National Adult Literacy Database

November 01, 2010

The following story was written by Kimi Kim, from Nanaimo, BC. Kim is enrolled in literacy classes at Literacy Central Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo.

Deer in my backyard

When I walk around my place I can see the lovely deer. Some of the deer are eating the grass and walking around with their families. They look peaceful and very happy. I think they have a very wonderful family relationship. Sometimes I’m curious about why when the deer find people they don’t run away? Sometimes I feel they look pitiful because their habitat is destroyed. Humans build houses everywhere and the deer lose everything, so the deer are only used to concrete and living with people.

[This story was taken with permission from In Our Words, 2009 edition, a collection of writings by students at Literacy Central Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo.]