Once upon a time was a deer who was the leader of a herd of a thousand deer. He had two sons. One was very slim and tall, with bright alert eyes. and smooth red fur. He was called Beauty. The other was also slim and tall, his color was gray, and that was why he was called Gray.
When they were fully grown, their father called Beauty and Gray to him. He said, "I am now very old, so I cannot look after this big herd. I want you two to be the leaders. We will divide the herd, and each of you will lead 500 deer.
In India, when the harvest time comes, the deer are always in danger. The rice is at its tallest, and the deer cannot help but go into the fields and eat it. To protect their rice, the human beings dig pits, set sharp stakes in the ground, and build stone traps to capture and kill the deer.
Knowing that this was the harvest season, the wise old deer called the two new leaders to him. He advised them to take the herds up into the mountain forest, far from the dangerous farm lands. This was how he had always saved the deer from being wounded or killed. Then he would bring them back to the low lands after the harvest was over.
Since he was too old