During the month
of February, I was lucky enough to visit Nara and the friendly deer that live
there. My friend and I bought some crackers at a small stall to feed them. I
held my hand up and bowed to them and was delighted when some deer returned my
bow, I then fed them the crackers. One deer was so hungry he tried to eat my
trousers and a large group of deer became very hungry as soon as they saw I was
holding the crackers. I was too afraid to feed them and ended up screaming and
running away, it was all very funny! My friend thought this was hilarious and
couldn’t stop laughing at me! The deer in Nara are definitely not shy compared
to the deer in Ireland. Nara reminded me of a large, city park called Phoenix
Park in County Dublin, Ireland. You can see wild deer roaming and eating grass.
If you are lucky enough you can even feed them. I lived very close to this park
a few years ago and would spend my mornings jogging while catching glimpses of
the deer. It was especially beautiful on cold, winter days when you could see
the mist over the green grass.
Hopefully I’ll get
to go back to Nara again someday to say hello to the cheeky deer.
