Movie Description:
Pa Baxter, a gentle man idolized by son, retains his optimism despite the setbacks he faces trying to maintain hissmall farm. Ma is a woman ambittered bythe loss of three of her children and the hardship of their daily life; and their twelve-year-old son, Jody, is a lonely boy who yearns for a pet withwhom he can share the last carefree daysof his childhood. Jodygets his wish when he adopts an orphaned fawn, but their joyous times are tempered when thefawn grows into a yearling and becomes athreat to the family`s meager crops.