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A nine colored deer saves a man from drowning and he promised not to tell anybody about the deer. The same day, the Queen had a dream about a nine colored deer and using the fur to make a beautiful cloak and the King ordered a reward to anyone that can find the deer. The king's men find the man that was saved by the deer and they ask him about the deer. He leads the king and his men to the deer and before they are about to kill the deer, the deer asks the King who told him about his location. When the King told the deer that it was the man he saved, the deer tells the King about his promise never to tell anyone. Disgusted, the King orders that no more deer will ever be hunted ever again.

《传说系列图画书:九色鹿》介绍了：美丽的九色鹿从恒河中救起溺水之人，溺人为报答九色鹿救命之恩，发誓不泄露其住处。当时国中王后梦见一鹿，身毛九色。次日就向国王要求捕捉九色鹿，剥其皮以作衣服。国王当即布告悬赏。溺水人见利忘义，到宫廷告密，并带领国王前往捕捉九色鹿。此时九色鹿正高卧山中，毫无所知。鹿的好友乌鸦对空长鸣，唤醒九色鹿。九色鹿毫无惧色，向国王诉述溺人忘恩负义的劣迹。国王深受感动，放鹿归山，还下令全国禁止捕猎九色鹿。