Madison's+Myth

=Why Deers have Spots=

There was a time when some deer did not have spots. A long time ago there was a little buck named Keaton. Keaton was a lonely buck because he thought he wasn’t unique. One day, Keaton thought that he could become unique by having a pattern on his back. But when he told his herd, they said that it couldn't be done. “It can be done! Just wait and see!” exclaimed Keaton.

“You’ll fail,” his older brother Wesley replied. Just then Keaton charged at Wesley and started attacking him. But, their sisters Katherine and Sarah broke up the fight.

After the fight was broken up, Keaton ran off into the woods. He ran and ran until he couldn’t run anymore. So he stopped at the meadow and started to cry. He cried and cried until he heard a mystical sound far in the meadow. He followed the mystical sound out into the meadow, he wandered around until he found a unicorn. The unicorns name was Drew, and he had super powers. “Who are you and what do you want?” asked Drew.

“I’m Keaton, and I want a pattern on my back, so I can be unique. I want a pattern so I can prove to my herd that I can be unique.” Drew thought for a minute and finally said, “I’m going to give you a pattern. If you promise to say sorry to your herd for running away and apologize to your brother for fighting with him.”

 Keaton promised and then he fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, he went to get a drink of water and saw that his back had spots. Then he found his herd, and they were amazed by his pattern. He apologized to his herd for running away from them and said, “Wesley, I’m sorry for always fighting with you.”

“It’s ok. I forgive you,” Wesley said. During that, Drew the unicorn used his superpowers to give Wesley, Katherine, Sarah, and the rest of the herd the pattern of spots, but each of the patterns were different. All of them were so excited to have a pattern. They thanked Keaton for their patterns. Now you know why some deer have spots.

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