After the ever-so-delightful excursion to spy out the enemy camp the month before, Henry had been making weekly excursions to the woods. When he was safely out of sight of the school, that was when he began looking for the friend he'd made.
"Deer?" he said, calling into the woods. He pulled off his backpack and dug around for some of the fruit he'd packed from the cafeteria. It was a pretty full bag, and he started dropping fruit in a line as he walked. "Deer, I brought pears this time."
He wasn't so good with names for his pets, all right?
He heard a rustling in the grass behind him. "Deer? Is that you?"