How Deer Got Their Antlers. One day a family of deer were roaming around the forest looking for some fresh fruit to eat. The older deer would sniff around trying to find some fruit to eat as they put the fruits they did find in woven baskets made by their friends the bevers. As many of the young ones played around, they made a lot of ruckus from messing around during the fruit search; the fawns were then scorned at by the elders. They were put on patrol duty, in which they have to watch out for other animals intending to try to steal the fruit that they have already picked. This kept the younger ones occupied as the older deer were busy. Although most of the younger deer were well distracted by their newly given job, one small fawn wanders
