# Miss Daintyfoot — Green Forest Stories character guide

> Miss Daintyfoot in Green Forest Stories by Thornton W. Burgess.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little Miss Dainty

**First appearance:** 0041-xxxix-lightfoot-discovers-love

## Snapshot

A graceful young deer driven down from the Great Mountain by hunters, whose arrival quietly reshapes Lightfoot's world.

## Who they are

Miss Daintyfoot is elusive in a way that humbles even Lightfoot, who thinks he is showing her the forest when in truth she already knows it better than he does. She carries her own history of being hunted, and her gentle wit turns that shared danger into something almost like a gift. Her presence gives Lightfoot a reason to stay in the Green Forest — and gives the story its warmest turn.

## Relationships

### [Lightfoot the Deer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/lightfoot_the_deer)

_romantic_

Lightfoot is deeply smitten with Miss Daintyfoot and courts her during the mating season.

## In the story

### [Lightfoot Sees the Stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxii-lightfoot-sees-the-stranger)

The beautiful stranger glimpsed by Lightfoot; her head appears in a thicket before she silently disappears.

### [A Different Game of Hide and Seek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxiii-a-different-game-of-hide-and-seek)

The beautiful stranger Lightfoot seeks; she watches him with admiration from hiding.

### [A Startling New Footprint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxiv-a-startling-new-footprint)

The beautiful stranger Lightfoot has been seeking; her footprints are mentioned but she does not appear.

### [Sammy Jay Takes a Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxvi-sammy-jay-takes-a-hand)

The beautiful young visitor both Lightfoot and the stranger seek.

### [The Great Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-great-fight)

The beautiful stranger for whom Lightfoot and the big stranger are fighting.

### [An Unseen Watcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxviii-an-unseen-watcher)

Watches the fight from hiding, uncertain at first which deer she wants to win, but finally realizes she wanted Lightfoot.

### [Lightfoot Discovers Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxxix-lightfoot-discovers-love)

Watches the fight from hiding and reveals her love for Lightfoot.

### [Happy Days in the Green Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xl-happy-days-in-the-green-forest)

Now Mrs. Lightfoot, she is described as beautiful and slender; she wisely pretends his favorite places are new and reveals she was driven from the Great Mountain by hunters.

### [Love Fills the Heart of Whitefoot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxvi-love-fills-the-heart-of-whitefoot)

The mysterious drummer who captures Whitefoot's heart; reveals herself as little Miss Dainty.

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