In one of the forests where animals live in complete peace, the deer and the rabbit were close friends. While the deer was enjoying drinking water from the river, suddenly the rabbit jumped beside the deer, trying to hide, and kept shouting: This is scary, this is scary. The deer turned to him and asked: What is wrong with you, oh rabbit? You seem afraid. The rabbit said: Did you not hear the sound of gunfire? It is the hunter, he is close to here.
The deer answered fearfully: A hunter? The rabbit said: Yes, I saw a hunter carrying a gun and walking in the forest. Woe to me if he hits me. The deer laughed, and the rabbit became angry and shouted in his face: Be serious and listen to me, the hunter is close to here.
The deer heard the sound of gunshots, so he trembled and ran quickly, he and the rabbit, as they were the fastest animals. The hunter began to follow the deer’s footprints. The deer had hurried to hide his head in a pile of tall grass.
But his body was still visible and easy to hunt. The rabbit told him that he did not know how to hide well, and the rabbit began to explain to the deer the way to escape from dangers. The rabbit told the deer that escaping from the hunter requires trickery.
The deer wondered: Trickery? What trickery do you mean, my friend? The rabbit said: Although you are a fast deer, the hunter can still get you, but do not worry, the matter is very easy, so I will train you on how to hide your big body.
The deer rejoiced and thanked his friend the rabbit. The rabbit continued: The first lesson you must realize is that whoever looks at the consequences is saved from calamities. Try to look at the result of your actions and imagine it so you know how to behave regarding it.
If you keep running, a fast bullet from a gun can reach you no matter how far you are, so running is not the saving thing. You must hide. The rabbit began to train the deer on his method of sneaking quietly and hiding behind large trees, which enabled the deer to hide his entire big body.
He even began to train him to take care of hiding his long horns as well. The rabbit began to explain to the deer the way to choose suitable trees for hiding, and the rabbit taught the deer the art of hiding completely, and even the art of choosing hiding places, to be saved from the hunter.
Although the deer mastered the first lesson, the hunter was still hovering in the vicinity and following the deer’s footprints. The rabbit was preparing himself to teach the deer the second lesson, but the two friends heard again the sound of the hunter’s gunshots, so they knew he was approaching more.
The rabbit hurried to hide, while the deer kept running. The hunter saw him and ran behind him, aiming his gun shots toward him. The deer forgot the lesson his friend the rabbit had taught him, that hiding is better than running, because whoever looks at the consequences is saved from calamities, but the deer found no escape from running, so he jumped into a small pile of grass and hid.
The deer’s horns remained prominent. As soon as the hunter approached, he saw the deer’s horns, so he aimed his gun toward the deer, but he missed his shot, so the deer fled again. The hunter continued to pursue him. While the deer was running for the second time, he remembered the rabbit’s lesson.
He kept looking for a large pile of grass and hid behind it. The hunter searched for him here and there until he felt tired and decided to sit under a tree to protect himself a little from the heat of the sun. The deer remained hidden for a long time.
The deer looked in front of him and found delicious grape clusters hanging from the vines. The deer decided to leave his hiding place to eat the grape clusters. The deer began to eat the grape clusters and enjoy their taste, not knowing that the hunter was sitting under the tree waiting for him.
The hunter heard the movement of tree leaves, so he looked behind him and found the deer eating the grapes. He came out of his hiding place, the hunter aimed his gun toward the deer, and the deer fell into the hunter’s grasp. He shot him with his gun, did not listen to the rabbit’s advice, and did not look at the consequences, so he was not saved from calamities.