Jody’s father has been bitten by a rattle snake. He quickly kills a doe and uses its heart and liver to draw out the poison. However, he was conscious of damage he had done to the fawn when it was feeble and meek. He knew that it couldn’t survive if left alone in the jungle. So he searched for it and fed it. He was conscience-stricken for the damage he had done. But he need not bring it home. He could have sent it to a zoo, where it could be given care. He was compassionate; he avoided the route where the carcass of the doe was lying. He picked it up in his arms to save it from being hurt and fed him.