followed, her pulse racing, and they pushed the deer ahead for some time, always moving in the direction that Pol and Raesa had gone in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I am a deer frozen in the headlights of a tractor trailer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The Hebridean Black feeds mostly on deer, though it has been known to carry off large dogs and even cattle. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “How are you going to explain the deer to Dad?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once the predators were gone, the deer increased prodigiously and soon there was not enough food for them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Where the deer had been was a pile of clean white bones. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She looked around the clearing then and found that she was surrounded by all manner of forest creatures—owls and foxes, dormice and squirrels, bees and deer and rabbits. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The deer eyes are closed, and thank God will not open easily, for they are sealed with blood. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did they want deer, moose, or passenger pigeons eating the maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘So one of the hunters,’ she continued, ‘he wasn’t supposed to eat deer meat. The other guy wasn’t supposed to eat squirrel meat.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But for that moment it was so beautiful that he could only stand and feel the presence of the deer; he knew what they said about deer was true. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “But what do you do when you see a deer?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Greasy Sae had intervened and sent us with our deer to the butcher, but not before it'd been badly damaged, hunks of meat taken, the hide riddled with holes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Just then, the moonlight brightened, and a silver chariot appeared from the sky, drawn by the most beautiful deer I had ever seen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Look into the deer eyes with the dawning gray of his own. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Frightened, the deer veered through the sage, aiming in a northerly direction toward the river. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ought to be able to tell a bobcat from a deer,” the taller boy said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As I took a sip he carefully slipped a brass and copper shell into the chamber of his deer rifle and pushed the bolt forward and over. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That’s no kind of trade at all! If I hadn’t got me a deer this morning, what would you have bargained with then?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no end to this. We need another deer. I can’t make a blouse.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I got this idea from the deer, who found a lot to eat under the snow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t like seeing the deer die,” she said at last. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He put Jessie on the floor and lit the wick in a turtle shell filled with deer fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Moving quickly, he took a deer trail to the long path that led up the one mountain to the one tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “June 20 “I decided today to dig a pit to trap a deer, so I am whittling a shovel out of a board I found in the stream this morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They paused with the sensitivity of grazing deer, then returned to their work, the women and children once more moving. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t get another deer until fall, so with the scraps I made big square pockets for food gathering. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I see deer with legs like delicate twigs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Too bad she didn’t have the sense of a deer and hadn’t looked in the direction she was going soon enough to see the giant maple in time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Frightened by visitors, the deer bolted for the nearby forest, which had its own herd of wild roe-deer and could support more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They found the place the deer was arrow-wounded where the man started chasing it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When we get to the trailer at last, we carry the deer around to the three-sided shed Judd’s got in his backyard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Foxes had dens in the hills and deer roamed everywhere. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If the flood had forced deer and pheasants as well as people high up above their usual dens and nests, there should be plenty of them around to catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Oh, the deer walked with us, the foxes followed in our footsteps, the winter birds flew over our heads, but mostly we were alone in the white wilderness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t resist giving it a shake, stirring up the snowstorm until I cannot see the little deer. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “And just after dawn, guess who paid me a visit? Four deer. They practically knocked on the door.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The Cabarets plywood-paneled walls are hung with deer antlers, Old Milwaukee beer promos, and mawkish paintings of game birds taking flight. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Crepuscular creatures, like fireflies, bats, and deer, are especially active at dusk and dawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The creeks are frozen; the deer show their ribs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The barbed wire fence paralleled the rim, and he could see bits of belly hair the deer left on the barbed wire where their trails crossed the fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I had the impression that it was a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She also qualified as one of the best fishermen in the area and was a deer hunter supreme. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sorry the deer escaped and Dad could see I wasn’t sorry. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I walked on the snow to get wood like The Baron Weasel went for food or the deer went for moss. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On Ifemelu’s last visit, she had woken up to see, through the kitchen window, a pair of gracefully galloping deer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She wore no makeup, and her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer’s eyes caught in headlights. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z One day I was washing myself at the camp water pump, part of my daily ritual, when I saw two SS officers lure a deer to the fence of their enclosure in the zoo. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It wound through the trees and did not follow any ordinary trail that had been broken in by hunters or the deer they chased. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than domesticate animals for meat, Indians retooled ecosystems to encourage elk, deer, and bear. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All I can do is follow the others, the rabbits and deer and I even spot a wild dog pack shooting through the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It seemed to be staring down at me the way a cougar watches a deer before it attacks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals from miles around came to drink from the little pools, and the wild sheep and the deer, the pumas and raccoons, and the mice— all came to drink. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Swift as a deer he outraced them, Quiet as a fox he ran, He thumbed his nose as they blundered, He laughed to beat the band. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Deer: “It’s not a deer, it’s a doe, and there are five of them in my arbor.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His eyes are brown and sweet, like those of a deer in a forest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When he was a little child he always wanted to pet a deer, and he daydreamed that a deer would let him come close and touch its nose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He sneaked through the woods longing to make his big kill—if only a deer just his size would pass by, or a moose, maybe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They were tall and had long thin legs like deer; their heads were long and angular, with heavy bone across the eyes supporting wide sharp horns which curved out over the shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dolores stamped on the brakes suddenly when a movement on the side of the road caught her eye, but it was only a deer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We could have hunted for deer or turkey or duck, but I felt more comfortable going for wild pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This was a deer mouse, a little creature with big eyes and long hind legs like a miniature kangaroo. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw deer in flight, white tails like flags. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All the people, even the Catholics who went to mass every Sunday, followed the ritual of the deer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger had always been proud of his own agility, but the boy was far nimbler, fast as a deer and with legs just as agile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As the Wood be- came familiar to her, she became attuned to the sounds it made: the light tread of deer, the rustling leaves, the flapping passage of night owls. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Women, like deer, can be scared away by a strong musk, which is why it’s important to always wear deodorant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z From a bag of deer tallow, she added a yellow smear of grease and then, forcing Pinch to lie still, she spread the paste on his burns and propped him against a tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then silently we turned and looked at the dead deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A few deer bolted when they saw me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Papa said they generally started out by feeding on the carcass of some deer or cow that had died, then going from there to catching and killing live meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And each time she went outside, she was reminded of the frozen weasel and mouse and bird and deer. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Too many hunters seeing a flash of white have taken it for the tail of a running deer and cured a head cold with a single shot. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother looked at my dad like a deer caught by my cousins. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z One evening there were so many deer that I decided to chop limbs on the other side of the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They went to the deer and lifted the jacket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Its head was turned to the left; one fierce eye bored into that of a deer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It shoots bullets the size of milk cartons and if you hit a deer with it, all you leave is red mist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Angel looked truly frightened and her large eyes looked like those of a deer, frozen in fear by a hunter’s gun. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I spot three deer munching on leaves just yards from where Brian is now rummaging through the meteorite bag with both hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The only living things I had met were monkeys, snakes, wild pigs, and deer, none of which I could have a conversation with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And so with the disappearance of the deer, the hoot of the owl, the cold land began to create new life. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Caught out in the storms and weather, I had an urgent desire to return to my tree, even as The Baron Weasel returned to his den, and the deer to their copse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after, Old Tallow brought deer bones to share with Grandma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There were packets of split, dried fish, a makuk of special powdered fish, moose meat, a little manomin traded for with deer meat, smoked fish, and a bag of dried pumpkin flowers to thicken soups. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “People don’t eat wolves, Tally. Rabbits, I think, and deer.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Each side has a cloak of hide to protect—one, that of a yellow deer; the other, that of silvery fox fur. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Hualpa has a nice face, but he never speaks with me. He is shyer than a deer. Cachi is not as handsome, but his eyes smile when he looks at me,” she would explain. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Tell me I can call the game warden if I want, there’s not a trace of that deer left. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had this dead deer with him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Three deer grazed in the field, a doe and two fawns. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Ginny waved back, but her friend looked stunned, like a deer in headlights. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They had turned and changed direction so much, after following the deer. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The albino deer leapt into the woods ahead of me, his antlered head high. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As I climb up on a chair, my eye is caught by a snow globe with the tiny deer nibbling the ground. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And if he could hold that image of the deer in his mind long enough, his stomach might shiver less and let him sleep for a while. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They were too far away for him to see the brands, and the light brown spots were difficult to make out on their light hides, but they moved like deer, on long thin legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There is no more happenstance, no more “freedom”, involved in the whereabouts of a lizard or a bear or a deer than in the location of a knight on a chessboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I have seen a hunted deer run from the open field and take cover in a shadowed bower, panting among the tangled bushes and brambles that she prays will keep her unseen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They sang, carrying their nets and the animals—mostly porcupines and deer—that had been caught on their shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Upright, he saw what the larger group of vultures was circling: the corpse of a deer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He carried the carcass of a deer over his shoulders, its legs stretched awkwardly, head lolling, and under his arm was a hunting rifle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But she is there and he looks into the shadow to find her face, and her deer eyes, too, if he has to. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His head was small and perfectly formed, shaped like that of a deer, but with a gray beard growing from his chin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They are not universal gods, but rather a particular deer, a particular tree, a particular stream, a particular ghost. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So far we’d managed to grab less than a dozen rabbits and only a skinny deer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I wish there was another way of getting a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On the fourth and fifth days, my eyesight sharp with hunger, I saw deer and used their trails when our ways coincided. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nita presses the horn with her fingertips, and the deer moves out of the way. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes they had squirrel or venison, which Amari learned was the meat of one of the many deer she saw around the place. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They were about the size of deer or antelopes, and similarly colored, but what made her stop still and rub her eyes was the arrangement of their legs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Lots of elk and deer around here. So it was fun to be a hunter. But the best thing he did was supply meat for the old people and the widows.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The coat of Old Tallow was a fantastic thing, woven of various pelts, including one of lynx, one of beaver, a deer hide, and two that belonged to beloved dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Drawing his arrows out of the quiver he’d constructed for himself, he managed, though with great difficulty, to stick them into the carcass of the deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It was on this soil that my grandfather had gone on a hunting trip with King Nadir Shah and shot a deer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, he pressed his eye back against the sight but I could tell by the way he jerked the barrel to the left and right that the deer had vanished. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I sure hoped that deer dropped on the poacher’s toes and that he would now go home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z All around the house was a crooked rail fence, to keep the bears and the deer away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With him came four mounted men-at-arms, a huntsman, and a pack of dogs, sniffing after Lady Alys as if she were a deer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A deer came by and watched me suspiciously before it went about its affairs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Even when Valerian rips down our deer hide. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Artemis’s pale eyes made Leo feel like he was a deer carcass about to be gutted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I just didn’t want to fake being happy if he shot a deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I got to worrying about the deer, and for many days I climbed trees and cut down tender limbs for them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We allowed the deer to take his dreams with him so he had all the magic he would need to find the next world. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Toward the end of maneuvers, Billy was given an emergency furlough home because his father, a barber in Ilium, New York, was shot dead by a friend while they were out hunting deer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Tayo saw he was getting started, he looked at the eyes again; he took off his jacket and covered the deer’s head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I strung deer hide crisscross through the loops. I made a loop of hide to hold my toe and straps to tie the shoes on. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Nokomis baked the deer bones, cracked them, and used a special long carved spoon to scoop out the hot rich marrow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The phenomenon has been observed with big cats, bison, deer, wild sheep, monkeys and many other animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Usually, in fact, Joe did not buy a license to hunt deer in the mountains surrounding his hometown. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He shook his head the way the deer shook snow away and yelled out “ahooou- uuh!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “They switched the deer and the buffaloes around last month.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Deydey gave tobacco to the deer’s spirit and thanked him, brought back as much as he could carry, then buried the rest of the deer in snow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In addition to these were assorted scenes from daily life, of hunting and trading, of deer being killed with bows and arrows and marching warriors holding swords in their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Veturius rubs a hand through his hair, but a second later his entire body goes still, a deer that’s heard the hunter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Like a ghost himself, the albino deer stood at the edge of the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Even if Pa could get a deer, it would be poor and thin, not fat and plump as deer are in the fall. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Umm, Dad, I just had to sneak out of a girl’s house,” he says to himself as he walks down the sidewalk and past a house with plastic lawn ornaments of geese and deer. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The rest of the morning bioloaf group goes completely still like a herd of deer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Deer hunting was popular in our area because shooting and dressing a deer provided a lot of winter food for a family, so we had school off for the first day of hunting season. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The White River is beautiful in the abstract—blue herons and geese and deer and all that stuff—but the actual water itself smells like human sewage. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The snow falls softly through the trees, closing up the foxes’ dens, burying the tracks of sleeping deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I watched the little monkeys practice jumping from tree to tree or watched the curious eyes of a deer that sensed my presence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A dead deer hangs behind them, and the three of them wear camouflage and hold rifles. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter said, “Don’t worry about Miss Trotter. Great-granny goes out with her deer rifle. Can still pick off a rabbit every now and then.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The signs of our elopement were subtle: My parents’ wedding picture was gone, as was the grainy photograph of my grandfather and King Nader Shah standing over the dead deer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It was a cold night. I’ll never forget the smell of it, either. Like when my uncle used to cut up deer. Ask Francis. He remembers, too.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “How else can you explain these houses, the iron deer, the pianos, the music?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta pulled out all the stops and told Ma Charles almost word for word about how Miss Trotter shot the deer with her father’s rifle and cleaned out the buckshot. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Hills. Fields. Trees. A deer, once. Stones. She is staying well away from villages. When she can she rides along the bed of little streams, to throw hunters off her trail.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She nibbled the pastry as tentatively as a deer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My gran called me “Springbok,” after the second-fastest land mammal on earth, the deer that the cheetah hunts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then the deer and the raccoons slipped into the shadows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His tracks zigzag like a struck deer's in the dust of Serra's catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Frozen like a deer as the slim figure walks slowly toward me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The big one, Father’s deer rifle, has too much kick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry was a hillbilly and a smart dude who liked to hunt deer, and he kept a supply of beer and a long shotgun behind the seat of his pickup truck specifically for that purpose. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Grote leaves at dawn with his rifle and rod and brings home squirrels and wild turkeys, whiskery fish, now and then a whitetailed deer. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They had long ago left the well-maintained paths behind and were now picking their way down a tiny deer trail. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Why no s for two deer, but an r for two monkeys? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He wanted to hang the deer in the woodshed, where the meat would stay cold and cure properly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In history we learn about the pilgrims in Plymouth Plantation in 1621 and the food they ate, wild turkeys and corn and five deer brought to the feast by the Indians. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We’ve hit a deer in the road on the way home.’” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He had rabbits that came to eat from his hands and deer that walked down to drink at his dams every morning and never ran off when he talked to them. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Free time was spent scraping the fur off the deer hide to get it ready for tanning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We were loaded and there was no way out until he got his deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z About fifty yards ahead a white-tailed deer was slowly picking his way across the snow-covered rocks and roots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And then an arrow struck the deer in his side, and he bolted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “When I was a boy,” he continued, “my dad coated me with deer gland scent so they couldn’t smell me because I couldn’t hold my gas.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The abundance of the big deer of the north did Miyax no good, for she had not brought a gun on her trip. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One month before the disaster, a medicine man hunting deer in the canyon claimed to have received a vision of the catastrophe that would befall the dam. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Here and there Samuel could see secret movement, for the moon-feeders were at work—the deer which browse all night when the moon is clear and sleep under thickets in the day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They had to show their love and respect, their appreciation; otherwise, the deer would be offended, and they would not come to die for them the following year. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He and Grandpop started jawing about how deer season was in a few months, and who knew what else because Genie wasn’t paying much attention—he was too busy staring at the rifle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Pa skinned the deer carefully and salted and stretched the hides, for he would make soft leather of them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoping she was hungry enough to eat on her own, Sam took a deer mouse out of the pocket of the rain-drenched suit. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Um, speaking of inheriting,” Grace said, and Maya looked over at her, suddenly still as a deer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A rabbit leapt across my path, and I caught a glimpse of the albino deer in the field. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Pocahontas runs up the hill, nimble as a deer on her bare feet. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I am sorry I could not stop Claudius, for he came from the direction of the deer park.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z How could he have known that just a century before the shoreline had been thickly settled and the deer much more scarce? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sixty years ago, there were no deer in this neck of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The newcomers began to hunt the deer and gather the nuts and berries that were the Neanderthals’ traditional staples. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He read: “ ‘Residents of Delhi, in the Catskill Mountains, report that a wild boy, who lives off deer and nuts, is hiding out in the mountains. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran like venadas, frightened deer, fleeing all the way down the hill toward the safety of foreign woods and eerie dirt paths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I thought she had another animal pelt lying next to her, and then I realized it was a live animal—a deer with glittering fur and silver horns, its head resting contentedly in Artemis’s lap. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The rules kept us where we were, as much a part of the farm now as the trees, more firmly rooted to its earth than the deer and foxes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The girl had vanished, but on the ground beside the altar lay a deer, its throat cut. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the bench was a statue that appeared to have been shaped out of the oak stump rooted there in the ground: a deer’s head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That was just a cartoon story that people cried about, but it didn’t stop them from hunting deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I like you better when you don’t talk,” I said, pulled the deer hide over me, and fell into a deep sleep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The police said it was probably the snow, or a deer that caused them to swerve,” Aunt Kate continues. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I flew to the end of the drive and veered off into the dense brush on the deer path that led to the river across the crescent parcel. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z One storeroom offered potted hare, haunch of deer in honey, pickled cabbage, pickled beets, pickled onions, pickled eggs, and pickled herring. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To Sairy and Dallas, he said, “You seen a deer come through here?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew she didn’t mean my dad’s deer rifle, because that was locked up in a special cabinet. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z However, with the first deer to work on, the rest of the season passed quickly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I aimed the gun, watching the trees, praying for nothing more than a deer, nothing human, really. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z While down, I chipped the deer flap clean, and sort of swam back into my tree, listening to trees exploding all over the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a chunk of deer hide with pheasant feathers tied to it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The feral pig is considered a “pest animal,” and as such is not subject to protections afforded, say, a deer, or a person. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Through the bookshelves, both the man and woman jerk their heads toward me like deer in headlights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They sprinkled the cornmeal on the nose and fed the deer’s spirit. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This was different from the shotguns meant for deer and unlucky birds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Josiah would prepare a little bowl of cornmeal and place it by the deer’s head so that anyone who went near could leave some on the nose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The deer family did not run from the sound of snapping twigs and crunching leaves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He held his breath as the orchard filled—fourteen deer in all. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was a lover of the chase and used to rise early to track the deer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When he went back for her he did not know if she was still there—she could have gotten up and run away—but he believed, hoped, the deer eyes would be closed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls are covered with mounted deer horns, maybe fifty or sixty sets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the way, we stirred up a herd of deer that crashed away through the underbrush and disappeared in two seconds flat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Attached to her head are two ears, of a rabbit or deer, it’s not easy to tell; one of the ears has lost its starch or wiring and is flopping halfway down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment, he was gone, swallowed by the woods as if he were more deer than boy. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “February 6 “The deer have pressed in all around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The former bodyguard said Kim Jong II often went there to hunt roe deer, pheasants, and wild geese. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z On his head was a mock helm fashioned from an old tin bucket, with a rack of deer antlers strapped to the crown and hung with cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked from the deer to the man. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Silly and I chose to be the deer first; David and Daniel would hunt us with their water guns. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Said I could have Shiloh just ’cause he needed some help with that deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z What a day that one was—we resurrected an old ceremony for that deer. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Today there are 5,000 deer in the park, all descended from those original thirteen or others that migrated from nearby. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter and JimmyTrotter had a skinned deer roasting on a spit. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Two pink deer reared up on their hind legs, facing each other, and an eagle perched at eye level between them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They went between the oak trees, where the deer had been standing, and plunged deeper into the wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Pa had never before gone out to get a deer and come home without one. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A number of predators — wolves, pumas, and coyotes — prevented the deer from outrunning their food supply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His horns were like those of a deer, but they looked as if they had been carved of ivory. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer and the rabbits would be shy and swift. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chester gave us her calf. I named her Fawn ’cause she looks like a baby deer I saw once, over to Glendive.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “The deer is mine,” he said in a firm, menacing voice, and took a step forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They logged the trees, they killed the deer, bear, and mountain lions, they built their fences high; but the mountain was far greater than any or all of these things. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The deer and bear are objects They see no life. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She had piercing green eyes and she wore a silky black dress with shapes that seemed to move in the fabric animal shadows, black upon black, like deer running through a forest at night. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z June leaned through the door, clutching a large purse in both hands, looking like a deer in headlights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We told him, “There are other animals such as deer to hunt.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We wandered on and found one of the regular deer paths dotted with droppings. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I did not scrape the deer hair off my blanket. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed and started toward the house, carrying the wrapped deer’s haunch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But the people from the land grants and the people from Laguna and Acoma ignored the signs and hunted deer; occasionally, the Mexicans took a cow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His heart became a deer’s heart and he who had never known fear before was afraid and fled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were in seventh grade, and my dad was harping on me real bad. Patrick and his dad were there. It was deer season. I hit one.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I suppose this be big enough to hit a squirrel or even a raccoon. I don’t think it would do a lot for a deer unless you hit it just right.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bed made of a couple of deer hides stretched across a frame, a few pots and pans and not much else. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon’s perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even have a deer hide for a blanket. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer were fauns who bowed to her over their hooves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Aw, they were driving around drunk. Making a nuisance of themselves on the public road. Hit a deer. Did you kill it?” he asked Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m up at deer camp but I just want you to know, Celia’s real upset. She had a rough time at the party last night.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Outside, upon this lawn, stood an iron deer. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z At first only two came, then five, and soon I had a ring of large-eyed white-tailed deer waiting at my tree at twilight for me to come out and chop off limbs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway back, Pinch nearly stumbled over the carcass of a dead deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She had never approved of hunting, though everyone in their neighborhood had a deer head or two somewhere in their houses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw deer and hares, and once, at twilight, I swear I saw a phoenix rise, trailing smoke. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wished to be the deer that he protected. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We get a lot of dead deer in the suburbs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I listened, decided there was nothing I could do, buried my head under the deer hide, and went back to sleep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know who Bambi’s mother is. A make-believe deer in the pictures. You see, young’n, I know. Now get over here. Come on.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t shoot a little baby deer, would you, Pa?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Before dawn, men rose to exercise the horses, polish weapons, or move out with bows in search of deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z One night we saw three deer standing around it quietly, reaching toward the smell of salt. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the alertness of deer in the forest, ready to take flight at the least provocation. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Man, I was this close”—here he measured about five inches with his fingers, as if Grandpop could see him—“to hitting a deer.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For example, winning the affection of a girl is a lot like shooting a deer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It riiust have been one of the strangest sights ever, even for the Bay Area: a silver flying chariot pulled by deer, escorted by a Sopwith Camel. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was nearly an hour before Ota scented the deer; when he did, his entire body pointed northwest, his legs quivering in excitement. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mark and Trina were halfway through their pancakes and deer sausage when they heard the familiar sound of the other three friends they’d picked up in the tunnels of New York. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Tiny horned deer loped through the bushes and birds like jewels flitted through the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Hitting the deer would be about as easy for Dad as standing at our kitchen window with a target pistol and picking off the finches and cardinals at our window bird feeder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He knew it could be a deer, a squirrel, lots of things. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Seen from a car window they appear as fragments, evoking memories of woodchucks, badgers, skunks, voles, snakes, sometimes the mysterious wreckage of a deer. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you weren’t sure he was a deer.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer, whose name was The Deer, was born about a year or so ago and grew up freely in the woods. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I froze in fear, like the deer when she smells the dogs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just a few feet away, looking at them, stood a deer. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Her steps were small and light as a deer’s, Omakayas thought, watching her proudly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Oksi sat back on her heels and screamed without letup while he changed into the new suit he had made from the hide of a road-killed deer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Through the open door, I can see Yo’s snow globe, the storm starting to settle down so the tiny deer can eat the flakes strewn on the ground. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But deer, like rabbits and bears and even men, can make, concerning my race, no delicate distinctions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” he said irritably, “the deer really hasn’t escaped. This just means some other guy will bag him.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Flowers, candles, beads, pretty stones, blown-glass figurines of birds and deer, in fact, anything beautiful, seemed to suit the lovely goddess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead deer shot and waiting to be loaded—sodden fur and limp legs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Come on,” I said to myself, “get inspired. You have to save the deer! Think of something.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Japanese athletes were especially taken with the deer and began feeding them treats in such volume that the Germans discreetly moved the deer out. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He bandaged the wound with sphagnum moss and strips of deer hide. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z His eyes were wild as a hurt deer’s. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Maybe night noises scared them—the barking of foxes, the shrill screech of owls, the rustle of unseen deer in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The great slack dump we called Cape Coalwood has been bulldozed, overgrown, browsed now by deer, silent to boyhood voices. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He tried to tell about the deer, but somehow he just couldn’t. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z At roll call that night, the two SS officers who had tied up the deer were pulled off duty by the commandant. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z One of Geisbert’s greatest happinesses in life, apart from his work, came from being in the outdoors, fishing for black bass and hunting for deer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of a deer bolting across the field. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Shadow looked at the corpse of the baby deer. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Golden Gray watched and he thought he was ready for those deer eyes to open. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And Gran, she’s always rescuing things: birds with broken wings, a sick beaver, a deer hit by a car. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had always talked about hunting rifles and shotguns, big guns to bring down deer or wolves. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Tense as a deer at the edge of the woods, I stared at Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then they all tore out for the hills, running through the rocks and brush almost as swiftly and silently as deer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother said a deer must have been lucky some long-ago day. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun was down, and the twilight chill sucked the last of the deer’s life away—the eyes were dull and sunken; it was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I know that a poodle looks very like a buck deer to one of these hunters, and I had to find some way of protecting him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Over her shoulder, in the backyard, a pair of deer looked in on us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I found I loved pretending to be a deer, loping through the forest as the boys counted to one hundred. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the rain wouldn’t come or the deer would go away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “She’s not a stricken deer anyway,” said Ned, trying to be witty, and succeeding as well as very young gentlemen usually do. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “From between the toes of dead deer,” he explained. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I could not imagine him selling deer rifles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya whirled and ran, swift as a deer, her feet flying over the cobbles all the way to the bathhouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his eye pressed against the sight as he tracked the deer between the crisscrossing tree trunks, and all I could think about was my twitching sphincter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The shorter boy said, “I told you it warn’t no deer. It was a bobcat.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Utgardaloki clapped his hands, and a long wooden trough was brought in, with all manner of roasted animals in it: geese and oxen and sheep, goats and rabbits and deer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Your deer are much prettier than our ugly buffaloes,” she said, turning to the prairies for help and feeling glad that she had read one of the boys’ books in which Jo delighted. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer will suffer, too, and the land will be poorer for the destruction of the wild things that belong to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They took control of the deer parks that had been cleared and maintained by Indigenous communities. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Joe remembered being on horseback with the old man, heading up through snowy hills, looking for elk and deer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the deer mouse, the creeping vole, the green-hued antlers of the white-tailed deer decaying underneath a cedar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Especially one as pretty and harmless as a deer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray stops at a tree, bare in the back from deer rub, and sniffs, and sniffs, and sniffs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I tried some of the mosses that they liked, but decided moss was for the deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They would be shooting at everything that moved, and here was I in deerskin pants and dirty brown sweater, looking like a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There are deer heads on the wall, staring down at us with glass eyes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But that one deer, Gran couldn’t bear to see it suffer, so she rescued it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The other revealed Saint Giles, protecting the innocent deer from hunters, a constant reminder as to what our faith should be. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Ota gave the signal, Raesa and Pol melted into the trees, moving as quietly as they could to avoid startling the deer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so much a matter of hunting—there wasn’t too much game around, although some farmers occasionally got a deer or a muskrat for the pot. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A band of Homo sapiens gathering mushrooms and nuts and hunting deer and rabbit did not all of a sudden settle in a permanent village, ploughing fields, sowing wheat and carrying water from the river. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There were even more upstairs, with deer inside them drinking at water holes, and birds flying south for the winter. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He made himself a pair of moccasins out of deer hide, and a hat that I can’t even describe. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The deer leaped and turned and went off through the trees. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It was not until dark that Frightful and I got to the deer, and a beauty it was. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z One day after Zella had swept the floor to make it look neat and clean, she picked up a stick and drew a rug of flowers, deer, and butterflies in the earth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked directly down at the dead deer, and in its shiny eye I could see myself reflected. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull started advancing slow and soft-footed upon Rupert in the manner of a tigress stalking a small deer. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They strapped the deer’s legs to a long fallen branch and hoisted it up on their shoulders, each taking turns to bear the weight on the way back to Jilin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Arsenic-contaminated environments have also caused sickness and death among horses, cows, goats, pigs, deer, fishes, and bees; despite this record arsenical sprays and dusts are widely used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We didn’t see anything terribly exotic, or even remotely exotic, but it was nice just to see squirrels and deer, to feel that the forest was lived in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She hasn’t eaten anything but toast and polenta and bananas since the deer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I figured I could write one about the deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We heard David and Daniel call out, “Here we come, deer!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they woke in the morning they ran to the window, but there was no deer hanging in the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he finally turned around, they were together, the hunter kneeling beside the woman, placing pinches of cornmeal on the deer’s nose, whispering to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After the deer meat had been salted several days, Pa cut a hole near the end of each piece and put a string through it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He really liked the reverse hunter thing—where the deer go out and shoot the rednecks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The truth was, I ran like a frightened deer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The oft repeated story of the Kaibab deer in Arizona is another case in point. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rabbits darted across their path, and deer looked at them with large, surprised eyes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And while Papa was a good enough shot to down a running deer, I’d never tried it and didn’t much think I could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope the foxes or deer that usually rest in this spot won’t be offended,” Polly said gratefully, and she snuggled into the narrow indentation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “But deer are gentle, frightened things. The hunters bring nothing with claws or fangs. They never catch anything that could be called a beast.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was lucky he saw it first or she might have yelled the way she did when she saw the deer. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the dawn woke the instinct in the dim memory of the blood when horses had been as wild as the deer and at sunrise went into the trees and thickets to hide. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z What he did have was the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo, which is where he slept his first few nights in town. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He found his place near to the road, a little clearing where deer might have lain, and it was curtained thickly with the dry brittle trees that lined the road. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the deer are not in season yet.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the first week they killed and roasted a deer, but they agreed to eat only half of it and salt the rest for the days that lay ahead. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The deer for my suit did not come easily. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When the deer was cooked, the choicest portions were carried to one of the houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She can see the deer’s eyes, and his eyes are flat, just flat, and blood is flowing from him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Pa had shot the deer the day before and Laura had been asleep when he brought them home at night and hung them high in the trees so the wolves could not get the meat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There were larger tracks, like dogs’ tracks, where foxes had run, and there were the tracks of a deer that had bounded away into the woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns toward the mantel as though the deer could speak and tell her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I am struck by the word species, by the idea that he thinks I am something entirely else, like an ant or a dog or a deer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Life is a cycle, and this is the history part I can add to the deer obituary. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A blue- plumed ally from Apollo raced past me like a deer, leaped through the creek, and disappeared into enemy territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Every year around Thanksgiving, he went hunting in West Virginia, where he and some buddies rented a house for the opening of the deer season. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One part of me wants to go to the deer, the other part knows that somebody’s out here with a rifle shooting deer out of season. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have quarreled with my father and Laertes, who suspect our love and doubt your good intentions. They have been watching me. I feel like a deer beset by hounds!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’m wondering how things would have turned out if it hadn’t been for that deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A giant couldn’t eat half a leg of deer plus a huge mound of wild rice and eight of the fifty quail eggs and go back for dessert. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake," he said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Below, she saw a mosaic floor decorated with deer and fauns—maybe a room from an Ancient Roman villa, just stashed away under this modern basement along with the crates of string and plastic swords. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Before Cahokia's rise, people were slowly hunting the local deer and bison populations to extinction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even though we were known hunters, it wouldn't have been good to go carrying a 150-pound deer through the streets of District 12 in daylight like we were rubbing it in the officials' faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Somehow I managed to control the bike, but my dream of flying vanished into the shadows with the deer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I reached in around the deer flap to stroke her back to calmness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Great Hare filled the rivers with fish and put deer upon the land. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The deer quietly slumped over onto his side, with his glossy brown eye wide open to the sun and pink foam collecting around his sad, quivering mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I felt like a real deer, graceful and fast. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll get the game warden up here, show him the spot the doe was hit, the blood, and when he finds the deer at your place, he’ll believe me.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Polite said I throwed up so plentiful that didn’t no deers nor rabbits die in the woods for five years after. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Dain wears breeches that stop at his knees, showing his hooves and deer legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think you did. I said, ‘In many states a hunting license entitles you to one deer and no more. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, after the park was created in 1936, thirteen white-tailed deer were introduced, and, with no one to hunt them and few predators, they thrived. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was cold and the snap of each twig breaking sounded like tiny hunters firing tiny rifles at tiny imaginary deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just as he started to rise, he caught sight of a deer, which bounded into the orchard from the woods beyond. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And the procession became even grander as deer and raccoons and birds and all kinds of other animals joined in. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Pushing the bike ahead of me, I followed a deer trail deep into the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Entering the woods, we take a deer trail to the bottom of the mountain, then cut over to Mrs. Strawberry’s field. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had finished their meal with the delicious strawberries, Sam got deer hide from the mill house and cut off long strips for Alice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z For example, there were even the present-day accounts of how a man named Onofre Martinez lost his arm, and of how a tiny woman called Ruby Archuleta killed a deer with her bare hands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He nailed a pair of horns to one end and then retired to his cabin until deer season was over. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I have hemlock boughs on it now, but hope to have deer hide soon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There were deer, monkeys, even bears—bears!—right there in the concentration camp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A girl with deer horns—Poesy—is giggling over something Cardan has said. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The deer went to a wildlife sanctuary, which is funny because Gran usually hates deer; they eat up her garden. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stayed on the bed all morning, telling the fierce little bundle of feathers in my hand that there was deer meat in store for her if she would just wait with me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times they spotted small bunches of mule deer moving along the upper meadow slopes near the tree line. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You know the print of every animal moving through the dirt—deer, raccoon, rabbit, bear. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Stuart opens my door and sits beside me in the back, but then leans over the seat talking to William about deer season the rest of the ride. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t seem very fair to the deer,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “A deer this time,” I said, and passed him my hand-written obit. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They had nut-brown skin, dappled like a deer’s with paler spots, and large ears that could hear things that no man could hear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pattern was so consistent, Neumann told me, that Indians must have been purposefully reducing the number of deer, raccoons, and turkeys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I dashed down the steps and had just cleared the pen when suddenly a small deer crashed out of the underbrush and into our backyard. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After she returned with the scissors, Omakayas quietly took up the deer bone from her mother’s skin bag and began working on the moose hide without being asked. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then I think of a couple winters ago we hardly had any meat on our table, and I guess I can see how a father with three kids could shoot a deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He spied the prints of deer, elk, and badger easily enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tayo had to strain to see the deer in the tall yellow grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The deer had been wounded, but it would run in panic for some distance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z An old fallen tree lay ahead of him on the deer trail he was following. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes are like that deer’s eyes, large and wary and curious. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then, as Ruby jumped from the water, Amarante noticed a deer tiptoeing through the sagebrush fifteen yards from where the woman had bathed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t even realize she is sobbing because she is as struck as that deer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Only bit of sadness left in me is for the deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In late fall, as the deer moved down with each snowstorm, the people hunted the foothills and cerros and the grassy dry lake flats of the big plateau. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There were plenty of deer and it was an awful nice feeling to have a deer hanging in the barn, knowing that we were going to eat well. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s at the deer camp tonight. Minny, I need you to bring me the phone over—” her voice breaks into a trembly wail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Shorty had the stories, the personality, the deadeye with a rifle in deer season. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the nuts all neatly peeled and recognize the handiwork of a white-footed deer mouse. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so near the house that the deer did not jump the fence and eat the vegetables in the daytime, and at night Jack kept them away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know who you are,” she said, looking at my jacket and my tie that had the pictures of the men hunting deer on it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They said the deer gave itself to them because it loved them, and he could feel the love as the fading heat of the deer’s body warmed his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But at least, for the time being, he was more interested in tracking down the deer than he was in doing anything to Kingshaw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Off the trails, we surprise animals—a gray fox, black-tailed deer. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Slopper pumped his fist in the air, being a huge fan of fresh deer meat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Let him alone, and he’ll generally snort and run from you on sight, the same as a deer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumper had smelled deer blood plenty of times, so I guess it was the size of the bull that scared him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter cut off pieces from the deer and put them in a pan and Miss Trotter salted the pieces. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z And I ran into the brush, heading for one of the deer paths. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The yellow bull grazed in open view, but the speckled cows stayed in the juniper, listening like deer to Tayo’s approach, their spotted hides blending into the sandy talus of the big mesa. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead they preyed on deer, horse, antelope, jackrabbit, and, now and then, giant turtle, as well as several species of rodent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The albino deer, my favorite, stood chest deep in the mist watching me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Down leaped Shadowfax, like a deer that runs surefooted in the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were sunken into her thin face, which made her eyes seem very large, like a deer’s. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “There were deer. I saw two at the butcher’s.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re already familiar with nouns from the animal kingdom that can stand for one critter or many: fish, deer, moose, vermin, elk, sheep, swine. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stiffened just like a deer noticing he was being hunted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Out of the train, she ran like a deer, circling the crowd to be the first up the stairs leading to the street. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She woke up from her surprise and took off like a deer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If they managed to kill a deer or antelope, we’d make a fire and roast the meat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z From each hook hung a carcass: skinned deer and elk, sides of beef, huge sows swinging from the ceiling, headless sheep and goats, even horse and bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Game was scarce, forcing Franklin and his men to subsist on lichens scraped from boulders, singed deer hide, scavenged animal bones, their own boot leather, and finally one another's flesh. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A hunting party returned from the wood, carrying a deer's carcass slung from a pole. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "He's in his element. We'll have to truss him up and carry him back to the city like a captured deer." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It might have been a deer, but the Colonel busted out anyway. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Howard had left a bushy gully in the center ofhis makeshift track, and one morning the sight of the horses and men spooked the deer hiding out inside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been here so long I’d gotten used to the trees and the deer, the shadows and sunlight, the slow turn of the years from season to season. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your man kill many deer to make that dress for you,” he said solemnly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We went by the bald eagle, the white-tailed deer, the tahr goats, the lions, and the striped hyena. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Lights went out in house and hamlet as they came, and doors were shut, and folk that were afield cried in terror and ran wild like hunted deer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Yet that was not true, for as we descended into the valley, a deer suddenly appeared in the trees ahead and went bounding off down the slope. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly I led her down a deer trail into the woods, one of Georgie’s and my favorite paths. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I bounded like a deer and swerved like a fox; never had I felt so strong or run so fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Rabbits scurried away in every direction as they advanced, and presently they saw a whole herd of fallow deer making off among the trees. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We took her offer on the deer and she threw in a couple of venison steaks we could pick up after the butchering. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I froze like a deer in headlights when they neared—this was what I got for not doing a good perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was very careful about shooting the right kind of deer in the right season, and never violated the point system on ducks and upland game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what you have done to this deer is criminal.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The killing of that deer was a story which had become legend. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s an old one,” he said, helping the hunter lift the deer up on his shoulders again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The living room walls were decorated with a bunch of gruesome hunting trophies—stuffed deer and dragon heads, a gun case, a sword display, and a bow with a quiver. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She was like a white deer caged, like a white bird wing-clipped, like a silver ring on an old man's finger. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z This of course raised the subject of deer and something Granddaddy called the food chain and each animal’s place in the natural order. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But Jack’s tracks were there, too, and the deer had jumped right out again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought that if I could silently pass gas I would scare off the deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The air was fresh, delicious, smelling of new leaves in the woods, just-popped-out mushrooms, the pelts of young deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She is perched on a T-block that I covered with deer- hide to protect her feet. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere you go there’s nothing but the same rock and dirt and houses and people and deer and birds. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I’ll say different. The new game warden won’t make any allowance even if the deer was eating your garden. You just don’t shoot deer out of season no way. ’Specially a doe.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A deer-lick was a place where the deer came to get salt. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the season was over I got two more deer in the same way. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They tracked him to the place he found deer tracks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to open it just a tiny bit so a whisper-thin stream of gas would noiselessly escape into the air and stealthily warn the deer without Dad knowing it was me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Hooper began to run through one of the clearings, he ran, too, though they made so much noise that the deer must by now have gone far off. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He gnawed around on some of the deer’s leg bones that Mama threw away; but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And bear and deer wandered miserably down from the high country, seeking food. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ch’i-lin, for instance, out of ancient China, has the body of a deer covered with gleaming scales, a marvelous bushy tail, cloven hooves, and small horns. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know every rock and holler and tree within a hundred miles. Squirrel and deer see me coming and tremble, ’cause they know they could be my dinner!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z These pictures of bison, deer, horses, cattle, mammoths, and boars are located in the most remote recesses of the caves, far from the inhabited, sunlit entrances. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z He was remorseless, disillusioned, logical, predatory, fierce, pitiless—but his great jewel of an eye was that of a stricken deer, large, fearful, sensitive and full of griefs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No deer would come to the Licks if he caught wind of me first. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside: owls, frogs, deer, the occasional bobcat, and Dr. Atchley keeps a small colony of bees. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarcity of deer in some areas of Texas is attributed to the screw-worm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Learn how to shoot it. A rifle. A pistol to keep in the glove compartment. This autumn I’ll get a hunting license, I’ll go out and kill a deer.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hollows can be small enough for tiny salt-and-pepper chickadees or a family of deer mice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A hunter may address a herd of deer and ask that one of them sacrifice itself. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At breakfast, Raesa and Tulan announced that they were going hunting, for they planned a celebration that night and hoped to bring back a deer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We ran like rabbits fleeing a fox, like deer fleeing a hunter, like mice fleeing an owl, leaping, dodging, practically flying through the underbrush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Kingshaw heard Hooper move forward abruptly, and then the sudden noise of the deer, as it crashed away through the bracken. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I looked at Mom and then at the deer and back at Mom and I knew she was one shot away from dropping to her knees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Hooper stood up again and crept on, still following the deer. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “There’re signs of deer in this area, maybe something bigger. If we work separately but together we should bring back a nice buck.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I discovered that they couldn’t outrun a deer but they could take down a dog if given enough time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Hmm. What about another chance to be on the show? All of America would forget about you standing there like a deer in headlights.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “And I’m tired of those Rude cows wandering onto my property. The deer, too. And whatever else is creeping around.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Twice Laura and Mary saw deer looking at them with their large, dark eyes, from the shadows among the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the deer nibbled, I gathered the fungus, the fungus of immortality. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I also know that if the game warden finds out about it, Judd’s in big trouble, ’cause the deer he shot out of season wasn’t even a buck. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He used the Brown Bess for deer and sometimes when he went out with the other men to go after a wolf that was getting into the livestock. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And the game had come back, too; deer strayed on the roads and there were marks of bear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And just at that tense moment when I was afraid Dad was going to pull the trigger and shoot the deer, a thought shot even more quickly into my mind—a very inspiring thought. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They brought him down as easily as they might bring down a much smaller deer, and they howled their victory. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master’s absence. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He would touch two beavers among all the beavers, two leopards among all the leopards, one stag and one deer among all the deer, and leave the rest. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The deer made beds in shallow niches deep within the thickets where the oaks grew tall and made canopies of limbs and branches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t take any stock at all in such matters. ‘Rats and mice and such small deer,’ as Shakespeare has it, ‘chicken-feed of the larder’ they might be called. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Inside, the lobby was an intriguing jumble of mahogany and moth-eaten velvet, interspersed with deer heads, calendars from filling stations, and a large collection of Bicentennial commemorative trivets, mounted and hung upon the wall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At one time the deer population was in equilibrium with its environment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Once over the mountains they saw a herd of about fifteen deer in a high open meadow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Neumann noted that Indians had also vied for mast and maize with deer, raccoons, squirrels, and turkeys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There were smiles on many faces, for we had feasted well on deer and quwi stew, corn-dough loaves and quinoa, wild strawberries and large, juicy cherimoyas. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I knew I only had a moment to act if I wanted to save the deer’s life. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The people said you should do that before you gutted the deer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The roads were deserted except for an occasional hunting party in red hats and yellow jackets, and sometimes with a deer or an elk draped over the hood of the car. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove out to Belle Isle to look for deer and then stopped in for lunch at the family restaurant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Could be you’re smelling some sour crude from a rig. Or a fox carcass left by a bobcat. Even a deer that lazy hunters didn’t track down.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead they created havens to attract elk, deer, bear, and other game for hunting. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Three men-at-arms had escorted him into a wood near Horn Hill, where his father was skinning a deer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He meant for it to look tender and affectionate, but there was a tension in her body like that of a startled deer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some deer wandered off the meadow, disappearing into the trees when he and Sean appeared. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lamp I am writing by is deer fat poured into a turtle shell with a strip of my old city trousers for a wick. “It snowed all day yesterday and today. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The wild doe has become a gentle deer,” he said, showing that he recognized my transformation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then he gave Mole a deer bone for consolation and went to his desk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Without a word, I ran from him like a startled deer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If the deer could survive in winter on this food, why not she? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, fleet rocket, your thunder wanders down the valleys, startling deer and mountaineer alike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I had the wind of a deer, the muscles of a country boy, a heart full of dog love, and a strong determination. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a campaign was begun to “conserve” the deer by killing off their enemies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It was dark when I got there. I thought it was the deer pen.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t be using it on deer, would I?” he answers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z |
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