Explore "The Blind Doe" by Horacio Quiroga on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Once upon a time there was a deer -- a doe -- who gave birth to two little deers; and, as is very rare with such animals, the little deers were twins. However, a wildcat ate one of them; and the second, a female, had to live her childhood without a playmate.
She was such a beautiful little creature, nevertheless, that all the mother deers in the forest wished she belonged to them; and to show their affection they were always nipping gently at her ribs with their lips.