The White Deer

“The white deer flashed through the green forest and the King and his sons followed, past the barking tree, across the musical mud, in and out of a flock of wingless birds.  On and on went the chase until the sun began to set and long strange shadows fell.”

• The White Deer, by James Thurber

Shoon, Wild Pony of the Moors

“Loren pulled off his soaking coat.  His arms shook, but without hesitation he advanced toward the foal.”

• from Shoon, Wild Pony of the Moors, by Eunice Young Smith

The Word for World is Forest

“I don’t know.  Do men kill men, except in madness?  Does any beast kill its own kind?  Only the insects… There is a wish to kill in them…”

• Spoken by Selver in The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin