the clearing is surrounded by old pine trees where knights used to practice swinging their swords. There are haystacks where they take wenches and pay them a sickle.
the clearing, Forest
knight
deer
I am a deer. I live in a beautiful forest and am usually left alone. Sometimes the king and his friends try and hunt me with big packs of dogs. I don't like being chased.
Please spare me, oh great knight! I'm not any ordinary deer! Gasp a talking deer! I can do more than just talk! I am the protector of this forest! How do you figure? I ward off threats against my fellow critters by using my wit and cunning, of course! Certainly a deer could never be more cunning than a knight of noble birth such as myself. Oh, I'd disagree. You've been so focused on my ability to talk that you didn't even notice when I snatched this off your person!  Or perhaps I simply allowed you to believe so. And what of this sword I also managed to swipe? I bet you didn't think that possible by a 4-legged beast!  Curse you deer, how dare you make a mockery of me and my blood line. Now that I've managed to outwit you, I think I've proven my worthiness not to be hunted like a simple animal? For the record though, I was initially referring to the rabbit. Trying to eat a whole deer by myself out here in this clearing would be silly.