Why didn’tthe fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?

The deeris a wild animal. It is used to a life in the forest. When the fawnreached Jody’s home, it did not follow Jody up the stepsbecause of the strangeness of the house and the steps and everything.This is similar to its reaction to the milk in the gourd. It simplydid not know what to do.