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Annie,Ally,Rosy,Onix,Nyx,and Danny followed Sir Javam."So where is this Silverwood?"Rosy asked Sir Javam as she walked to his side.Rosy of course,Was the same age as Sir Javam.Rosy was the first born of four.

'It isn't far,' Javam said, his eyes were fixed on the valley that lay infront of them. 'Just through this valley, past a woody land and we are there.' Javam's voice was stiff, but polite.

Suddenly, he quickened his pace. 'But we must go a little faster. Man comes to the open meadows and valleys in the early mornings. I sadly know many a deer that was shot in the open in the morning...'
He paused suddenly, and his pace slacked.
'.....my father tried to stop one, but he didn't listen. We heard a shot. We don't know what happened, but we never saw that deer again.'

"Sounds horrible.."Rosy said as she ran along side of Sir Javam.Onix was running along with his family.They were all very fast runners.Rosy kept following Sir Javam's lead even though she was next to him.

Javam had again quickened his pace, he nodded, too busy looking at his surroundings to answer Rosy with words.
They had nearly cleared the meadow when Javam stopped stiff and his ear turned to a creaking noise. His eyes grew dark and hard, and when he suddenly spoke his voice was a harsh whisper.
'I want everyone to run. Now! Straight into that huge mass of bushes and black trees on the corner of the woodland!'

'But, Sir Javam!' Protested Tytain.'That's the marsh. Mother said....'
'Just do what I say! Now all of you get going!' Javam said sharply, his eyes were darting around powerfully and his face was now very grim and frighting.

Tytain gulped and galloped towards the trees like a streaking arrow.
'Now! Follow him!' Javam ordered the other deer.

Rosy and her family followed Tytain.Annie caught up with Tytain.Annie was a very fast runner after all.Rosy and her family knew where the marsh was.They had wandered there before.Annie took the lead and stooped right at the marsh.

Javam joined them a few minutes later, shivering.
His fur was slightly standing on end.
Tytain turned and walked up to Sir Javam's side. 'Are you okay, Sir?'

Javam stared past him at the marsh, he did not answer Tytain instead he walked up to Danny.' Do you know how to get through or around this marsh, Danny?' He asked.

Danny nodded his head."I know how to get around the marsh.Follow me."Danny said.Rosy,Nyx,Onix,Annie,and Ally followed their father Danny.Danny sprinted through a forest that surrounded the marsh.He leaped over a fallen tree log and they were away from the marsh.

Javam followed swiftly behind, his long lean legs leapt high and his landing was smooth and agile
Tytain, however was not so lucky. 'This place is swaming with flies!' He cried.' And it smells gastly!'

Tytain tried to follow them, but when he tried to leap a fallen tree he tripped and fell head-first into the marsh. He panicked as his legs were swallowed up by the wet, boggy ground.
'Help!' He cried.
Javam, seeing poor Tytain struggling cried: 'Don't move! The more you move the quicker you'll go down! Just stay still, we'll get you!'

Javam bounded carefully towards the sinking fawn. 'Danny, come help!' Javam called the new fawn's father.

Danny swiftly ran towards Tytain.He quickly lifted Tytain up with his antlers.Danny put the fawn down and went back to his family and the others."Sir Javam!Tytain!Come on!"Rosy shouted.Rosy lead the way instead of Danny her father leasing the way.

Just after Sir Javam had left the bushes with his charges, unknown to them all, Geeri took her three fawns into her own care. She led Flinder, Jesiem and Quova to the Silverwood by another route known only to her family.

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Geeri entered the Silverwood. Streaks of morning sunlight, like slanting, dainty pillars shone down through the tree tops. Geeri trod silently down a muddy path strewn with leaves, and her fawns followed like shadows.

Then Djenva the Co-Deputy stepped out onto the path. He blinked his blue-green eyes at Geeri and dipped his dark head. 'I've brought a few more herd members; Llyn, Woodwork, Immi and Gneiss,' he said. 'May we join you?'

Geeri nodded sagely, before carrying on down the path with her offspring.

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Lughooey came to the Tipping Rock, an odd spectacle of a medium-sized boulder balancing upon an absolutely huge one. Everywhere about this natural wonder grew shrubs and scraggly plants.

'Juliet! Ammet!' yelled Lughooey.

Tytain, all muddy and weedy, scrambled up and with the help of Sir Javam, managed to clear the marsh and the obstacles onward.

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Meanwhile, Juliet and Ammet were picking berries, Juliet had a huge leaf in which she gathered them.

"That's done!" she said triumphantly, in a muffled voice (In a muffled voice because she had picked up the two ends of the leaf in her mouth). "I am sure Ty and those fawn will enjoy THESE. I made sure they were plump and soft."

She looked towards Ammet. "Found any, Ammy?" she said, teasingly (for she knew Ammet was a great forager). And without waiting for an answer Juliet went on. "Good! Now we had better go back, because..."

Suddenly she heard a call.
Juliet strained her ear towards it." That sounds like you Da, Ammy," said Juliet.

Ammet, with her fore end completely submerged within a thick cluster of berry bushes, was just finishing off when Juliet mentioned Lughooey.

Ammet carefully withdrew herself from the scratchy foliage, and then gave a tremulous bleat.

'Bleagh!' she cried.

'Ammy!' came Lughooey's voice, and the big buck appeared. He nuzzled his daughter. 'Well, well, that's quite an amount,' he remarked, eyeing the two fawns' ample collection.

'Do you think we can get it all to Ivy?' frowned Ammet.

'I'm sure we can!' chuckled Lughooey, and with that he thrust his antlers right into the pile of branches. When he lifted his head again, branches were hanging off of his big rack.

Juliet frowned at her overflowing pile of berries that she had placed on the big leaf. Then, smiling she tipped a few out and picked up the berry-leaf.

Some berries fell out of Juliet's leaf-sack, but she soon found a way to solve that.
'Ammy, while we are walking you can scuttle behind and eat up all the berries which drop out, that way we don't waste any.'

'Come on, girls,' said Lughooey, revving to go.

Ammet, on hearing Juliet's - rather odd - request, gave her friend a look. But then she shrugged and with a sheepish yet happy grin, set to licking up some of the berries which had fallen out of Juliet's packet.

Lughooey smiled. 'That's it, Am, me dearie. Now let's start for the Silver Wood.'

Kami came in with her fawns Jasper and Oihanna, they were running and giggling. Kami sighed and ran to them "Guys I can chase you"Kami said as she tickled her fawns and kissed thier heads.

They saw thier friends and lord Malvon and they greeted them. The fawns wanted to do some fun while Kami was worried about her husband Albus "Where is Albus?"Kami said to her self in wonder.

Oihana went to Lord Malvon and smiled, Jasper wanted to make sure that his sister will not be in troubles and they should be with thier mother. Kami sighed and looked at the group of stags and does, she smiled.