So they lived a long while in the wilderness alone. Now it happened that the King of that country held a great hunt in the forest. The blowing of the horns, the barking of the dogs, and the lusty shouts of the huntsmen sounded through the wood, and the fawn heard them and was eager to be among them.

"Oh," said he to his sister," do let me go to the hunt; I cannot stay behind any longer," and begged so long that at last she consented.

"But mind," said she to him," come back to me at night. I must lock my door against the wild hunters, so, in order that I may know you, you must knock and say, ' Little sister, let me in,' and unless I hear that I shall not unlock the door." Then the fawn sprang out, and felt glad and merry in the open air. The King and his huntsmen saw the beautiful animal, and began at once to pursue him, but they could not come within reach of him, for when they thought they were certain of him he sprang away over the bushes and disappeared. As soon as it was dark he went back to the little house, knocked at the door, and said, "Little sister, let me in." Then the door was opened to him, and he went in, and rested the whole night long on his soft bed.

他们就这样孤单寂寞地在野外生活了一段时间。 一天，这个国家的国王来到这片森林里打猎。 森林里到处都是号角声、狗吠声和猎手们的欢笑声。小鹿听到了这些，非常想去看一看。 "哦，"它对姐姐说："让我去那里吧。我实在忍不住了！"它左请求右请求，姐姐终于答应了。她对它说："可是你晚上要回到我的身边来。我很怕那些粗野的猎人，所以会把门关上，你回来时只要敲门说：'我的小姐姐，让我进去吧！ '，我就知道是你回来了。要是你不说这句话，我就不开门。 "小鹿蹦蹦跳跳地离开了家，来到屋外的世界，它感到真是又舒服又开心。
国王和猎手们看到这头美丽的小鹿，便追了过来，可他们怎么也抓不住它。每当他们以为一定能抓到它时，它总是跃进树丛不见了。天黑后，它跑到小屋那里，敲了敲门，说："我的小姐姐，让我进去吧！"门立刻便开了，它跳进去，在柔软的床上好好睡了一晚。