The sixth in the ten-part Korean Folk Tales for Children series, The Snail Lady is about an evil king who steals the irresistably beautiful snail lady away from her husband, the farmer. The farmer then must defeat the king in a series of contests to get his wife back. This is followed by The Magic Vase, a story of a fisherman who finds a magical vase floating in the sea one day. Though it brings the fisherman good luck, it brings nothing but bad luck upon his greedy wife.
About the book
The sixth in the ten-part Korean Folk Tales for Children series, The Snail Lady is about an evil king who steals the irresistably beautiful snail lady away from her husband, the farmer. The farmer then must defeat the king in a series of contests to get his wife back. This is followed by The Magic Vase, a story of a fisherman who finds a magical vase floating in the sea one day. Though it brings the fisherman good luck, it brings nothing but bad luck upon his greedy wife.