There was a deer in the forest that was chased by a hunter and his dogs, so he ran for his dear life. He was panting and out of breath. When he saw a vineyard by the roadside, he quickly dove into the vineyard, and hid among the grapevines. The luxuriant leaves hid the deer well, and the fragrance of the ripened grapes masked the deer’s scent from the hunter’s dogs. The hunter searched high and low for the deer and said, “That’s strange! I saw the deer running this way. How could it have escaped?”The hunter scratched his head, and left with his dogs to search for the deer elsewhere.

The deer breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I’m so lucky to have found these grapevines, or I would have been caught for sure. I’m so hungry after running for so long, and the leaves on this grapevine are large and green and look so delicious. Let me eat my fill and regain my energy before going home.”And so, the deer began to munch hungrily on the leaves of the grapevine.

Just then, the hunter returned to the vineyard as he could not find the deer. When he walked past the grapevine, he heard the sound of rustling leaves and saw the leaves moving. He thought to himself, “The wind isn’t blowing. How come these leaves keep moving?”And so, he walked over to the grapevine stealthily, and found the deer munching on the leaves. The hunter said happily, “So, this is where you’ve been hiding! If you hadn’t been munching on the leaves, I would never have been able to find you!”The hunter raised his bow and shot an arrow toward the deer. The deer got shot by the arrow and fell to the ground. He moaned in pain, “The leaves of the grapevine saved me, but instead of thanking it, I ate its leaves. I should have known better than that!”

　　森林裡有一隻鹿，被獵人和獵狗追趕著，牠拼命地往前跑，跑得上氣不接下氣。這時，牠看到路旁有一座葡萄園，立刻躲進去，藏在葡萄藤裡。因為枝葉茂密把鹿都遮起來，加上葡萄都成熟了，獵狗也聞不出牠的味道，獵人找來找去說：「明明看見鹿跑來這裡，怎麼不見了，真奇怪！」獵人說完抓抓頭，就帶著獵狗去別的地方找。　
　　這時，鹿鬆了一口氣說：「太幸運了，還好有這片葡萄藤，要不然我鐵定逃不了。剛剛跑了那麼一大段路，肚子好餓，這葡萄葉又綠又大，看起來好好吃，我先把肚子填飽，等會兒才有力氣跑回家。」於是，鹿就開始一口接一口地吃起葡萄葉。　
　　這時候，本來已經走遠的獵人因為找不到鹿，又折回葡萄園，正好聽到葉子的沙沙聲，又看到葉子在動，心想：「現在又沒有風，葉子怎麼會動不停呢？」於是，就悄悄地走過去，發現鹿正在吃葉子，獵人高興地說：「原來躲在這裡，還好正在吃葉子，要不然根本就找不到！」獵人立刻舉起弓箭，朝鹿射過去，被箭射中的鹿呻吟地說：「葡萄葉救了我，我卻恩將仇報吃了他們，唉，我真是活該啊！」