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Korean Folk Tales for Children #3
The Lazy Man : The Spring of Youth
Two charming folktales are included in this single bilingual (English/Korean) 1) The humorous tale of a lazy man who is transformed into an ox and comes to learn the value of hard work. 2) The timeless tale of people's never-ending search for immortality. This is book #3 from the 10-volume series Korean Folk Tales for Children.
- GenresPicture BooksFolk Tales
45 pages, Hardcover
First published September 3, 1990
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March 21, 2017
Two Korean folktales are retold in both English and Korean. In "The Lazy Man" a very slothful man is tired of hearing his wife complain so he leaves home. Through the trickery of an old man and an experience as an ox, he learns to appreciate hard work and being human. In "The Spring of Youth" a childless older couple are entering into their twilight years when the husband stumbles upon a spring that makes him young again. He takes his wife to drink as well, but the greedy neighbor man also wants some and doesn't know when to stop.
The folktales in this volume of this series focus on folktales/fairy tales with a moral. In the first one, the lazy man learns the value of hard work, and in the second one, jealousy and greed lead to downfall. The illustrations in both are bright, colorful and kid-friendly. There's one typo in "The Spring of Youth" in the English. If you're reading stories with morals and want a multicultural tale to add, you might want to try this book. You can do a compare/contrast activity reading "The Lazy Man" along with The Boy of the Three-Year Nap .
The folktales in this volume of this series focus on folktales/fairy tales with a moral. In the first one, the lazy man learns the value of hard work, and in the second one, jealousy and greed lead to downfall. The illustrations in both are bright, colorful and kid-friendly. There's one typo in "The Spring of Youth" in the English. If you're reading stories with morals and want a multicultural tale to add, you might want to try this book. You can do a compare/contrast activity reading "The Lazy Man" along with The Boy of the Three-Year Nap .
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