EXERCISE 4

The Enchanted Deer

Once there were two warring tribes whose kingdoms

were divided only by a wide river. The king on the land
north of the river had a beautiful daughter named
Mayumi, while the king on the land south of the river had
a brave handsome son named Bayani.
Both kings hated each other so much that they even
wanted their children to hate each other, too.
 But fate played a trick of them. Mayumi and
Bayani fell so madly in love with each other that
they defied their parents’ wish. They often met
secretly in the nearby forest.
One early morning, Mayumi went to meet
Bayan in the forest. She had some enchanted
power so she changed herself into a deer. She
did not want anybody to see her.
 Bayani waited for her. When he saw the
der, he was attracted to it . He quickly shot
it with an arrow not knowing it was
Mayumi.
The deer fell bleeding. Bayani ran to see
his prize, but he saw Mayumi instead. He
wept and in his grief, he stubbed himself to
death.