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Bara and The Deer

One day there was a child who had the name, Bara. He was looking for wood alone in the forest. His mother will use the wood for cooking. That day was not a good day to look for firewood because the rain pouring down before he went to the forest. Bara has been around the woods all day, but he has not found dry wood to bring home. He thought if he didn't get wood, His mother couldn't cook. Bara was very confused, and he prayed to God for his luck.

"If  I didn't get wood, he would go home, but if I got wood, I would continue to look for wood," said Bara.

After praying, Bara continued to look for firewood. Not long after that, he found a piece of firewood which is he could take. After that, Bara became very lucky. He got wood continuously quickly. His back was almost full of wood, and he could go home to give to his mother. On the way home, Bara saw dried leaves moving in front of him. Bara approached to know, he had guessed that it was a net to hunt animals. "If the net was wobbling, there must be an animal caught in the net," said Bara with pulled the net. He saw a deer trapped "what a poor deer."

The deer was gorgeous with brown color with a little bit of gold on its horn, and Bara was the first time seeing a deer like that. Bara took the deer free, the deer looked happy and bowed his head before leaving Bara.

A month later, Bara met with the deer again in a different situation. At that time the weather was cloudy, and Bara was in the middle of the forest, it seems that heavy rain will come. Bara immediately prepared to return home. But too late, before Bara approached the forest exit, heavy rain came. Lightning struck, and a tree fell in front of him. Bara was unable to do anything but try to get rid of the tree, but he was too small and unable to get rid of it alone.

At that moment, the deer came and saved Bara when he was unconscious due to weariness. Heavy rain had passed, Bara was in a hut. He could not remember how he had arrived there, but what he could remember was that the deer had saved him.

He looked into the forest, see a deer who also looked at him, then Bara bowed his head sign gratitude, and the deer bowed his head too, then the deer rushed into the woods.