The forest is the home of the water deer. But one day, the trees begin to leave.
Something huge shakes the ground, the grass is trampled, and the world grows unbearably noisy. The water deer sets out in search of a new forest, but the journey is dangerous and full of fear. When it finally returns, there is no longer a place for it in the forest.
Rather than simply condemning the destruction of nature caused by development, this book invites readers to reflect on what it truly means when someone’s home disappears. is a final record—told from the perspective of the nonhuman world—of how civilization intrudes upon and unravels the delicate balance of life in the wild.