Ruggy the Mountain Buck

When Danny stumbled across a starving fawn in the forest, he insisted that the family take it home to care for it. Ruggy, as the baby deer was named, quickly got stronger and began to tear around the barnyard with the dogs. Before long, Ruggy and his pal Nickel, the little brown dog, were having adventures and getting into trouble all around the ranch!

Whether he was following Danny to school, running from coyotes, or teasing the milk cows, Ruggy always slept on the back porch at night. As the years went by, Danny’s pet grew bigger and soon he was spending more and more time in the woods with his deer friends.

Between hungry mountain lions, angry bears, and the fierce winter blizzards, Danny worried for Ruggy. Would he ever come home again?

This delightful story, from Mabel Earp Cason, the author of Spotted Boy and the Comanches, will entrance boys and girls alike as they learn again the wonders of God’s nature and the unstoppable power of love.