On the grasslands of Mongolia, the weather was fine. Su He was singing while herding his cattle. Suddenly, he heard a strange sound coming from a clump of grass. He brushed aside the grass and found a white, newborn foal. It was crying and whimpering. Feeling sorry for it, Su He decided to take the foal home to raise. They lived together every day, and their bond became stronger over time.

After a few years, the white foal grew up to become a fine steed. Not only was it handsome, it could also run like the wind. One day, the prince of the grasslands held a horse race. Whoever won the race could have his daughter’s hand in marriage. Su He decided to ride the white horse in the race. During the race, the white horse galloped as fast as a bolt of lightning, and crossed the finish line first.

However, the prince was displeased when he saw that Su He was a poor young man. He said to Su He, “Here are three gold ingots for your horse, what do you say? ”Su He replied furiously, “Sell my horse? No way! Don’t even think about it! ” The prince felt really embarrassed by this rejection, and he ordered his men to snatch the white horse, and chase Su He away. Having obtained the white horse, the prince wanted to try riding it. But, before he could sit in the saddle, the white horse leapt up and threw the prince to the ground. It then ran away as fast as it could, to return to Su He. “Catch it! If you can’t catch it, shoot it! ”shouted the prince as he struggled up from the ground. Since the prince’s men could not catch the white horse, they shot arrows at it.

Though the white horse was shot full of arrows and in great pain, it did not stop running until it reached home. It took its last breath after seeing Su He one last time. Su He was heartbroken and hugged it. When he thought of all the happy times they spent together, he could not help but cry loudly. While crying, he used the white horse’s bones to make a fiddle, and carved the shape of its head on the fiddle. This way, whenever Su He played his fiddle, it seemed as if the white horse was singing along with him.

在蒙古的草原上，這天天氣晴朗，蘇和邊放牛邊唱歌，忽然聽見草叢裡傳來幾聲奇怪的聲音。蘇和撥開草堆，原來是一匹剛生下來的小白馬，正在唉唉叫。蘇和覺得牠很可憐，就抱回家養，兩個每天生活在一起，感情越來越好。過了幾年，小白馬長大了，不但長得漂亮，跑得也很快。

有一天，草原上的王爺舉行賽馬，贏的人可以娶王爺的女兒，蘇和騎著小白馬也去參加了。小白馬在比賽中拼命往前跑，像一道閃電地跑到第一名，但是王爺一看，蘇和是個窮小子，心裡很不高興，就對他說：「這有三個金元寶，把馬賣給我，怎麼樣？」蘇和非常生氣地說：「賣馬？我才不賣！你別想！」王爺覺得實在沒面子，馬上命令人搶走小白馬，把蘇和趕回家。

王爺得到了小白馬，就要騎上去威風一下，沒想到還沒坐好，小白馬忽然跳了起來，狠狠地把王爺摔在地上，接著拼命往外跑，想跑回家找蘇和。

「抓住牠！抓不住就射死牠！」王爺從地上爬起來，大聲地喊著。王爺的人追不上小白馬，就瞄準小白馬射箭，小白馬身上插滿著箭，還是忍著痛，堅持跑回家，在蘇和面前嚥下最後一口氣。

蘇和難過地抱著小白馬，想起過去快樂的日子，不由得大哭起來。蘇和邊流淚邊用小白馬的骨頭做一把琴，在琴的上面還刻出牠的樣子。這樣子的話，只要蘇和每次拉琴唱歌，就好像小白馬也跟著一起唱起來了。