[Jacob-list] identity crisis

[SharHill at aol.com]

Melody's story about the ewe who thinks she is a sheep reminded me of a funny 
thing that happened on my Dad's small farm back in the 70's.  My Dad raised a 
few cows, and one day he went back to check on them and found a small fawn 
living there with them.  It evidently was born in the pasture and couldn't 
jump the fence to follow her mother.  It hung out with the cows from then on. 
 It seemed to think it was a cow.  It could run so much faster than them that 
it would come up to the barn to see if my Dad was putting out their hay in 
the evening.  Then she would disappear, and then come back with the cows 
following behind her.  My parents named her Jane Doe.  She lived there for 
about a year, until my Dad sold all his cows.  She hung around for a few 
days, then figured they weren't coming back and she left.
We still have a picture of her around somewhere.

Sharon Hill