Jody’s Fawn

About the author

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings a poet from rural area in Florida

She got a Pulitzer prize (Prize for fiction in USA) about the
The Yearling showing emotions of a boy (Jody) with
sensitive mind and a heart
 Summary

Jody is a small kid whose father got bit by a snake (rattlesnake to be

exact) so Jody kills a Doe and uses its heart and liver to draw out the
poison (since he lives in a remote area where there isn’t a hospital
nearby) so Jody wonders what will happen to the Fawn after his
mother is gone
 Vocabulary

Drift back to: Go back to

dilated: enlarged
a close shave: a narrow escape
kept your head: stayed calm in a difficult situation
sidled back: walked back quietly, trying not to be noticed
every which way: in different directions
makes a bearing: acts as a compass and helps to identify directions
buzzard: a large bird like the vulture that eats the flesh of dead animals
adjacent: nearby
parted: moved or pushed aside
quivering: shaking slightly
delirious: (here) extremely excited
convulsion: shiver
 a China deer: a clay deer that is easily broken
sleek: smooth and shiny
hoist: pull up higher
light-headed: unable to think clearly
romp: play
alarm: frighten
balked: (also baulked) was unwilling (to do something)
Thank You

By - Vardaan Sinha