A tiger and woodcutter

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HeeKyung Nam


A tiger and woodcutter

This is a story that is told in Korea.
Once upon a time there lived a good woodcutter. When the woodcutter was chopping a tree, a fierce tiger appeared. He was so scared and had a bright idea. The woodcutter tricks the tiger to think he is his lost brother. The tiger felt sad that he didn't want to show the mother his fearsome looks. He just told the woodcutter to take good care of his mother and let him go. Afterwards, the tiger brought wild boars and rabbits to the woodcutter's house. Then, he and his mother could live happily.However, the mother passed away and he was so sad. One day, when he wasgone, the tiger said that there was no reason for him to live since his mother had died. The tearful woodcutter buried the tiger beside his mother’s tomb.The woodcutter learned something great from the tiger.

This story's Moral is that we make tiger filial piety one’s mirror, we should be filial to one’s parents.

Here is another version of this story here