韩国经典民间故事英语版：the magic moneybag

a korean folktale

long, long ago there was a young couple who lived in a small thatched hut in a gully. they were so poor that every day they had to cut two bundles of firewood and carry them to market on their backs.

one day, the young couple came back from the mountain carrying the firewood. they put one bundle in the courtyard and planned to sell it at the market the next day to buy rice. the other bundle they kept in the kitchen for their own use. when they woke up the following morning, the bundle in the courtyard had mysteriously disappeared. there was nothing to do but to sell the bundle which they had kept for themselves.

that same day, they cut another two bundles of firewood as usual. they put one bundle in the courtyard for market and kept the other bundle for their own use. but the following morning, the bundle in the courtyard had vanished again. the same thing happened on the third and fourth day as well, and the husband began to think there was something strange going on.

on the fifth day, he made a hollow in the bundle of firewood in the courtyard and hid himself inside it. from the outside it looked just the same as before. at midnight an enormous rope descended from the sky, attached itself to the bundle and lifted it up into the sky, with the woodcutter still inside it.

on his arrival in heaven, he saw a kindly looking, white-haired old man coming in his direction. the old man untied the bundle and when he found the man inside it, he asked, "other people only cut one bundle of firewood a day. why do you cut two?"

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律