WEBVTT 00:00:09.375 --> 00:00:13.416 Once upon a time, there was a village deep in the mountains. 00:00:13.416 --> 00:00:18.291 The people living in the village were friendly and close to each other. 00:00:18.291 --> 00:00:21.750 There was a woodcutter in this village, 00:00:21.750 --> 00:00:28.458 and though he isn't very smart, he is humble. 00:00:28.458 --> 00:00:32.750 The woodcutter lived with his father and mother 00:00:32.750 --> 00:00:37.041 in peace and happiness. 00:00:37.041 --> 00:00:43.625 The woodcutter looked just like his father, like two peas in a pod. 00:00:43.625 --> 00:00:48.250 “Who is the father and who is the son? 00:00:48.250 --> 00:00:52.500 “We used to distinguish the father by his topknot 00:00:52.500 --> 00:00:57.583 from his son, who had a pigtail.” 00:00:57.583 --> 00:01:03.625 Now that his son is married and wears a topknot, 00:01:03.625 --> 00:01:07.666 nobody can tell the father apart from the son 00:01:07.666 --> 00:01:12.166 if you look the father and son walk together. 00:01:12.166 --> 00:01:17.083 This is what the people of the village said about how they looked alike. 00:01:17.083 --> 00:01:24.166 One day, the woodcutter’s father suddenly passed away. 00:01:24.166 --> 00:01:26.791 He was so sad that 00:01:26.791 --> 00:01:31.999 he went to his father’s grave every morning, and then cried 00:01:31.999 --> 00:01:36.375 and staggered home late every night. 00:01:36.375 --> 00:01:40.500 A few days later, his wife said to the woodcutter. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:46.125 “Honey, please stop crying and go to the market. 00:01:46.125 --> 00:01:49.875 We have nothing to eat anymore.” 00:01:49.875 --> 00:01:52.083 “Ok, Honey.” 00:01:52.083 --> 00:01:58.875 The woodcutter cut down a tree, prepared a bunch of firewood, and went to the market. 00:01:58.875 --> 00:02:03.166 As he arrived, some peddlers 00:02:03.166 --> 00:02:06.791 noisily gathered a crowd of people around them. 00:02:06.791 --> 00:02:10.666 Come, look at my wares. 00:02:10.666 --> 00:02:15.916 Buy from me now, as I don’t come every day or every month. 00:02:15.916 --> 00:02:22.166 The woodcutter looked at the items with the crowd. 00:02:22.166 --> 00:02:25.166 There were so many new things that he had never seen. 00:02:25.166 --> 00:02:30.291 He walked through the market with hurried steps, looking at a variety of goods. 00:02:30.291 --> 00:02:35.375 When he passed by one of the peddlers, 00:02:35.375 --> 00:02:39.041 he saw his late father 00:02:39.041 --> 00:02:43.958 staring up at him from a strange plate. 00:02:43.958 --> 00:02:49.041 The woodcutter was surprised and bowed deeply in respect. 00:02:49.041 --> 00:02:58.041 “Oh, Father! I thought you died, but you’ve been there this whole time?” 00:02:58.041 --> 00:03:04.791 "Ho ho, he must be a country bumpkin who doesn’t know about mirrors," 00:03:04.791 --> 00:03:09.750 the peddler said to himself, trying not to chuckle. 00:03:09.750 --> 00:03:13.208 “As God has been extremely impressed by your honor to your father, 00:03:13.208 --> 00:03:18.916 so God sends your late father back to you. 00:03:18.916 --> 00:03:26.791 If anyone else sees this, God might be angry. Please, hide it and see it alone.” 00:03:26.791 --> 00:03:33.541 The peddler sold the mirror to the woodcutter at a high price. 00:03:33.541 --> 00:03:40.583 When he went back home, he hid the mirror deep inside his attic. 00:03:40.583 --> 00:03:49.416 The next day, he stole his way to the attic without his wife noticing. 00:03:49.416 --> 00:03:53.541 “Good morning, Father.” 00:03:53.541 --> 00:03:59.208 The woodcutter took it out and made a deep bow to his father every morning. 00:03:59.208 --> 00:04:04.041 Everyday, he bowed to his father. 00:04:04.041 --> 00:04:07.666 “Good night, Father.” 00:04:07.666 --> 00:04:13.625 He did this every night also. 00:04:13.625 --> 00:04:19.375 Secrets, however, are always found out in the end! 00:04:19.375 --> 00:04:23.333 One day, when he went out to the mountain. 00:04:23.333 --> 00:04:28.875 "To whom is he talking so friendly? 00:04:28.875 --> 00:04:33.083 There must be something going on." 00:04:33.083 --> 00:04:40.250 First, the woodcutter’s wife went through the whole room. 00:04:40.250 --> 00:04:46.583 "There's nothing… Then, is someone hiding in the attic?" 00:04:46.583 --> 00:04:54.375 The woodcutter's wife went into attic, and searched all around. 00:04:54.375 --> 00:05:00.250 At last, she found the mirror. 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:02.041 “Oh, my God!” 00:05:02.041 --> 00:05:06.250 Seeing the mirror, she was surprised. 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:15.041 A young lady stared at her from the square plate. 00:05:15.041 --> 00:05:20.250 "Who are you? Why are you in my house?” 00:05:20.250 --> 00:05:25.083 She screamed with anger and punched the mirror. 00:05:25.083 --> 00:05:27.999 “Oh, no! Look at this!” 00:05:27.999 --> 00:05:31.708 Seeing the mirror, she was surprised. 00:05:31.708 --> 00:05:37.250 The young lady in the mirror also struck at her in the same way. 00:05:37.250 --> 00:05:45.250 The woodcutter’s wife ran out of the attic, flushed with rage. 00:05:45.250 --> 00:05:50.041 She went directly to the woodcutter's mother. 00:05:50.041 --> 00:05:55.125 “Oh, my Mother-in-law! Oh! This is terrible!” 00:05:55.125 --> 00:05:59.291 “What’s the problem?” 00:05:59.291 --> 00:06:04.791 “My husband has been hiding a young lady in the attic.” 00:06:04.791 --> 00:06:09.791 “What? Are you sure?” 00:06:09.791 --> 00:06:13.041 “I saw her with my own eyes. 00:06:13.041 --> 00:06:18.458 If you don’t believe me, go to the attic by yourself, ohhhh.” 00:06:18.458 --> 00:06:23.583 So, his mother went to the attic. 00:06:23.583 --> 00:06:30.000 Also, seeing the mirror, she was surprised. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.708 A crumpled old woman 00:06:34.708 --> 00:06:38.958 stared at her from the mirror. 00:06:38.958 --> 00:06:41.750 “Hey, old woman! Who are you? 00:06:41.750 --> 00:06:47.958 Why are you intruding my home? Why?” 00:06:47.958 --> 00:06:52.708 The mother-in-law punched the mirror, screaming loudly. 00:06:52.708 --> 00:06:57.916 “Oh, God. What a fierce old woman! I don’t understand at all." 00:06:57.916 --> 00:07:04.541 The crumpled old woman in the mirror also threw a punch in the same way. 00:07:04.541 --> 00:07:10.291 The mother-in-law ran out of the attic quickly. 00:07:10.291 --> 00:07:16.958 Then, she got even more angry than her daughter-in-law 00:07:16.958 --> 00:07:21.458 “Did you say that you saw a young lady?” 00:07:21.458 --> 00:07:25.333 “Yes, mother-in-law. Isn’t it true?” 00:07:25.333 --> 00:07:29.583 “No, I saw an old lady! 00:07:29.583 --> 00:07:33.666 He must have even brought that young lady’s mother. 00:07:33.666 --> 00:07:38.416 Oh dear! They say no one can be trusted. 00:07:38.416 --> 00:07:43.416 How could he do such a horrible thing?” 00:07:43.416 --> 00:07:48.458 At that moment, the woodcutter came back home. 00:07:48.458 --> 00:07:53.500 “Honey, who is that woman you're hiding?” 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.500 “Who is the old woman in the attic?” 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:01.416 He was startled. 00:08:01.416 --> 00:08:05.291 "What should I do if God gets angry with me about this…? 00:08:05.291 --> 00:08:11.833 No, no. It might be okay to tell the truth to my mother and my wife." 00:08:11.833 --> 00:08:16.333 He replied honestly. 00:08:16.333 --> 00:08:20.583 “The person in the attic is my father himself.” 00:08:20.583 --> 00:08:22.333 “Stop lying!” 00:08:22.333 --> 00:08:27.083 “So now you're going to trick your old mother by not telling the truth." 00:08:27.083 --> 00:08:32.083 His wife and mother didn’t believe his words. 00:08:32.083 --> 00:08:37.583 The family's quarrel was heard 00:08:37.583 --> 00:08:42.041 by the villagers, and they gathered to gossip about it. 00:08:42.041 --> 00:08:45.958 "I can’t believe there's such quarreling in such a dutiful son’s family.” 00:08:45.958 --> 00:08:49.166 “That makes two of us. Tut, tut.” 00:08:49.166 --> 00:08:54.083 Everyone whispered to each other. 00:08:54.083 --> 00:08:58.458 No one, however, tried to break up the fight. 00:08:58.458 --> 00:09:01.541 Nobody understood the reason for the fight 00:09:01.541 --> 00:09:04.458 because they all lived in such a remote mountain village. 00:09:04.458 --> 00:09:09.833 Nobody there knew about mirrors. 00:09:09.833 --> 00:09:16.250 At that moment, a traveler was passing by the village. 00:09:16.250 --> 00:09:22.666 The traveler was full of knowledge in many things after travelling through many places. 00:09:22.666 --> 00:09:26.333 He wondered about all the commotion. 00:09:26.333 --> 00:09:31.250 “What's going on over here?" 00:09:31.250 --> 00:09:37.791 One of the villagers told him the story about the quarrel. 00:09:37.791 --> 00:09:42.708 "Hm, I see. So that’s what happened.” 00:09:42.708 --> 00:09:49.333 The traveler nodded his head and went into the woodcutter’s house. 00:09:49.333 --> 00:09:54.250 The traveler asked the woodcutter, 00:09:54.250 --> 00:09:59.750 "Hey, can I meet your father?” 00:09:59.750 --> 00:10:08.250 The woodcutter took out the mirror carefully from the attic. 00:10:08.250 --> 00:10:12.125 “Hmm. Heh heh heh heh…" 00:10:12.125 --> 00:10:17.125 The traveler raised the mirror up with a smile. 00:10:17.125 --> 00:10:26.000 “This is called, 'a mirror.' It reflects everything in front of it.” 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:33.083 “Hey, don’t you think you really look like your father? 00:10:33.083 --> 00:10:39.666 That’s why whenever you saw your face reflected in the mirror, you thought you saw your late father.” 00:10:39.666 --> 00:10:44.958 The woodcutter’s mother then asked, tilting her head, 00:10:44.958 --> 00:10:51.083 “Then, who on earth was that young lady and old woman?” 00:10:51.083 --> 00:10:58.416 The young lady is your daughter-in-law herself and the old woman is yourself.” 00:10:58.416 --> 00:11:03.666 Listening to his explanation, the villagers began to laugh loudly together. 00:11:03.666 --> 00:11:07.791 The woodcutter, his wife, and his mother blushed with shame 00:11:07.791 --> 00:11:10.999 like red persimmons.