Ribald Clasic: Brief Tales From Korea
April, 1985
Two Interesting LiesOnce there was a minister who delighted in clever lies, and he announced that any man who could tell him two truly interesting lies could marry his beautiful daughter. So it was that all the best liars came to his house with their tales. But he was never satisfied with both lies, and his daughter remained unwon and unwed.One day, a young man from the north came to the house and tried his luck. "You should go out and dig a huge pit under the main street of Seoul," he...
