Once there was a deer who gave birth to a fawn whose coat was pure white. His mother was proud as any good mother and led him back to join the herd.

The other deer, however, shunned the fawn and his mother. They said that such a fawn was unseemly and would cause great troubles for them all. They told the mother deer that if she was to stay within the herd, she would have to leave her fawn behind.

The mother deer, astonished by their hate towards her son, left the herd to raise her son alone.

Months passed and the fawn grew to become a fine young stag.

And as the seasons changed, and brought the cool air that turned the leaves from green to gold, the hunters came as well.

All the deer of the valley fled, and many died from the arrows that pierced them. But the white deer and his mother were spared. Because in the hunter’s culture he was believed to be a spirit and was not to be harmed or angered.