A Cruel Fairy Tale (Hidden Story)

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

Hojin, a gray country mouse living with an alcoholic father.

Because of my father, my mother left home a long time ago.

아버지

Hehe... I'm a rat... I have to live within my means-

호진 (시골쥐)

'Huh... a fountain? What's a fountain...'

I ask myself this question.

He knows very well that even if he talks back, all he gets in return is a punch.

Some dream of fresh food and beautiful scenery that can only be obtained in clean air without pollution.

But if you actually live here, your thoughts will quickly change.

Hojin thinks as he looks at this rural area without internet or stores.

호진 (시골쥐)

I have to leave this place... to a place as big as a city...

Autumn three years ago,

Two gray country mice walk along the riverbank.

These rats are Hojin and his girlfriend Mihee.

Mihee opens her mouth as they walk side by side

미희

I decided to go to the city. I don't want to waste my life in a country town like this.

미희

You should go too! You're a good student, so you'll do well in the city!

호진 (시골쥐)

Hmm... I'd like to do that too, but if I go, who'll take care of my father...

미희

Yeah, everyone lives within their own means.

Hojin flinches as he recalls his father's words.

The next day, Mihee's parents come to his house.

When I heard from Mihee's parents, they said that Mihee disappeared, leaving behind only a letter.

The letter simply told him not to look for her.

Thinking back now, Hojin chuckled without realizing it, realizing that he was really young to have been so sad the day Mihee left.

Hojin glares at his father, who is still throwing annoying drunken tantrums, with sharp eyes.

A woman getting off at the terminal at this time.

The woman was a striking one, wearing a red hat, a red dress, red shoes, and thick red lipstick.

What made her stand out the most was that she was a pure white rat.

It was only natural that the gray-furred country mice, whom she had never seen before, would turn their attention to her.

A white mouse reminisces while smelling the grass, trees, and burning wood of the countryside.

When I left this place, I swore I would never return, but I ended up coming back.

The pure white girl was Mihee, and Mihee went to the house where she used to live.

Mihee's parents, who were busy working, ran to see her and hugged her.

The village became noisy because Mihee, who had not been in contact with them until now, returned as a pure white rat.

When Ho-jin heard that Hyeon-ji had returned and went to see her, he was so surprised by Mi-hee's appearance that she had become so beautiful that he was speechless.

At that time, Mihee said to Hojin.

미희

Shall we talk over there?

Hojin and Mihee go to the riverbank of memories.

호진 (시골쥐)

How have you been...?

미희

I just spent my time doing this and that.

미희

Let's go to the city together this time

미희

Leave everything behind and come with me. You won't even have to see the face of the father you hated so much.

He kisses Hojin.

미희

Actually, I came to pick you up. Come with me.

호진 (시골쥐)

But... living in the city costs a lot of money, right?

미희

...Actually, I have some great information. Do you have any money saved up?

호진 (시골쥐)

huh

미희

If you invest in what I know, you can make a lot of money.

미희

Get out of this boring country town and live happily with me in the city!

호진 (시골쥐)

That... that's right. I was going to leave someday...

호진 (시골쥐)

Then Mihee, just give me one day.

미희

Yeah, of course.

Hojin packing his bags at home before meeting Mihee the next day.

The house was quiet that day.

I waited for Mihee in front of her house.

Mihee's house is also quiet.

So the two of them took the first bus in the morning and headed to the city.

호진 (시골쥐)

Wow...

The two arrived in the city.

The city streets were filled with a huge variety of animals and cars.

Hojin follows Mihee into a beauty salon nestled between tall buildings.

미희

Please dye my hair very white like me.

So Hojin became a very white rat.

The next place I visited was a department store.

Hojin has become a neat city mouse after buying him new clothes.

호진

Is this me...?

Hojin, who had become a complete Seoul mouse, went to invest according to the great information that Mihee had given him.

So Hojin followed Mihee's words and even signed the contract.

Even while handing over his own house deeds.

Hojin and Mihee heading to Mihee's house

I come across a large cat standing in front of Mihee's house.

Mihee is embarrassed when she sees a cat

고양이

Kelsey, when are you going to pay your overdue rent?

미희

If this goes well, I can pay off that rent.

At those words, the cat glanced at Hojin and spoke quietly.

고양이

Did you ask for another one? lol

He urgently pushes Hojin into the house.

A cat shouts from behind Mihee at that moment

고양이

Kelsey! You're not going to Bremen yet, are you?

미희

Shut up! If this one gets done well, this place is finished too!

Mihee told Hojin to stay home.

And she earned money and did housework.

호진

Mihee is a really cool girl...

미희

Hojin, should we have a welcome party to commemorate your arrival?

So the two took out champagne and started drinking.

미희

...Is it time for the medicine to come on now...?

Hojin smiling at that time

호진

Haha, what kind of medicine? I think you're the one who'll get the medicine.

Mihee staggers.

Leaving Mi-hee behind, Ho-jin makes a phone call to someone.

호진

I've prepared it just the way you want it, just come and get it.

미희

You... knew it from the beginning...

Mihee falls like that.

In fact, Hojin had planned all of this.

Hojin, who thought he was not a talent who would rot away in the countryside, gathered information little by little and learned about a place called Bremen.

Bremen is a paradise, but it comes with a hefty entrance fee.

Hojin gathered this information and compared it with the information Mihee had given him, and became convinced.

Hojin didn't believe that Mihee had come to see him because she couldn't forget him.

However, he pretended to be deceived for his own benefit, killed his father, buried him in the ground, and left for the local area and Seoul.

Then, he went to the real estate agent that Mihee had introduced, bought the house with money, and registered the house deed in his name.

Ho-jin, who also found out that Mi-hee had dyed him white in order to sell him as a lab rat, was always suspicious of Mi-hee, and today he paid her back by exchanging glasses.

호진

Don't be so hard on yourself, I found a good place. It's a place that rescues lab rats in Bremen. Anyway, you're going to Bremen as a lab rat, right?

호진

I'll follow you to Bremen, but we'll arrive at different places... haha

The story of a country mouse who takes revenge on those who tried to harm him and achieves his ambitions.

The End of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse