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Far from any town, there was a 

forest in which all the animals 

and birds lived together 

peacefully.The forest was home 

to four inseperable friends: a 

deer, a tortoise, a crow and a 

mouse. Every evening, they met 

to discuss the events of the day. 

But one day, the 

deer became very 

frightened.

“Hunters are laying traps 

everywhere. Is there anything we 

can do to escape ?”

“Yes, there is,” the crow cried out. 

“As our friend mouse knows!” The 

crow began telling everyone what 

he had seen.

“Just the other day, I saw 

the most amazing thing. A 

flock of doves got trapped 

in a hunter’s net, their 

wings flapping wildly.

Then suddenly, all together, the doves 

picked up the net in their beaks and flew 

into the sky. 

And where did they go?

Straight to our friend the mouse! 

With his sharp teeth, he tore the 

net to pieces. Free at last, the doves 

flew away. They were very grateful 

to our friend.”

After the story ended, the deer 

went in search for water while 

three friends started nibbling on the 

fruits, shrubs and leaves of the 

forest. They chatted late into the 

night, still waiting for the deer to 

return. But the deer was nowhere to 

be seen and the friends began to 

worry.

At dawn while the others 

called out to the deer, the 

crow flew in every direction 

looking for the deer. In a 

clearing, he spotted the 

deer with her foot in a net.

“Don’t worry” he told her calmly. 

“We’ll think of something.”

The crow rushed back to his friends. 

The tortoise had an idea:

“Mouse, hop quickly on The crow’s 

back.”

And they flew off to rescue 

the deer. Without wasting 

time, the mouse bit through 

the net. Just then, the 

anxious tortoise reached 

the spot.

“Why did you come here? If the 

hunter returns, you will never 

escape!” the deer exclaimed.

Ant the hunter did return! Hearing 

his footsteps, all of them ran away, 

but the tortoise was too slow. The 

hunter picked him up and tied him 

to a stick.

“Oh   no! Because of me, the 

poor tortoise is in trouble,” 

said the deer. Suddenly, the 

deer leaped up ran to the 

pond near the path.

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