"Always, Yong Tu, there have been poets and scholars in our family," said Halmoni. "They were true masters of wisdom who won high office at court."
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Yong Tu admired the tall hats, made of fine horsehair, which his father and uncles wore inside as well as outside the house.
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40 |
Ancient Korean warriors swallowed medicines made of powdered tiger bones to give them more strength and courage.
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72 |
Sim Chung's face was as smooth as a piece of ivory carving. Her brows had the curves of a butterfly's wings.
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80 |
Yong Tu and his cousins were getting ready to take part in the New Year kite-flying contest.
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96 |
The seesaw was in constant motion during the New Year holidays. The girls, standing upright upon it, were tossed higher and higher into the air
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112 |
The girls were playing blindman's buff in the Garden of Green Gems.
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The mourners they knew went about crying, "Ai-go! Ai-go!"—they did not look as though they would ever wish to sing again.
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It was a splendid fair, with clowns and dancers who ran along straw ropes high up in the air.
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The Emperor gave Yo a post at his court and the right to wear a peacock feather in his hat.
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Ok Cha's mother threw over her head a long, bright green silken coat for her walks outside the bamboo gate.
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Yong Tu missed his good games out in the courtyard. He was just learning to kick the shuttlecock with the side of his foot.
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208 |
Ok Cha seldom had a turn now on the swing in the Inner Court.
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224 |
The mare smelled the tiger's skin and galloped away.
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Ok Cha's favorite war story was about Nonga, the singing girl, who danced the Japanese General into the deep river.
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