When I was a child, one of my favorite authors was Felix Salten. I really admired some of his work such as Perri, and Bambi. When I got older, I really started to appreciate how he wrote a children's story as allegory for adults. I decided to try my own luck with this kind of story.

The Stranger is a different type of deer that no herd wants or will accept. His troubled background and youth has put him beyond the pale for other herds. Yet, he has managed to survive and thrive, but always alone, and always as an outcast. However, his troubled youth has given him skills and knowledge that allow him to act in ways much different than the rest of the deer around him.  He has wandered from place  to place, never fitting in, until one day he enters a very different forest and finds very  different deer..