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2nd episode of the 4th season of ABC Afterschool Special

"Fawn Story"
ABC Afterschool Special episode

Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 2
Directed by	Larry Elikann
Written by	Tony Kayden
Original air date	October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22)
Running time	60 minutes

"Fawn Story" is a 1975 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special, directed by Larry Elikann. The story was based on real incidents from around the country. Med Flory, the actor who portrays the children's father in the special, said he was "touched by the story and it takes a lot of guts for people to stand up to authority, and when kids do it, you can't help being impressed".

Plot

Farmer John McPhail allows his children Jenna and Toby to nurse a wounded deer. The children bring the doe to their farm where they inevitably become attached to it. They bring it into their bedrooms, and then run away from home with the animal because they are fearful the doe will be taken away by the authorities, due to the law that forbids private citizens from holding wild animals in captivity, regardless of the situation. Their fears are well-founded when the authorities show up to take the doe into custody, shooting it with a tranquilizer dart, which causes the animal to die. After the doe is killed, the children want to change the law, and organize a letter writing campaign urging changes to the law to allow private citizens to hold wild animals when it is in the best interest of the animal

Cast

Kristy McNichol - Jenna McPhail
Poindexter Yothers - Toby McPhail
Med Flory - John McPhail
Karen Obediear - Louisa McPhail
Gordon Jump - Trooper

References

"Children Challenge Inhumane Law". Anderson Independent. Anderson, South Carolina. October 19, 1975. p. 6.
"Fawn Story Based On Real Incidents". The Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 17, 1975. p. 2D.
"Jazzman Flory On 'Special'". The Columbia Record. Columbia, South Carolina. October 18, 1975. p. 9.

External links

"Fawn Story" at IMDb

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Selected episodes	"Last of the Curlews" (1972) "Fawn Story" (1975) "Me & Dad's New Wife" (1976) "My Mom's Having a Baby" (1977) "The Pinballs" (1977) "Dinky Hocker" (1978) "Where Do Teenagers Come From?" (1980) "Stoned" (1980) "My Mother Was Never a Kid" (1981) "The Color of Friendship" (1981) "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1983) "The Wave" (1983) "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" (1984) "The Almost Royal Family" (1984) "Terrible Things My Mother Told Me" (1988) "Positive: A Journey Into AIDS" (1995)

ABC Afterschool Special

Selected
episodes

"Last of the Curlews" (1972)
"Fawn Story" (1975)
"Me & Dad's New Wife" (1976)
"My Mom's Having a Baby" (1977)
"The Pinballs" (1977)
"Dinky Hocker" (1978)
"Where Do Teenagers Come From?" (1980)
"Stoned" (1980)
"My Mother Was Never a Kid" (1981)
"The Color of Friendship" (1981)
"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1983)
"The Wave" (1983)
"Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" (1984)
"The Almost Royal Family" (1984)
"Terrible Things My Mother Told Me" (1988)
"Positive: A Journey Into AIDS" (1995)

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