I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS DEER—UNTIL I SAW WHAT THE LITTLE ONE WAS CARRYING
While tossing hay one evening, I noticed two deer step from the woods—calm, unafraid. The smaller one stared at me like it knew me. Then it approached and dropped something at my feet: a dark bundle. Inside? A worn wooden box holding a silver locket engraved with strange symbols. The deer turned and walked into…