The Reach Out

One Petal in a Complete Flower

New to the world, only a few breaths away from destiny. What lies ahead is unknown, and what lies in the past will be set to a rest. For now, just a child, a growing seed, a sapling. Soon, but not all too soon will there be a beautiful flower, tree, bud, ready to make new family. A few meek cries as he comes out into the world slowly. With human arms, legs, but a deer nose and antlers on his head. Don't call him a freak, and do not be afraid. The next "garu" as they will call it, has arrived. But in fact, this is only the first garu. The first garu to be known to men, women, children, and all nature and the gods above of which have granted him this opportunity. A new life, a new being, a new adventure. Only one knows, but many understands. If you do not understand, then who do you think will be kind enough to decipher it for you? All will be explained, if I may continue with our new adventure.

His mother pushes him out of the womb, with sudden exhaustion and apathy. This was her longest birth. He looks around with his half human and his mother's big doe eyes. He sees the beautiful world and takes it all in it with awe. His mother, exhausted, sits in a pile of leaves inside of their den. As he tries to stand up, he finds that he cannot. His mother did not seem to care for him, or want him there, to be a part in their family. He felt cold, unloved, and alone. He sat in the den for days without the food or water supplied by the mom to the rest of her family. The father was "okay" with this, but his own mother buck away in complete and utter disgust. His father let him have the leftovers. Which mostly consisted of very small leaves and sometimes a found dead animal nearby, bone being the only thing left. And with the nutrients of the leaves and from biting the bones scraping off any meat, he grew strong teeth.

After a few weeks of this and using his feeble arms to crawl most of the time, his arms became strong and he learned to balance with his large antlers stuck upon his head. He had a better sense of smell and excellent eye sight. Magnificent hearing. By the days going on and on, he grew stronger in his body, his whole body. After a few more weeks of this continuing, he stood up, took the den's food while they were hunting, and stuck it back on a tree with these new powers he had been practicing while they hunted, and the leaves merged right back into the tree branch, as he now left for his own life. With him being tall because of his human body and the abnormal rapid growth caused by his deer genes, he is as tall as 8 feet standing on his hind quarters, not counting his antlers. He set off to learn the many languages of the residence in the forest.

As it was quite easy for him to learn, he was an ace in all the natures knowledge and conflict in less than two full moons. This deer had learned hard work and determination from his adventure of survival. He thought of how proud his father might be as this moment, though the differing opinion between many species and politics of superiority. Though unlikely and very strange, a flock of geese took him under their wings (pun intended). They all lived in the water, though garu never dared to go under. They caught him fish and kept him well cared for, in exchange for an increment of wisdom, to his knowledge. He told them as far as he knew about these new strengths and how he was created.

He told them of his family's negligence and the many reasons he set off on his own. And as punishment, left them without food. Someone who won't feed their own fawn doesn't deserve the rights to their abundance of leisure and a full family, if they do not treat all of their own equally and as part of that family. The geese thanked him, and they fell asleep inside the waters of the lake, and the young buck lie on dirt next to the lake. Content with himself.