The Boy Who Fed On Nightmares
"The boy woke up from another awful nightmare.
Bad memories from the past
that he wanted to erase from his head
were played in his dreams every night
and haunted him nonstop.
Years went by,
and the boy became an adult.
He no longer had nightmares.
But for some strange reasons,
he wasn't happy at all.
One night, a blood moon
filled the night sky,
and the witch finally showed up again
to take what he had promised
in return for granting his wish.
And he shouted at her
with so much resentment.
'All my bad memories are gone. But why...
Why can't I become happy?'
Then the witch took his soul
as they had promised
and told him this.
'Hurtful, painful memories.
Memories of deep regrets.
Memories of hurting others and being hurt.
Memories of being abandoned.
Only those with such memories
buried in their hearts
can become stronger, more passionate,
and emotionally flexible.
And only those can attain happiness."
So don't forget any of it.
Remember it all and overcome it,
you'll always be a kid
whose soul never grows.
The Lady In Red Shoes
The little girl wore her red shoes everywhere she went,
even to a God-fearing church.
Once you wear those shoes,
your feet starting on their own.
And you can never stop dancing
or take off those shoes.
But even so,
the little girl never gave up on those red shoes.
In the end, the executioner
had to cut off her feet.
But the two feet that got cut off,
still continued to dance in those red shoes.
Some things can't be torn apart
no matter how hard you try to do so
That is why
obsession is noble and beautiful.
Zombie Kid
"A baby boy was born in a small village.
He had pale skin
and large eyes.
While raising the boy,
his mother naturally came to the realization
that he had no feelings whatsoever.
All he had was the desire to eat, like a zombie.
So his mother locked him up
in the basement,
so that the villagers wouldn't see him.
And every night, she stole livestock
from her neighbors to feed him.
That's how she raised him in secret.
One night she'd steal a chicken.
The next day, she'd steal a pig.
A number of years passed like that.
Then one day, an epidemic broke out.
It left the remaining animals dead,
and it also killed many people.
Those who survived the epidemic
left the village.
But the mother
couldn't leave her son all alone.
And to appease her son crying of hunger,
she cut off one leg of hers
and gave it to him.
After that, it was her arm.
She gave him all her limbs.
When she was left
with nothing but her torso,
she embraced her son for the last time
to let him devour what was left of her."
With his both arms,
the boy tightly held his mother's torso,
and spoke for the first time in his life.
Mom. You're... so warm.
Rapunzel And The Cursed Castle
A long time ago, deep inside the forest,
there lived a little girl
in a cursed castle.
The little girl's mother
always told her daughter
that she's too special
to live among everyone else
outside the castle.
The mother told her daughter
that she must live inside the castle.
However, the little girl
felt like she was imprisoned.
So she prayed to the moon every day.
"Please... send me a handsome prince
who can save me from here."
"Will he come today?
Will he come tomorrow?"
The little girl
waited every day
for her prince to show up.
Sleeping Witch
Every encounter we've had was awfully dramatic,
being an inch away from death.
And every moment we crossed paths,
we surprised each other.
"A needle on spinning wheel will kill her."
Don't look up at the stars in the beautiful night sky.
Look down at your feet that are stuck in a filthy sewer.
The moment you realize that and accept your reality...
You'll be happy.
"This is who I am,
and you are who you are."
Bluebeard's Secret
Once upon a time,
a count with blue beard
live alone in a huge castle.
He was very wealthy,
but everyone avoided him out of fear
because of his bluebeard.
But one day,
a poor woman came to the castle
and said that she wanted to be his bride.
Brimming with joy,
bluebeard brought out all the jewels
and treasures from each room
and gave them to his wife as a gift.
However, there was an exception.
The room in the basement.
He wanted her to never go into that room.
But his curious wife
eventually opened the secret door
without telling her husband.
Do you know what was in that room?
Corpses of women
were displayed on the walls.
They were the wives of Bluebeard
who had ignored his warning
and opened that door.
That's how they all ended up.
The Cheerful Dog
Once upon a time,
there lived a dog that was
very good at hiding his emotions.
The dog was tied beneath a shade of tree.
He always wagged his tail and acted cute.
So he got the name, "The Cheerful Dog",
because he was as cheerful as spring time.
The dog always had lots of fun
with the village kids during the day.
But every night,
he'd moan and whine
when no one was around.
That's because
he wanted to cut off the leash
and freely run around
out in the spring field.
However, he couldn't.
And that's why he cried every night.
Every single night.
One day,
a voice inside him asked the Cheerful Dog.
"Hey, why don't you just cut off the leash
and run away?"
And this is what the Cheerful Dog said...
"I've been tied up for way too long.
So I forgot how to cut myself free."
Beauty And The Beast
The Beast lives alone
in the castle because of a curse.
He holds a lady named Belle hostage
in the castle
and grooms this victim of his.
The Beast is usually selfish
and harsh on Belle.
So doing something nice
once in a blue moon
and gazing at her
with a faint smile on his face
was enough to move the naive lady, Belle.
The Beast is lonely.
I should embrace him with my love.
Only I can change him.
The King Has Donkey Ears
The guy goes into the bamboo forest
and shouts,
"The king has donkey ears!"
If you keep a secret to yourself,
you ended up getting frustrated.
You need to tell someone
in order to relieve your stress.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The shepherd boy lied all the time.
The boy repeatedly lied to the villagers,
that a real wolf showed up.
Do you know why the boy
tricked the villagers like that?
Because he was lonely.
He did that because he was so lonely,
all by himself in the mountains.
The shepherd boy
lied because he was lonely.
But when a wolf actually appeared,
no one came to help him.
Had even just one person,
believed him and came to help him,
the boy wouldn't have died.
The Ugly Duckling
The other ducks are mean
to the ugly duckling.
They bully him
because he looks different from them.
So he gets really lonely,
What do you think would've happened
if the mother duck gave lots of love
to the ugly duckling?
Then it wouldn't have left.
If the adult embraces the kids,
the ducks and swans
can get along
and live together just fine.
Romeo And Juliet
If someone shows up when you need them,
you call that destiny.
We look like Romeo and Juliet.
You're right. The ill-fated mortal enemies,
who should've never crossed paths.
No, they were meant to be. It was fate.
It was tragic fate.
A Tale Of Two Sisters
I hated the father in the story.
Even though his daughters
were abused by their stepmother
and were on the verge of death,
he turned a blind eye to all of it.
Those two sisters
were practically killed by their father.
The one who neglects
and turns a blind eye to the abuse
is worse than the abuser.
The Hand, The Monkfish
"Once upon a time
a beautiful baby girl
was born into a wealthy family.
She was as beautiful
and flawless as magnolias.
Her mother loved her so much
that she pledged she'd do anything
for her baby.
She said she would even present to her
the sun and the moon.
When the baby started eating solid foods,
her mother was thrilled.
'My sweet child.
I will feed you
everything you want to eat.
Open your mouth wide.
When the baby started walking,
her mother ran hurriedly to where she was.'
'My sweet child.
I will carry you.
Come on. Hop on my back.'
After raising the baby
by always providing her
with everything she needed,
the mother said this.
'My beloved child.
I need some rest now.
Can you
get me some food?'
Then the child spoke.
'Mom, I have no hands.
I never used them,
so they've vanished.'
'Then my sweet child,
can you carry me on your back?
My legs hurt.' Then the child said this.
'Mom, I have no feet
so I've never even stepped on the ground.
But instead, I have a huge mouth.'
And she opened her humongous mouth.
Then the mother shouted in anger.
'You weren't my perfect baby after all.
You're like a useless monkfish.
All you can do is eat what I feed you.
You can't do anything on your own.
You're an utter failure.'
Then the mother threw the baby
into faraway sea.
Ever since that day,
it's been said that fisherman can hear
a baby's cry on spooky, windy days,
out on the sea.
'Mom. What did I do wrong?
Please... please...
come and get me.
Please... please...
come back and get me.'"
A Tale Of Two Brothers
A long time ago...
There lived two poor brothers
who cared for each other very much.
One day, it was the harvest season,
so they both harvested rice.
The older brother was worried
his little brother might run out of rice,
so he secretly carried
a sack of rice at night
and left it in front of
his little brother's house.
The same day, the little brother
also carried a sack of rice
and put it in front of
his older brother's house
thinking that his older brother might
need more due to his big family.
When they woke up the next day,
they both noticed that they still had
the same amount of rice as before.
The two brothers thought
it was strange.
So they did the same thing that night
and left a sack of rice
in front of each other's house.
And that continued for days.
"Siblings who care a lot about each other
should live together so they won't
end up doing pointless work."
Finding The Real Face
Once upon a time
in a castle in the deep forest,
there lived three people
who had their real faces stolen
by the Shadow Witch.
The boy wore a mask with an awkward smile.
Then there was the princess
who was loud but all empty inside,
and there was also a man
who was trapped inside a box.
They couldn't make any facial expressions
because their faces were stolen from them.
"They had no way of understanding
each other's feelings,
so they always misunderstood one another
and fought."
Once upon a time
in a castle in the deep forest,
there lived three people
who had their real faces stolen
by the Shadow Witch.
"The Box Man spoke.
'If we want to stop fighting
and find happiness,
we must retrieve our stolen faces.'"
"So they hopped in the camping car
and began their journey
to find their faces.
Then one day, they ran into a mother fox
who was bawling, curled up on the snow."
"The Masked Boy asked the mother fox.
'Ma'am why do you keep crying?'"
"'Oh, I came out here to find some food
but dropped my baby
whom I was carrying on my back
somewhere in the snow.'"
"The mother fox's tears had run dry.
She wailed while beating her chest.
When the Masked Boy saw that,
warm tears started gushing from his eyes."
"Then the snow began to melt quickly,
and the baby fox, who was frozen
under the snow, soon appeared."
"The three of them resumed their journey.
Soon, they ran into a clown.
Who was dancing naked
in a field of thorny flowers.
The Emotionless Princess asked,
'Why are you dancing with all your might,
knowing you'll be pricked by the thorns?'
'I feel that this is the only way
to make people look at me.
But it hurts,
and no one's looking at me.' He answered.
Then the Emotionless Princess
walked into the field of thorny flowers
and started dancing with the clown.
'I'm an empty can, so I won't be hurt
even if I get pricked by the thorns.'
When she began hopping and dancing,
loud clanking noise echoed
from her empty torso.
And upon hearing those sounds,
people began to flock to where they were.
The crowd watched their dance
and applauded them.
"That moment-- That moment-- That moment...
There are many things you can learn on the road.
It'll be exhausting, but it'll be fun.
When you run away,
you go to a faraway place to never return.
But a trip is going somewhere far
with the intention of returning eventually.
They began a new journey
to find their stolen faces,
and the Evil Shadow Witch appeared
in front of them once again.
She kidnapped the Masked Boy,
who shed tears on behalf of the mother fox,
as well as the Emotionless Princess
who danced with the clown."
"'The two of you will never be able
to find your happy faces.'
After putting such a curse on them,
she locked them in a deep,
dark mole tunnel. "The Box Man found
the mole tunnel
a few days later,
but the entrance was so narrow
that he couldn't go in."
What do I do?
I need to take this box off my head
in order to go into the tunnel.'"
"That moment,
the Masked Boy's voice
reached him from inside the tunnel."
"'Mister don't worry about us.
Just run far away.
The Shadow Witch will return soon.'"
"However, the Box Man mustered up
the courage to take the box off his head.
Then he went inside the tunnel
and saved the Masked Boy
and the Emotionless Princess.
Upon getting out of the dark tunnel,
the two of them saw the man's face
covered with dirt and grime
instead of the box
and burst out laughing.
They laughed and giggled.
While laughing uncontrollably,
the Masked Boy's mask suddenly fell off."
"The can surrounding the Emotionless Princess' torso
also fell off and made a clanking chains."
"The Box Man,
now out of his box,
said this when he saw
the two of them finding their
true faces while laughing."
"Happy." He's Happy. I'm happy.
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