A Cruel Fairy Tale (Hidden Story)
What do people live by?
Once upon a time, there lived a poor shoemaker in a village.
As the famine continued, the price of bread soared, but because wages were low, the shoemaker was living a difficult life, not even having enough food to eat each day.
It was a miserable situation where I couldn't even afford to buy proper clothes.
I also had a winter coat that I took turns wearing with my wife, but that coat was now tattered from having been worn for so long.
It seemed that this would not be enough to survive the winter, so the shoemaker's wife decided to empty her secret savings and collect debts from the villagers to buy sheepskins to make a new coat.
The shoemaker was the biggest fool in the village and a drunkard.
The wife sent her husband away, warning him not to be fooled by the people and the leather merchants, and to abstain from drinking until he had obtained the leather.
The shoemaker left the house wearing his wife's shirt and an old coat.
But people kept making excuses, ignoring me by saying they were home, or begging me in tears, so I was only able to collect a portion of the debt.
I went to a leather shop and tried to haggle, but as expected, the leather merchant refused, saying he couldn't give me credit.
The shoemaker gave up and, wanting to forget the cold and have a drink, went into the village tavern even though it was daytime and drank with the money he had received earlier.
The shoemaker, who was walking home in a good mood, forgetting the cold, saw a naked object crouching in front of the chapel as he passed by.
It looked like he had fallen while walking, but he was still a young and handsome man.
There was not a single scratch or speck of dust on her white skin.
구두장수
Hey. I see you don't live around here. Where are you from?
The young man pointed to the sky with an embarrassed look on his face.
구두장수
Is that so? You're from heaven. So you're an angel. But why are you naked?
젊은 남자 / 천사
I can't tell you why.
구두장수
Then I guess I can't help it. I'll lend you my clothes.
구두장수
I had a drink and I'm not cold at all. If you're cold, have a drink too.
구두장수
Okay, then let's drink together.
Then the shoemaker took the young man back to the bar, emptied all his money, and drank heavily.
When I came to my senses, I had already used up all the emergency funds my wife had given me.
And she took the man and returned home naked herself.
The wife was so angry that she tried to throw the two drunk men out of the house.
But when her eyes suddenly met with the young man's, an indescribably charming smile appeared on his handsome face.
At that moment, the wife was completely captivated by the young man.
아내
Okay. Okay. This guy might be an angel, just like you said.
아내
Hey, what on earth did I do to get kicked out of heaven?
젊은 남자 / 천사
I can't tell you about that.
The man said.
젊은 남자 / 천사
It's just as you can see.
The shoemaker couple believed it completely and decided that the young man was an angel.
The rumor that a young male angel from heaven was staying at the shoemaker's house quickly spread throughout the village.
The townspeople, especially the ladies who liked men, came to see the young male angel.
The shoemaker's wife was in a bad mood.
The girls were also disappointed to see the angel wrapped in rags and standing there with his knees crossed.
아내
He's a handsome guy, but he's kind of a lazy bum who doesn't do much good.
아내
Since they don't have wings, you can't tell if they're real angels or fake.
It was true that he was a useless slacker.
The angel did nothing but eat.
Even though the shoemaker tried to teach him the trade, he was not very skilled and could not learn it easily. His only job and pleasure was playing with children.
The angel was faithfully serving as a guest at the shoemaker's shop.
However, the shoemaker couple did not complain because after the angel came, business improved little by little, so they received orders for shoes and thanks to that, they were able to buy a sheepskin coat that they had been thinking about buying but had not been able to.
And because they now have the luxury of eating salted meat.
The angel was cautious and ate little food, but he still gained weight like a young master of a wealthy family.
One day, the rich owner of the village really came to visit.
He was a man of impressively obese stature, incomparable to any fat angel, and he brought me some excellent leather I had never seen before and asked me to make him some beautiful boots.
부자
If you make a mistake, I will not forgive you.
After the rich man left arrogantly, the angel smiled brightly and seemed to be in a good mood.
When the shoemaker's wife asked the reason, the angel answered:
젊은 남자 / 천사
The man will go to the other world without even being able to wear the shoes he ordered.
젊은 남자 / 천사
My fellow angel was standing above that man earlier.
젊은 남자 / 천사
So, it would be better to stop ordering the boots and make shoes to wear on the way to the afterlife.
As they were talking, the rich man's servants came running with pale faces and said that their rich master had suddenly died and that they wanted them to make shoes for the deceased.
The wife was so happy that she thought to herself, "Oh, angels are truly amazing. They are so different from my foolish husband."
The angel didn't seem to dislike his wife's praising gaze that much, as he suddenly became more relaxed and confessed his secret.
He said that he had committed some wrongdoing and had been stripped of his wings and thrown naked to the ground.
And then...
What does man have, what does man lack, what does man live by?
He was given three questions and told that he could not return to heaven until he could solve them.
구두장수
What do humans have?
The shoemaker asked.
젊은 남자 / 천사
There is love. At first, my mother tried to kick me out, but when she opened her eyes to love, the death image she had initially created disappeared.
젊은 남자 / 천사
What humans lack is the power to know the future, especially their own death.
젊은 남자 / 천사
Unfortunately, I don't know the rest yet.
But not long after that, the entire region was struck by a great famine.
Not to mention the shoemaker, the villagers also had nothing to eat, so they ended up eating everything from spring seeds to rats and earthworms.
Still, many people starved to death.
Finally, something terrible happened.
It was a hideous practice of eating people who had fallen from hunger and disease.
Humans first ate livestock such as cows and sheep, then dogs and cats, and finally dead people.
But even the dead were running low, so they had to kill the living to get food.
First, the sick who did not have much time left were killed, and then the elderly.
And then humans entered the womb in the following order: men, children, and finally young women who could bear children.
The angel returned to heaven.
Then the shoemaker suddenly said this.
구두장수
You've been a slacker for a long time, eating your fill and getting fat, right?
구두장수
If you don't repay it enough, you will probably be scolded by God.
The woman, her eyes gleaming with obsession, grabbed the angel's arm and spoke.
아내
That's right. You might think that humans live off human flesh, but that's not true!
아내
As you well know, humans live by God. Angels are animals created from God's flesh, right?
아내
God has a duty to provide his own meat when humans are hungry.
The angel said in confusion.
젊은 남자 / 천사
I think I have shown my gratitude enough to my wife.
아내
Saying something bad in front of my husband...!
The wife cried out in despair, but her stupid husband didn't even notice.
구두장수
I still haven't received any reward.
The shoemaker said.
구두장수
There's a lot of talk about you in town. I can't send you back to heaven like this.
젊은 남자 / 천사
What do you plan to do with me?
"I need to become a good source of food."
젊은 남자 / 천사
yes..?
Before he knew it, a crowd of villagers had gathered around the shoemaker's house, waiting with their teeth bared and drooling.
Rumors beget rumors, and various rumors were circulating, such as that angel meat had the power to grant immortality, and that once you eat it, you will never be hungry again.
Finally, the hungry villagers rushed into the house, grabbed the angel, and threw him into a pot.
Even though it was cut off and cut off, the angel's body did not crumble.
At someone's suggestion, the angel was barely crushed into an angel soup by putting the cross together and breaking it.
It is said that those who ate it lived long enough to forget they were alive, including the foolish shoemaker.
A world ruined by each individual's greed and desires.
What do people live for?