The Golden Deer
The Golden Deer realized that he was surrounded by hunters. Instead of trying to run, he approached the King and addressed him in a human voice, “Stop, mighty Prince! And please explain how you found me here?”
The King, astonished, put down his bow and pointed to the rescued man. The Golden Deer said with authority, “Truly, it is better to take a log out of a flood than to save an ungrateful person from it.”
The King asked, “What do you mean by these words of blame?”
“I do not speak with the desire to blame, Your Majesty,” the deer said. “I spoke firmly to a wrong-doer to prevent him from doing wrong again. I speak these words because I rescued this man from danger, and now he brings danger to me.”
The King turned to the rescued man. “Is this true?” he asked. And the man, now filled with remorse, looked down at the ground and whispered, “Yes.”
Now the King grew angry, and once again he fitted the arrow to his bow. “Why should this lowest of men live any longer?” he roared.
But the Golden Deer placed himself between the King and the rescued man. “Stop, Your Majesty!” he said. “Do not strike one who is already stricken.”
The deer’s compassion moved and humbled the King. “Well said, holy being. If you forgive him, so will I.”
“I do forgive him,” said the Golden Deer.
And the King promised to give the man the rich reward he had been promised.
Then the King brought the Golden Deer to the capital. The King invited the deer to stand on the throne and preach the dharma, just as the Queen had seen in her dream.
The Golden Deer spoke, “I believe all the moral laws can be summed this way: Give compassion to all creatures and be quick to forgive. For compassion and forgiveness brings you freedom and peace within your soul and to the creatures and people to whom you give such gifts.”
http://tsl.org/family/2013/10/the-golden-deer-teaches-forgiveness/