(1) A poor woman brought home rice cakes for her children but was stopped by a tiger on the way who demanded the cakes. She gave them all away to escape being eaten. (2) Without cakes, the tiger ate the woman instead. (3) The tiger then disguised himself as the mother to trick the children into opening the door, but they saw through his ruse and fled up a tree. (4) The tiger tried various ways to reach them but failed until ropes from the sky lifted both the children and tiger up, where the children became the sun and moon for safety.

1. The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy: A Korean Folktale
Once upon a time, there lived a poor woman with her son and daughter. She did chores for
other families for a living. One day, she went to work for a rich man’s party and got some
rice cakes there.
“My children must be hungry,” said the woman hurrying home.
(1) On the way home, she met a big tiger.
“Give me a piece of rice cake. Then I will not
eat you,” said the tiger. The woman gave a
piece of rice cake to the tiger. But the tiger
kept following the woman.
“Give me a piece of rice cake. Then I will not
eat you,” repeated the tiger. The woman gave
another piece of rice cake to the tiger. (2) The
tiger kept asking her for more rice cakes. She
gave away all the rice cakes to the tiger. Now
she had no more rice cake. (3) So the tiger ate
her.
Now the tiger put on her clothes and went to her house. (4) He pretended to be the children’s
mom. “Open the door, dear,” said the tiger.
“You are not my mom. Your voice is too hoarse. Her voice is soft,” said the brother.

2. “Oh, is it? Hmm, I have a cold.”
“Then, show me your hands,” said the sister.
The tiger showed his hands to them.
“Your hands are too hairy and dark. Her hands are white,” said the brother.
The tiger covered his hands with flour. And he showed his white hands to the children. Then
the children opened the door. The tiger entered the house saying “I will make dinner. Wait
here.”
(5) Then, the brother saw the tiger’s tail.
“It’s not Mom. It’s a tiger,” said the brother.
“What should we do?” said the sister.
“We have to run away from here,” said the
brother.
The children ran out of the house and
climbed up a tree near the well. The tiger
looked for them here and there. (6) Then, he
saw the children’s face reflected on the
water inside the well.
“Oh, you are in the well. I will scoop you up
with this bowl,” said the tiger.
(7) The sister in the tree laughed at the tiger. “Oh, you
are in the tree.”
(8) The tiger tried to climb up the tree. But he could not
do it.
“How did you climb up the tree?” said the tiger.
“We used oil,” lied the brother.
The tiger rubbed some oil on his hands. And he tried to
climb up the tree. (8) But he only slip down. Laughing at
the tiger, the sister told the secret of how to climb up.

3. “You could use an axe,” said the sister. Then the tiger made small cuts on the tree with an
axe. (9) Then, he could climb up the tree.
The children were frightened so they prayed to God. “If you
want us to live, please hand down a rope,” pleaded the
children as they looked up towards God.
Then a rope came down from the sky. The children held onto
it and went up to the sky.
(10) The tiger could not catch the children. The tiger prayed
to God, too.
“If you want me to catch them, please hand down a rope.”
Then another rope came down from the sky. The tiger held onto it and went up to the sky.
(11) But the rope was rotten. The tiger fell down.
The children went up to the sky. The brother became the sun. And the sister became the
moon.
“I am scared of the night,” said the sister.
“I will be the moon for you instead,” said the brother.
So the brother became the moon. And the sister became the sun.

4. The Moral Value :
 Don't lie eventhough you are underpressure
 Don't tell the bad person about the your secret
 When you want something badly enough you will be able to find a way to receive it,
as long as your intentions are good, kind and pure.
The Difficult word :
1. Chores = Pekerjaan Rumah Tangga
2. Hoarse = Serak
3. Scoop = Menyiduk
4. Rubbed = Menggosok
5. Slip = Tergelincir
6. Frightened = Takut
7. Onto = Ke