Fabre in Sacheondangga Episode 149
Fire Carp 4
Hwa-eun and Seol’s sisters opened their eyes wide in surprise when he suddenly ran in and snatched the lantern and lowered it near the water.
But when they saw the strange sight of the lantern’s flame flowing across the water and being sucked into the tadpole’s mouth, the two shouted in surprise and disbelief.
“Fire is being sucked into the oligarch’s mouth!”
“The oligarchs eat fire!?”
The tadpole swallows the flames without paying attention to the two people screaming in surprise.
A thin flame was gushing through the rippling water and into the tadpole’s mouth.
There was a long scene of a tadpole sucking up flames that was unbelievable if you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes.
‘This is crazy!’
The incredible sight of a tadpole swallowing fire.
At that sight, it seemed as if sparks were flying from my eyes.
That would be the case, isn’t fire a man’s romance?
The color red symbolizes passion and fighting spirit, and things like fire, flames, and sparks are the embodiment of such symbols.
I don’t know what kind of baby it is, but if a tadpole swallows fire, it means that it eats fire. That means that when it grows up, it’s likely that it will become a frog or toad that can manipulate fire, so of course I couldn’t help but shiver.
In addition to being a symbol of manhood, this was also said to have the fire attribute.
‘How can you resist fire?’
And as the tadpole swallowed the flames, I realized that the nuns’ words, which I had thought were unimportant, were actually very important.
The reason for the story that when you go down from bathing, the oil in your lamp runs out and you suffer.
Maybe it’s because this guy was secretly sucking up the heat.
Originally, they would have had to eat fire like they do now, but it seems like the nuns would not have brought the lanterns close to the water, so they barely managed to survive by drawing heat from lanterns far away?
I had a vague idea why the guy had been stuck in this state for ten years without growing much.
If fire is food, it would not be easy to obtain in nature unless there is a volcanic area or forest fire, and for that reason, it would have the ability to eat a lot of fire and become an adult when given the opportunity.
Some desert toads can transform from tadpoles to toads in as little as ten days when it rains, and this guy probably has that feel to him.
‘What a poor fellow. He barely managed to get by? Or was he poor?’
That was when.
As I was looking with pity at the guy who was desperately swallowing the stream of fire, the stream of fire suddenly stopped.
Let’s quickly shine the lantern in the moonlight, and sure enough, all the oil in the lamp inside the lantern had disappeared.
“You must have been really hungry?”
“Have you run out of oil in your lamp?”
“Yes. Perhaps he was so hungry that he ate the fire in a hurry.”
“Oh my, that’s too bad.”
We are all people who love poison and beasts.
It was when Seol Nui and Hwa Eun were trying to gather branches to feed the guy.
“Should I bring some oil? Or should I light a big fire on the shore?”
“Shall we? Should we light a big fire?”
A tadpole that had swallowed all the fire swam toward me and began to crawl up the rock, writhing.
“Oh my! That kid is climbing up the rock!”
“Oh my, how cute. Is this a way of saying thank you for the food?”
“This guy can even climb rocks?”
I thought he knew how to swallow his complaints, but he actually has many talents.
As I was trying to remove the guy and put him back in the water, I felt a hand cling to his belly.
“What is this!?”
“why?”
“Why, Little Dragon?”
The two of them opened their eyes wide in surprise and asked why.
He answered their questions while caressing each other’s hands.
“My hand is stuck to my stomach.”
“You say it sticks? Then does that mean it got stuck to a rock and came here?”
The sight of the guy climbing the rock and the mention of his hands sticking to it made Hwa-eun wonder if the guy was in this pond because he had crawled up from somewhere, but the evidence of his belly being able to stick to something suggests that it was probably for another reason.
He explained, shaking his head.
“No. Maybe this kid’s parents carried him around.”
“Are you carrying me around?”
“You’re carrying it around?”
It may be a new concept to Seol and Hwa-eun, but amphibians have a wide variety of reproductive methods.
When the female Suriname toad, called the Pipa frog, lays her eggs, she tumbles in the water and attaches the eggs to her back. Her skin then grows and the baby toads are born as if they were emerging from a hole in her back.
The scene where little toads are born from holes in the back of a toad that sometimes appears in memes about trypophobia on the Internet is that very scene.
Also, in the Amazon’s golden poison dart frog, the male takes care of the eggs after the female lays them and disappears.
The male carries the hatched tadpoles on his back to stagnant water during the rainy season until the tadpoles develop into frogs.
Since poison dart frogs are very small frogs, they lay their eggs in places like standing water on the leaves of plants to avoid predators. But because the water may dry up, the frogs carry their babies by carrying them on their backs.
Because it is a tropical region, water evaporates quickly.
“Then where did this child’s father or mother go?”
“Well, if they have the habit of being carried around, their parents should take care of them until they become frogs or toads…” Judging from the fact that they were left in this condition, it’s likely that both their parents died on a typhoon day.”
“It’s so bad… I need to eat a filling meal today.”
When the guy who keeps trying to crawl out of the water is pushed into the water, Hwa-eun and Seol try to move while looking for a branch.
I stopped them both for a moment.
“Just a moment. Let’s stop feeding them here for today.”
“Why? I haven’t had a proper meal in ten years.”
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“That’s right! Poor Yong-ah. Let’s feed him some more.”
The two of them were making a fuss about the little guy, but if he ended up sticking out his hind legs after eating too much today, they might not be able to take him home.
“Some frogs and toads can grow to adulthood in just a few days if they eat enough food. If they grow too much, you might not be able to take them from the Botaam.”
That would be the case, since if it were a frog it wouldn’t matter, but if it were a toad, it would be considered a great spirit in Buddhism.
“Ah, if it’s Seomseo, then definitely···.”
In Buddhism, toads are considered spiritual beings even though they are not actually spiritual beings.
It is said that while toads are in the water, they act freely like fish, but when they come up to land and appear before people, they assume human responsibilities and obligations. In Buddhism, toads are also depicted as guardian deities of the law who protect Buddhist law.
Is that all?
The toad is a symbol of wealth and fortune, as in “tojeon-geup-in (吐錢給人)”, which means to spit out money and give it to others.
So, if it was known that the guy was a toad, it would not be easy for Botaam to give him up.
Even though the princess asked to hand it over, the ownership belongs to Botaam.
“Ah···. Well, the spirit is in Yeongbong···.”
“Yes. Even monks can be greedy.”
“Well… if this child is a toad, even the temple won’t be able to give it up.”
Hwa-eun and Seol nod their heads to my words.
He said this while patting the head of the guy who kept climbing up the rock as if asking to be taken out of the water.
“Just bear with it for a day or two. I’ll take you there soon. I’ll feed you plenty of food then. Got it?”
Then the guy went into the water, stuck his head out, stared at me, then turned his head and disappeared into the water.
“I assume you understand?”
“I guess that’s because it’s a spirit.”
“Dragon, we have to rescue that guy quickly.”
“I guess that’s how it should be.”
As we all decided to rescue the creature that had barely managed to keep its mouth shut for ten years, the sun began to rise on the distant eastern horizon.
***
“Hwari, we will take you as soon as the ship is ready.”
As soon as it was light in the morning, we went to Geom-hu and told him about our decision to take Hwa-ri away immediately.
Then, Geom-hu nodded to our words, saying that he had been thinking of giving it to us from the beginning.
“Yes, since Ji-ryeon promised, of course I should give it to her. Then how are you planning on taking her?”
“First of all, our ship is at the largest island in the Jusan Archipelago, so one of us will go and tow the ship back. Would you allow us to dock at the dock?”
First, our plan is to bring the ship near the dock.
Using a water gun to transport water in a leather pouch to a boat, like a fire helicopter.
When asked if it was okay to dock the ship, Geom-hu nodded readily.
But there was a condition attached.
“Yes, but don’t let the men go up to the island. I’m worried that the disciples will get caught up in the men.”
I wondered why they didn’t allow men to come to this island, but I got the feeling they did it because they were afraid the nuns would get excited at the sight of the men.
Of course, in my previous life, when I went to a girls’ high school to bring an umbrella for the older sister living next door, the older sisters made a huge fuss.
There was even an older sister who kept shouting, ‘It’s a man! A man has come!’
‘I was really surprised at that time.’
“Okay. Oh, and I need to get some water from Yeongbong’s Wolyeongyeon. Can I have my daughters get off the boat and go up to Yeongbong?”
The boat issue has been resolved, the next thing to do is to get permission to climb the summit.
When I asked him about it, Geom-hu looked like he didn’t understand what I was saying.
“Your daughter? As long as she’s not a boy, that’s fine. But would it be helpful if it were your daughter? How old is she?”
Because at my age, if it were my daughter, she would probably still be a baby.
“Oh, I’m young, but I’m not human, so it’s okay.”
“You’re not human?”
“Yes, it’s not a human, it’s Wukong. I should tell him a story so that my disciples won’t be surprised.”
“Oh, Goku? Goku is your daughter?”
“Yes, it’s about twenty characters long, and it flies in the sky.”
“Th, what is that?”
As the question was repeated, I explained it in more detail, but somehow, Geom-hoo kept blinking with an expression that showed even more incomprehension than the first time.
***
My sister called a ferry and headed towards the boat we had brought, and we hurriedly prepared to go there.
First, a large water container borrowed from Botaam was installed on the dock, and with the help of the Botaam nuns, water was brought in.
It was said that when the first light comes, water is brought down, but Geom-hu said that he had his disciples bring water instead while practicing.
“Do you like the water of Wolyeongyeon and want to take some?”
“Yes? Yes. What.”
We kept it a secret for now that we were planning to take Wolyoung with us.
Geom-hu also knew that his disciples liked Wol-yeong, so he told them at the last minute and told them to take her quickly.
So we filled the water jug with water and waited. Around lunchtime, our boat approached from afar.
A squid flew powerfully from the bow and quickly flew towards us.
It seems like it was hard to wait as I hadn’t seen you in a few days.
Tied to the guy’s body was a leather pouch that I had asked him to prepare in advance.
-Tsrrrr!
‘Yeah, I missed you too, Dad. Come over there, quickly.’
-Tsur?
I told him to fly towards Yeongbong, but he tilted his head at the word ‘dad’ that I had conveyed to him in my mind and checked my clothes.
He explained again, flinching.
‘Hey, I couldn’t borrow your mom’s clothes because they said only women are allowed in here.’
After explaining to Cho again why I was wearing women’s clothes and arriving at Yeongbong Peak, Wolyeong was waiting for me at the water’s edge, probably because she realized it was time for me to leave since I had brought water earlier.
“Hey, Choya. This is Wolyoung. New sister? New brother? Anyway, she’s older than you, so you have to treat her well.”
-Tsur.
Although Wolyeong looks younger, Wolyeong is actually one year older than her tenth birthday.
As the tadpole and the grass looked at each other as if they were really greeting each other, Wolyeong was put into a leather pouch along with water.
“Okay, let’s go!”
And quickly moved to the dock.
However, my plan to quickly return and make Wolyeong an adult was put on hold as soon as I arrived at the dock.
“Boohoo···. Wolyoung···.”
“Master, you are giving me Wolyeong.”
“Sob···.”
There was loud wailing on the dock, perhaps because of a portrait.
As expected, it seems like the reason is because I wanted to take Wolyeong.
It was natural to shed tears of regret when sending off a puppy that he had originally raised, so he looked at his young disciples crying and whining in front of the dock with an embarrassed expression.
The older disciples didn’t mind, but the younger disciples were probably upset because Wol-yeong was going to another house.
“What is this?”
As I got off the dock and looked towards Geomhu with a bewildered expression, Seol Nui quickly came running.
Seol’s sister whispered in my ear.
[It’s okay for something like this to happen? Do something about it.]
‘Ha, this is a last resort···.’
I prepared myself mentally and whispered in my sister’s ear.
[Sister Seol, please say this.]
[how?]
[This guy is called a ‘male’.]
[!]
Sister Seol opened her eyes wide at my words.
Sister Seol then looked at the inspector and spoke.
“Hey, everyone. Lady Soeun Dang says that there is a reason why she has to take this child.”
Then a question is heard.
“Why on earth do I have to take Wolyoung with me!?”
“that’s right!”
“Why are you taking me!?”
In response to that question, Seol-nu stammered and explained.
“This guy is a ‘male.’ I heard that even animals can’t climb Yeongbong Peak.”
Then the young nuns had a dumbfounded expression.
One of the nuns asked with an expression of disbelief.
“How can you believe that!”
“that’s right!”
If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you human nature.
He took out Wolyeong, stuck out her belly, and told Seol to explain.
[From now on, I will show you whether it is male or female. Please tell me.]
[What!?]
What can I do if they don’t believe me?
Then I have no choice but to reveal it.
“Okay. They say they’re going to show you from now on. Whether it’s a male or a female.”
“What!? You’re going to show me!? What, what!? Gyaaaah!”
“Gyaaaahhhh!”
I really wanted to make sure they were being properly informed, but when the monks heard Sister Seol’s explanation, they screamed and ran away from the dock in a panic.
And Seol, who was watching that scene, asked with a bewildered expression.
“That’s how it was done? But is it true? Is this guy a male?”
If I could tell whether a tadpole was male or female when it was a baby, I would have made a lot of money in my past life.
He answered with a smile.
“well?”
