African Legend
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
A funny story about how the Sun and the Moon invited the huge ocean over to visit. This African legend explains how they managed to do it and for what price.
Once upon a time, there was a village. And in this village, there lived two neighbours, a blacksmith and a carpenter. They both worked very hard every day to earn their living.
The whole village rang with the sounds of their work. You could hear loud noises coming from one of the workshops, as the carpenter strenuously worked the pieces
And from the other workshop, the clanging of metal rang out in response – master blacksmith hammering iron in
One day, a noble scholar from Seoul visited the village. He happened to arrive just in the middle of the local craft fair in a nearby town. All of the craftsmen had left with their products early in the morning, and the village was uncharacteristically quiet. The scholar was happily strolling the picturesque streets, listening to the croaking of frogs and twittering of
“This village is so peaceful,” he relished. “It looks like the perfect place for me to live out the rest of my days.”
You see, the scholar had been looking for a new place to live for a long while now. His service in Seoul had been coming to an end after many years, and this village seemed just like the perfect heaven on earth. A place where he could spend the rest of his life surrounded by
Before long, builders arrived in the village to put up a small but cosy and tastefully decorated house for the scholar from Seoul. The scholar himself couldn’t wait to finally move into his new…