According to fairy tales, long ago in a kingdom in Korea, ruled a king.
According to many people, the King has a magic stone.
The magic stone, if rotated, will grant all the requests of those who turn it around.
Because it has a miracle, the king hid the stone.
No one in the kingdom knows where the king hides the magic stone.
Once upon a time, there was an ingenious thief.
The thief really wanted the king's magic stone.
He then disguised himself as a palace guard.
After trying, the thief finally managed to become a trusted person of the king.
He always escorts the king wherever the king goes.
Until finally the thief found out that the king hid the magic stone under the palace garden pot.
The palace garden is a crowded place.
No one would have expected the king to hide the magic stone in the palace garden.
No one dares to steal in crowded places during the day.
The thief finally managed to steal the magic stone in a lonely night.
Feeling afraid of being caught by the king, the thief immediately fled to his hometown.
The thief's hometown is a remote island.
On the remote island of his hometown, salt is a rare item.
I was so scarce, the price of salt was more expensive than the price of gold.
Want to try the magic of the magic stone, the thief headed to the middle of the sea using a boat, so that no one suspicious.
He then spun the magic stone while saying, "O magic stone, give me as much salt as possible."
At that moment, beads of salt came out from the stone. The thief cheered happily, "I will be rich ... I will be rich ..."
The longer, more and more salt comes out of the magic stone until it fills the thief's boat.
However, the greedy thief even more happy.
Until finally he sank into the sea because his boat was unable to hold his weight with salt.
Even though it was sinking, however, the magic stone continued to release salt.
This incident is the cause of salt water.
Message from the story: greed will bring disaster.
More on Korean Folklore:
- The Princess and The Idiot
- Yongtu and Seed Plants of the King
- Simcheong and Her Blind Father
- Causes of Saltwater Sea
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