I was on my way to the shop early for once and decided to take the freeway.I got off at the exit and there in the middle of four lanes of traffic was a baby doe maybe three days old?BELIEVE ME I STOPPED ALL TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS!Funny as she walked right up to me knowing I was there to help then got spooked and ran to the side of the road.She collapsed in some bushes and we the on lookers assumed it was her nest.The delightful ladies at DIABLO RAPID PRINT called the LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM they said, “leave her be the mother is out eating!”So, we did as we were told and I left telling the GRAND GALS to give me an update when the MOM came back!Two hours and fifteen minutes later I have a call that the dear little one is now down by the supermarket!No Mother appeared so what do I do?What every MOTHER and normal compassionate person does I close my store with great speed,call DIABLO RAPID PRINT back to go buy me a baby bottle as there is no way I can do that and leave her in the car and get my self up the hill!To find her in a new set of bushes.With another scary moment of four lanes of traffic, we were able to pick her up with no problems…………..and head home in my FIAT 500!Jane Doe, sat on my lap the entire way licking my arm trying to nurse……………once home I gave her a baby bottle with baby formula which she tried and drank with gusto!My dogs were just the best MOM’s.They did not frighten her, they licked her and knew they had to be watchful of her every move.Then the ITALIAN HUSBAND enters and says where are you going to keep her?Here I respond………..thinking about AUDREY HEPBURN and her baby doe she even took to the supermarket!She will become a pet just like Duke and Winston!I lost that vision and drove her to the LINDSAY MUSEUM where she was taken from my arms, to be cataloged by a number.Later that day the museum called back wanting to know exactly where I found her as I explained to the volunteer when I left here there……….I went through it again not once but twice explaining this was not a safe environment for her and a very busy street!Do you know why I had to go through it twice?They wanted to release her last night back where I found her!DO YOU THINK SHE WILL BE WAITING FOR ME TODAY?If so, if you were me what would you do in this situation?
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