What is "fawns"

Usage examples of "fawns".

The young fawns stopped with stiff legs and stared at the speaking arrow with large brown wondering eyes.

All of a sudden the fawns snorted with extended nostrils at what they beheld.

I stood absolutely still, scarcely daring to breathe yet fairly quickly the doe became aware ofme, saw or smelled or simply sensed me, and I lifted a hand in slow gentle mute acknowledgmnent of our fellowship and doe and fawns contemplated me gravely before turning, the doe first, the fawns immediately following, and disappearing into the underbrush.

The fawns were beautifully spotted, and he said to the deer, "How did you paint your children?

Then the inquisitive doe cocked her head, and this almost undetectable action released the fawns, and they began to move cautiously toward Pentaquod, little deer on unsteady legs exploring their new world.