Going to Grandma's

Old Man Hawkins was a larger-than-life character among deer hunters, or — more precisely — among tellers and hearers of tall tales. His self-proclaimed method of hunting deer by holding a mirror in one hand and his rifle in the other — pointing backward over a shoulder — was, he said, “to be fair to the deer.” It was a story, Davis tells us, that would occupy his father on the drive to Grandma’s house.©2002 Donald Davis; (P)2002 August House Publishers, Inc.