The Obedient Young Hog Deer
In those days, a female hog deer brought her son to see her elder brother and beg him to teach tricks of hog deer to her son.
Her brother accepted and told the young hog deer to come for study at scheduled time. The young hog deer came and attentively studied hog deer trick every day.
One day, while the young hog deer was prowling with his friends, he was accidentally ensnared by hunter’s net. He yelled loudly so his friend was panic and ran away.
Heard that his son was ensnared, the mother was much worried. Her brother said to her “Don’t be worried. Your son has learned all hog deer tricks, he will escape and come back soon.”
Her brother continued “He has learned to hold breath. He know how to inhale and exhale with his bottom nostril which is close to the ground. He will deceive hunter that he was dead.”
When the hunter appeared, the young hog deer spread all his legs, lied on his side, pawed sand and dust randomly, lolled his tongue, broadened out his belly, excreted, and hold his breath. The hunter saw this and thought that the young hog deer was dead, so he released the net and walked away to bring a knife, intended to slice the young hog deer.
The young hog deer stood up quickly and ran away safely.
The young hog deer finally reincarnated as Rahul, the son of the Buddha. The mother’s brother finally reincarnated as the Buddha.
Moral: Being obedient is good, and not only human has tricks.