A long, long time ago,
the heaven was always in chaos.
It's because of the naughty absurds.
The King of Heaven became furious and screamed.
"Bring me the absurds right now!"
The King caught every absurd in heaven -
Lee Gu-ryong for causing confusion with his lies,
Jeo Pal-gye for pulling every heavenly peach tree after drinking,
Son Hang-ja for making fun of the fairies with a scarecrow that looked like the King,
Sa Hwa-sang for killing the King's beloved fish in the pond,
and Dae-dang-sabu for making people die on the same day.
Isn't it unfair that someone dies early and others die late?
The fairies must be stupid to be fooled by the scarecrow.
I didn't know the trees would be pulled out so easily.
I really didn't know fish would die without water.
I have two mouths, and I can't tell which one tells a lie.
Meanwhile, there was an evil spirit named Son at the heaven's corner.
Son went around harming people.
He looked so tough that everyone was scared of him.
People prayed to the heavens to punish Son.
After thinking for days, the King of Heaven came up with an idea.
"Right!"
Then, he called the absurds.
"If you bring me Son within 10 days, I'll forgive your sins."
Dae-dang-sabu took the absurds to catch Son.
But they were punished by Son instead.
"Son is so scary, isn't he?"
"Right! He's also very fast.”
"He's really strong!"
The absurds lamented.
"Be quiet!
I'm sure there's a way."
Dae-dang-sabu screamed at them.
Dae-dang-sabu
went to the heaven library. He read books for 3 days
without eating or sleeping.
"Yes, this is it!"
Dae-dang-sabu called everyone.
"Lee Gu-ryong, you have two mouths
so practice making two voices.
Sa Hwa-sang, you can control water, so
fill the bronze bowl with water.
Jeo Pal-gye, you're strong, so make a large
kite and bronze bowl.
Son Hang-ja, you're skillful,
so make a rope that's 999 feet
long. It has to be made with kalopanax.
You can't use any other tree,
all right?"
Lee Gu-ryong practiced speaking in two different voices.
Jeo Pal-gye made a shield kite and bronze bowl,
and Sa Hwa-sang filled the bowl with water. But Son Hang-ja
meddled around and went off to find kalopanax later.
He peeled the bark from a kalopanax tree and began to make a rope.
After a while, the rope became long.
But the bark wasn't long enough to be 999 feet.
"Oh, I can't be bothered with this."
Son Hang-ja used an angelica tree to make the rest.
"They look the same. No one can tell,"
Son Hang-ja mumbled.
At night, Son came down to the land.
But he heard someone talking about him.
"Really? There's a ghost more scary than Son?"
"Yes. I saw him."
It was Lee Gu-ryong talking behind a rock.
"Where is he?"
"Inside a large bronze bowl over the mountain."
But Son simply ignored him.
This time, Jeo Pal-gye stopped Son.
"Let me challenge you again."
Jeo Pal-gye jumped on Son.
But Jeo Pal-gye was knocked out.
"Ha! No matter how strong you are,
you won't beat the ghost inside the bronze bowl,"
said Jeo Pal-gye.
Finally, Son began to wonder who the ghost was.
When Son was passing by the bronze bowl,
"Roar!"
Sa Hwa-sang made a strange noise and shook the bronze bowl.
Son approached the bowl slowly with curiosity.
Then he looked inside.
"Oh, my!"
Son was so astonished and felt his body go stiff.
He was surprised by his own face that reflected from the bowl.
Then, Son Hang-ja quickly threw a rope.
Now, Son couldn't escape.
The rope made with kalopanax stops evil ghost from moving.
On the 10th day, the absurds
tied Son onto a kite and sent him up to heaven.
But oh dear!
The rope suddenly snapped.
Then, Son escaped far away.
"Oh no, oh dear!"
Dae-dang-sabu was shocked and asked Son Hang-ja.
"Son Hang-ja, what have you done?!"
Then, Son Hang-ja mumbled quietly.
"Well, I just used some bark from an angelica tree…"
So the absurds lost Son and hid themselves.
It is told that Son is still out there somewhere.
But he is very careful now
because the absurds may try to catch him again.
So what happened to the absurds?
The King of Heaven caught them and punished them all.
Now they must protect people from Son at the hipped roof of the palace.