WEBVTT 00:00:14.208 --> 00:00:19.416 Once upon a time, there was a monster with nine heads. 00:00:19.416 --> 00:00:25.375 Eighteen eyes rolled, 00:00:25.375 --> 00:00:30.833 eighteen ears fluttered, 00:00:30.833 --> 00:00:36.999 eighteen nostrils blew big gusts of wind, 00:00:36.999 --> 00:00:43.791 And the sharp teeth from nine mouths chattered. 00:00:43.791 --> 00:00:48.000 “Aaahh, a nine-headed monster!” 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:53.333 People ran away as fast as they could when they saw the monster. 00:00:53.333 --> 00:01:00.333 But the horrible monster flew like the wind and captured everyone in his path. 00:01:00.333 --> 00:01:05.999 One day, the monster even caught a princess. 00:01:05.999 --> 00:01:12.541 Even though the soldiers were guarding the palace, it was no use. 00:01:12.541 --> 00:01:18.333 The king who was in deep sorrow, declared this news to the whole country. 00:01:18.333 --> 00:01:24.750 “Anyone who rescues my daughter will receive her hand in marriage.” 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:31.333 Every young, strong man set off to catch the monster. 00:01:31.333 --> 00:01:36.666 But everyone who tried, lost their lives to the monster. 00:01:36.666 --> 00:01:43.500 After the news spread that people were being killed by the monster, no one volunteered to catch him anymore. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:48.375 Then one day, a young man came to the palace.” 00:01:48.375 --> 00:01:52.916 “I’ll rescue the princess at all costs.” 00:01:52.916 --> 00:01:58.416 The king was so pleased to see a brave young man after such a long time. 00:01:58.416 --> 00:02:02.416 So the king sent the young man with a commander and soldiers. 00:02:02.416 --> 00:02:05.458 The young man looked for the monster. 00:02:05.458 --> 00:02:11.458 He searched from the deep mountains to dark caves to valleys dropping below waterfalls. 00:02:11.458 --> 00:02:14.083 He looked everywhere, 00:02:14.083 --> 00:02:19.541 but he couldn’t find the monster. 00:02:19.541 --> 00:02:24.958 The young man and the soldiers decided to take a rest for a while. 00:02:24.958 --> 00:02:31.916 The exhausted young man fell asleep as soon as he sat down. 00:02:31.916 --> 00:02:36.875 Then, an old man with white hair appeared in his dream. 00:02:36.875 --> 00:02:41.291 "I'm the god of this mountain. 00:02:41.291 --> 00:02:46.708 You are so sincere that I'll let you know where the monster is. 00:02:46.708 --> 00:02:52.416 If you go to the mountain on the opposite side, you will find a big rock. 00:02:52.416 --> 00:02:56.500 If you go down along the hole below the rock, 00:02:56.500 --> 00:03:01.875 you will find the monster with nine heads." 00:03:01.875 --> 00:03:05.833 The young man woke up and took the soldiers 00:03:05.833 --> 00:03:08.999 to the mountain on the opposite side. 00:03:08.999 --> 00:03:13.416 “Heave-ho! Heave-ho!” 00:03:13.416 --> 00:03:16.708 When they lifted the big rock out, 00:03:16.708 --> 00:03:21.291 a hole appeared in the ground, just as the old man had said. 00:03:21.291 --> 00:03:25.083 The young man tied a rope to a basket and 00:03:25.083 --> 00:03:28.833 sent the soldiers down the hole. 00:03:28.833 --> 00:03:33.541 The hole was bottomless and dark. 00:03:33.541 --> 00:03:37.416 The commander and the soldiers couldn't go much longer. 00:03:37.416 --> 00:03:40.583 The commander and the soldiers shouted, holding the rope. 00:03:40.583 --> 00:03:47.250 “Oh! We're scared to death. Pull us up!” 00:03:47.250 --> 00:03:50.583 But the brave young man was not like them. 00:03:50.583 --> 00:03:54.708 He went down to the bottom, riding the basket. 00:03:54.708 --> 00:04:01.750 The world under the hole was very mysterious. 00:04:01.750 --> 00:04:06.291 The field was filled with all kinds of fragrant flowers. 00:04:06.291 --> 00:04:11.458 There were lots of big well-constructed houses as well. 00:04:11.458 --> 00:04:19.833 Just that moment, a beautiful lady came to the well holding a water jar. 00:04:19.833 --> 00:04:24.250 ‘Uh, who is she? I’d better hide.’ 00:04:24.250 --> 00:04:30.208 The young man quickly climbed up a willow tree next to the well. 00:04:30.208 --> 00:04:34.666 The lady who came to the well was 00:04:34.666 --> 00:04:38.666 the princess that the young man was looking for. 00:04:38.666 --> 00:04:44.125 The young man dropped some leaves on the water jar. 00:04:44.125 --> 00:04:49.833 “Oh, my! Why are leaves falling down?” 00:04:49.833 --> 00:04:55.875 The princess looked up and was astonished 00:04:55.875 --> 00:05:01.041 “Who are you? How did you come to this scary place?” 00:05:01.041 --> 00:05:04.250 “I came to save you.” 00:05:04.250 --> 00:05:10.875 The princess looked around as she talked. 00:05:10.875 --> 00:05:16.999 “The monster is not here now. He will come back in three days. 00:05:16.999 --> 00:05:23.875 If you want to beat the monster, you have to build up your strength.” 00:05:23.875 --> 00:05:30.333 The princess brought a marvelous vegetable from the monster’s house. 00:05:30.333 --> 00:05:35.583 “Now, pick up this big rock after you eat this.” 00:05:35.583 --> 00:05:42.041 He munched on the vegetable as the princess said. 00:05:42.041 --> 00:05:46.083 Then he felt energetic. 00:05:46.083 --> 00:05:50.333 The young man tried to pick up the rock. 00:05:50.333 --> 00:05:54.916 But the rock wouldn’t move at all. 00:05:54.916 --> 00:05:59.500 “Take more vegetables.” 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:04.041 He ate more vegetables as the princess said. 00:06:04.041 --> 00:06:07.875 Then he could pick the rock up to his knee. 00:06:07.875 --> 00:06:13.125 He ate only the vegetable for the next three days. 00:06:13.125 --> 00:06:16.583 Finally, on the third day, 00:06:16.583 --> 00:06:21.583 he could pick up the rock easily, like holding pebbles. 00:06:21.583 --> 00:06:25.375 The monster finally came back. 00:06:25.375 --> 00:06:29.750 “Uh-ha-ha, uh-ha-ha!” 00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:34.875 When the monster laughed loudly, the ground vibrated violently. 00:06:34.875 --> 00:06:40.041 Without hesitation, the young man showed up. 00:06:40.041 --> 00:06:44.166 “You wicked creature, take my sword!” 00:06:44.166 --> 00:06:51.500 The monster mocked the young man, turning his nine heads around. 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:57.875 “Ha! Fools rush in where angels fear to tread!” 00:06:57.875 --> 00:07:02.333 Then, a big fight started between them. 00:07:02.333 --> 00:07:09.000 Flames sparked from the cracking of the sword. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.833 The monster was incredible. 00:07:12.833 --> 00:07:17.833 He could see with eighteen eyes, hear with eighteen ears. 00:07:17.833 --> 00:07:21.500 smell with eighteen nostrils and 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:24.875 snarled with hundreds of teeth. 00:07:24.875 --> 00:07:29.583 He was faster and more horrible than the young man. 00:07:29.583 --> 00:07:33.333 But the young man didn’t give up and continued to fight. 00:07:33.333 --> 00:07:35.708 “Take this!” 00:07:35.708 --> 00:07:42.125 The fight never ended so they flew up to the sky. 00:07:42.125 --> 00:07:47.458 The fight between the monster and the young man continued. 00:07:47.458 --> 00:07:52.666 Suddenly, one of the monster heads was cut off. 00:07:52.666 --> 00:07:56.375 But the head jumped up immediately and 00:07:56.375 --> 00:08:00.833 stuck back to the monsters head. 00:08:00.833 --> 00:08:05.500 After a while, another head fell off, 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:08.666 but it went back to where it belonged. 00:08:08.666 --> 00:08:10.541 Snap! 00:08:10.541 --> 00:08:13.958 Another head fell again and this time, 00:08:13.958 --> 00:08:19.541 the princess quickly rushed forward and sprinkled ashes on it. 00:08:19.541 --> 00:08:25.250 Because of the ashes, the head couldn’t stick back to the neck. 00:08:25.250 --> 00:08:29.500 Whenever the monster’s heads fell 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:33.333 the princess immediately rushed and sprinkled ashes. 00:08:33.333 --> 00:08:41.000 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:45.166 Finally, all nine heads fell, 00:08:45.166 --> 00:08:50.291 and the monster’s body also crashed down to the ground 00:08:50.291 --> 00:08:54.291 “I defeated the monster, thanks to you, princess.” 00:08:54.291 --> 00:08:59.791 The young man came down from the sky and gave a great bow. 00:08:59.791 --> 00:09:05.291 The princess liked the brave young man very much. 00:09:05.291 --> 00:09:12.791 The young man freed everyone caught by the monster. 00:09:12.791 --> 00:09:18.208 After that, he sent them up to the earth’s surface one by one in the basket. 00:09:18.208 --> 00:09:21.541 But the greedy commander 00:09:21.541 --> 00:09:26.333 made a bad decision to steal the young man’s accomplishment. 00:09:26.333 --> 00:09:31.916 So when everyone came up and only the young man was left, 00:09:31.916 --> 00:09:36.750 he let his servants fill up the hole. 00:09:36.750 --> 00:09:42.166 The commander made a wicked face and said, 00:09:42.166 --> 00:09:44.958 "I saved the princess! 00:09:44.958 --> 00:09:49.291 So I will be the son-in-law of the king!" 00:09:49.291 --> 00:09:53.833 because the commander was such a scary person, 00:09:53.833 --> 00:09:57.958 the princess and the people couldn't say a word. 00:09:57.958 --> 00:10:02.958 Meanwhile, the young man had spent all of his strength fighting with the monster. 00:10:02.958 --> 00:10:06.583 That’s why he couldn’t get up to the earth’s surface. 00:10:06.583 --> 00:10:12.166 So he wandered around many days and nights in the underworld. 00:10:12.166 --> 00:10:17.750 He was in sorrow and had a hard time, but he couldn’t give up. 00:10:17.750 --> 00:10:21.875 ‘I have to find the way to get out.’ 00:10:21.875 --> 00:10:27.458 Just then, he found kudzu vines. 00:10:27.458 --> 00:10:31.500 The young man pushed his way through the ground, pulling himself along with the kudzu vine. 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:34.958 He barely came up to the earth. 00:10:34.958 --> 00:10:40.416 The young man escaped from underground and ran immediately into the palace. 00:10:40.416 --> 00:10:46.583 The wedding of the princess and the commander 00:10:46.583 --> 00:10:49.166 was about to start in the palace. 00:10:49.166 --> 00:10:51.125 “Stop!” 00:10:51.125 --> 00:10:55.208 The young man shouted out in a strong voice. 00:10:55.208 --> 00:10:59.625 The princess quickly ran to the young man. 00:10:59.625 --> 00:11:04.375 The commander fled in haste. 00:11:04.375 --> 00:11:09.916 After he heard the whole story, the king praised the young man. 00:11:09.916 --> 00:11:17.416 “You are the true savior of my daughter. Thank you so much.” 00:11:17.416 --> 00:11:19.833 “No, your Majesty. 00:11:19.833 --> 00:11:22.125 Without the princess’ wisdom, 00:11:22.125 --> 00:11:26.416 I couldn’t have defeated the nine-headed monster.” 00:11:26.416 --> 00:11:31.500 The king was so happy to have 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:36.125 a son-in-law who was 00:11:36.125 --> 00:11:39.083 smart and gentle. 00:11:39.083 --> 00:11:44.125 Soon, the wedding of the young man and the princess was held. 00:11:44.125 --> 00:11:50.625 People across the country came and congratulated them on their marriage. 00:11:50.625 --> 00:11:56.916 And the young man and princess lived happily ever after, 00:11:56.916 --> 00:12:00.500 taking good care of their people.