Korean Tale
The Hare’s Liver
Never trust anyone whose intentions you don’t know. This Korean folk tale is about a hare whose life is saved thanks to its wits and imagination.
Near the Chinese city of Nanjing there lived a man called Mr
And because the name Wang means “king” in Chinese, people called him the Greedy King.
One day, Mr Wang was lounging in the shade under the trees as usual when he saw a flock of ducks swimming along a nearby
"Oh, I'd like some crispy roast duck," he thought to himself, and his mouth began to water. He suspected that the fat ducks belonged to a rich man named Mr Lin who lived in the village.
"It must be a sign," Mr Wang said to himself. "Fate is telling me that I should have a duck today, so it sent them here. No one will notice if I take one
Greedy Mr Wang got up from the ground. He wasn’t lazy now! He nimbly caught one of the ducks and hid it under his
Then, satisfied with his full belly, he laughed out loud at the thought of what his neighbour would do when he found that he was missing one of his ducks. "He'll surely think some bird of prey caught…