Chapter 1: The Deku Tree's emergency
The first page shows what must be Link's mother, carrying Link (a crying baby) through a storm on horseback.
Then, the title page shows her lying on the grass at the Deku tree's roots, with Link lying next to her.
The next page shows a birds-eye view of the Kokiri forest, with some Kokiri standing around in front of it. The Kokiri and their forest are introduced. So is Link (sleeping peacefully), the only Kokiri who doesn't have a fairy.
On the next page, Link is running along, while the story of the three Goddesses is told in the background.
Link jumps down and lands on another Kokiri's head.
Link: Sorry! I'm in a hurry to go and talk to the Deku tree!
Mido and two friends stop Link. Mido says he's the boss of the Kokiri, and won't let Link past. Mido taunts Link about his fairy, and Link and Mido start fighting. Link ends up sitting on Mido's back so he can't move, when suddenly Mido's fairy knocks him off into the water. Link says that's unfair, and calls Mido a coward. Mido explains that a Kokiri's fairy is like his other half, so his fairy is the same as he is. He teases Link by calling him a 'half-person.'
Suddenly, the Deku tree looms up and asks what they're doing. Mido pulls a face at Link, calling him 'fairy-less,' and runs off. Link stands there looking kinda sad. The Deku tree tells Link to cheer up. Link asks why he's the only one without a fairy. The Deku tree says he'll tell Link, in time.
Then, Saria arrives. Link jumps down from the Deku tree, and tells Saria he wants to show her something.
Link pulls out his slingshot, and explains that he made it. Saria asks what it's used for, and Link explains that you can use it to hit things you can't reach. Mido is looking on jealously, and muttering about how Link is clinging to Saria. Link fires a Deku Seed to demonstrate to Saria. Saria says it's great, and asks for a turn. (The Deku Seed rebounds off a tree branch and hits him in the head )
Saria says that Link must be unusual, to have thought to make such a thing. Link says that's right, he's weird, and that's probably why a fairy hasn't come to him yet.
Saria says that doesn't matter. Even if he doesn't have a fairy, Link is still her best friend. Link smiles.
Link and Saria play for a while, Link dances to Saria's Ocarina.
Then, Link starts explaining to Saria that recently he's been having the same dream, that pitch black darkness covers everything. Then, he says he finds himself standing in front of a really huge place, with lots of pointy roofs.
Saria asks if it's a castle. Link asks what a castle is, if it's something in the woods. He also wonders to himself why he dreams about things he doesn't know about.
Saria says a castle is something she heard about from the Deku Tree, and that there's one far away from the Kokiri forest, on the other side of a wide field. She says that the world is wide, with many different countries.
Link (thinking, and looking up at the stars): 'World?' What is this 'wide world?' Until now, I never knew about anything outside the forest..
"At this time, without Link knowing, a strange dark cloud was entering the Kokiri forest.."
Link is lying in bed, wondering if the Deku tree would let him go outside the forest if he asked.
Meanwhile, clouds appear over Kokiri forest, and there are glimpses of claws, a big eye, strange clicking noises..
Gohma stands in front of the Deku tree. The Deku tree asks who is there, and says that wicked things are not allowed into the Kokiri forest.
Gohma leaps onto the Deku tree, saying it's a sad thing that the Deku tree can move. She makes a hole in the Deku tree, and crawls inside.
A fairy flies up, asking if the Deku Tree is alright.
Deku Tree: Is.. that.. Navi? Just now, a wicked thing has entered inside of me..
Navi: Great Deku tree, what should we do?!
The Deku tree says that the forest is dangerous and he tells Navi to go, and bring the boy who doesn't have a fairy..
Meanwhile, Mido has decided to play a trick by cutting a hole in Link's balcony, so that when he wakes up and steps outside, he'll fall through. Navi flies past.
Navi: Link, Link.. wake up, Link! I'm Navi, the Deku tree told me to come..
Link: A.. a fairy?! Yeah! Finally, a fairy has come to me!!
Link jumps up and tries to grab Navi ( which looks really funny!)
Navi: Hey, don't catch me!! (trying to get out of reach)
Link steps out of his room.
Link: C'mon, lets go and show off to Mido!
Navi: We don't have time for that!!
Link steps onto the hole in the floor, and falls on Mido.
Link (sitting on Mido): Huh? Mido, what are you doing here??
Mido is lying on the ground, and notices that the grass looks dried up. Link and Mido look around, and notice that the trees are, too. Mido exclaims that he's never seen anything like this before.
Navi tells them that wicked things have come to the forest. She tells link to hurry and come with her, the Deku tree is in danger!
So Link and Mido follow Navi off to the Deku Tree..
~end of chapter 1~