The Legend of the Elk

Elk are strange-looking but gentle creatures. However, after people hunted them, their numbers dwindled steadily after the Han dynasty. When the Yuan dynasty was established, the royal family, skilled at mounted archery, had every elk transported to Dadu so the royal princes could hunt them for sport.

To protect their people from extinction, the elk sought a way to become invisible. Their king, Lu Jihao, found one so that the cruel humans would no longer see them. But some lazy young elk never practiced properly and would rather play, so there were always a few whose skills were too poor to save them from capture. One day, the king's son, Lu Liuchu, and several of his friends were playing hide-and-seek in the forest...