Two Rice Sheaves Under the Moonlight

Long ago in Yesan, two brothers lived. The older brother was Yiseongman, and the younger was Yisun. In autumn they harvested the rice, and each stacked up his own share. That night the older brother thought: My little brother has just started his own household, so his life must be harder than mine. So he shouldered his own rice bundles and quietly carried them to his brother's yard. That same night the younger brother thought too: My older brother has a big family, so his life must be harder than mine. So he shouldered his own rice bundles and quietly carried them to his brother's yard. The next morning both were puzzled. They had carried so much last night, yet their own piles were just the same. It was the same the next night, and the night after that. A few nights later, the two met in the middle of the road. Each was carrying rice bundles. This is not a made-up story. Yiseongman and Yisun were real people. A stone monument the country raised to honor the two still stands in Yesan today. The person you will meet today is the younger brother, Yisun. The older brother is not seen all day, and appears only at the very last place. The younger brother has one habit. When he is caught, he makes it into something that never happened. He says he never did it, never went there, never said such a thing.