The scared fly began to rub his two front feet together to beg the magpie’s pardon. Now, the magpie turned his eyes to the fly, who was trembling in fear.
The sparrow cried, hopping and hopping in pain. You deserve punishment.” With these words, the magpie lashed the sparrow on the legs with a switch. But you don’t even feel guilty about that. “Sparrow, you teased an innocent insect and stole rice that people had harvested after a year of toil. After listening to the two, the magpie thought for a while. They criticized each other in front of the magpie and asked him to make a fair judgment. They went to a magpie who was known for his wisdom. The two continued to argue until they agreed to have a trial to see who is innocent. “OK, then, why are you afraid of the scarecrow?” I just check if the rice is ripe or not.” The fly shouted back. Have you ever done anything good to people? You steal rice from people, don’t you?” The sparrow was embarrassed at the fly’s unexpected attack. “What about you, Sparrow? You have no right to blame me. How dare you use the word ‘innocent’?” But the fly refused to back down. Worse yet, you walk in filth and you step on people’s food with your dirty feet to carry diseases. “Innocent? Do you really think you are innocent? You always irritate people by buzzing around them. Why are you bullying me?” The sparrow sneered at the fly.
Then the fly yelled at the sparrow in protest. “You annoying creature! I can swallow you in one bite or crush you completely.” But she didn’t give up until she finally caught him. This happened again and again, and the sparrow was upset. The sparrow moved fast to catch it, but the insect quickly escaped and landed somewhere else. One day, a fly happened to buzz around the sparrow.
Today’s tale tells us why a sparrow hops around and a fly rubs its two front feet together.Ī long time ago, there was a sparrow who flew around here and there, pecking rice and catching insects. Welcome to “Korean Folktales.” In this weekly corner, I introduce you to interesting traditional Korean folk stories.
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