Deep in the Kunlun Hills lives a deer whose fur has nine colors. One day she hears a cry for help and discovers a man drowning. Then, leaping from wave to wave, she saves him. When the man asks how he could ever repay this kindness, the

Nine Color Deer simply requests that the man never reveal her whereabouts.Will he be able to keep his promise when the King and Queen offer a reward to anyone who can locate the Nine Color Deer?

Inspired by a 1,500-year-old mural in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China, Kailin Duan brings readers a beautiful story about the power of kindness.