The Blind Man’s Daughter
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This delightful tale comes from Korea. It tells the story of Shimchung, who loved her blind father so much that she was willing to sacrifice all for him. We love the delicate Eastern images - the lotus blossom in particular - and we hope you will too.
Bertie has adapted our text from various versions - and you can read more about the background to this traditional story here.
Proofread by Claire Deakin.
Read by Natasha. Duration 14.15
Many years ago there lived a poor blind man called Shim. He and his wife were childless, and never a day went past when the couple did not pray to the spirits for the blessing of a child. It was only after many years that their prayers were granted, and Shim’s wife gave birth to a beautiful daughter whom they named Shimchong. But sadly, the mother died soon after giving birth, and poor blind Shim was left to bring up the child alone, as best he could.
The years went by, and Shimchong grew into a beautiful young woman, devoted to her father.
One day, Old man Shim was walking out alone when he fell into a deep ditch that brought water to the fields. Every time he tried to scramble out, he slid back again into the mud. He had started to think that he would die in that ditch, and he was bemoaning his fate when he heard a voice speak to him from above.
“Old man,” said the voice, “We have heard you complain many times about your blindness. If you will give 300 sacks of rice to the temple as an offering to Lord Buddha, then we monks will pray for you to be able to see once again.”
The old man cried out, “Good monks! Only save me now and return me safely to my daughter, and I will gladly offer you whatever you ask to give to Lord Buddha!”
No sooner had he spoken, than he felt gentle but firm hands lift him up and out of the ditch – to the blind old man it seemed that those hands had reached down from heaven itself. Shim was so grateful for his rescue that he thanked the monks again and again, and swore that he would bring the 300 sacks of rice to the temple.
It was not until later, when he was already home and dry, that he realised that he had no chance of keeping his promise to the monks.
“Oh Shimchong,” he said to his daughter, “What shall I do? We are so poor that I could not offer three bowls of rice, let alone 300 sacks. Now what a terrible fate will befall us? I have offended Lord Buddha himself!”
Father and daughter both began to weep, for neither of them could think of any way to pay their debt to the temple. That night, as Shimchong lay awake, unable to sleep, her mother appeared to her and said, “Go down to the harbour tomorrow. There you will find a merchant looking for a young girl. Go with him, and he will provide the 300 sacks of rice.”
It so happened that the Dragon King of the East Sea was angry with a rich merchant, and he had sent storms to sink the merchant’s ships on the way to China. After losing ship after ship in this way, the merchant had consulted the high priest of the Dragon King’s temple, who told the merchant that he must take a beautiful young maiden out to sea and sacrifice her to the Dragon King.
The merchant offered a great quantity of gold to any family that would give up their daughter to the Dragon King of the East Sea – but none would enter into such a terrible deal. Then Shimchong appeared at the harbour, and she went to the merchant and offered herself in return for 300 sacks of rice to be sent to her father. The merchant could not believe his luck. 300 sacks of rice was nothing to him – a low price indeed!
Although the merchant sent 300 sacks of rice to the temple, and the monks did indeed pray for the return old man Shim’s sight, nothing happened. Now not only was he poor and blind, but he had lost his daughter too – he was utterly alone.
Shimchong boarded the merchant’s ship, and the ship put out to sea. At first the waters were calm, but then the Dragon King began to thrash his tail and the waves started to toss the ship to-and-fro.
The merchant told Shimchong to put on her brightly coloured wedding dress, and then he brought her out of the hold and up onto the deck. Shimchong quietly said a prayer, and then leaped over the side of the ship and into the waves. As soon as she had disappeared the violent sea grew calm again. The sailors wept because they had never seen a girl at once so beautiful and so brave.
Shimchong sank deeper and deeper into the icy cold sea. When she opened her eyes she was surrounded by bright fish of every colour and shape, and they lead her to the palace of the Dragon King of the East Sea. There she lived, happily at first, but it was not long before she began to miss her father deeply, and she began to look sad, and sometimes there were tears in her eyes.
At last, the Dragon King could no longer bear to see the lovely girl looking so sad. Her devotion to her father touched his heart, and as a reward for her goodness, he sent her back to the world above, only first he transformed her into a lotus flower.
A fisherman found the giant lotus blossom in the mouth of a river, and he was so overcome by its beauty, that he decided to make it a gift to the king of the land above. His queen had recently died, and he was in deep mourning. When he saw the flower, his eyes lit up in wonder. He thanked the fisherman with gold, and set the flower up in his room, and every time he felt sad, he stood and looked at it, admiring its beauty.
What he did not know was that each night, when the palace was asleep, Shimchong would come out of the blossom and walk through the many beautiful chambers and halls, and at first light, she would merge back into the flower.
One night, the king could not sleep so he got out of bed and drew the blinds to let the moonlight into his room. He turned around and was amazed to see the most beautiful woman he had ever beheld.
“Who are you?” He asked, “Are you a spirit?”
The girl tried to merge back into the lotus blossom, but it had vanished. She could not say who she was, for surely the king would not believe her story. The king could not help but fall in love with her, and she was moved that so powerful a man could be so gentle and so sincere.
Not long after, they were married, and on their wedding day he said to her, “My blossom. Now you are my Queen. Anything you wish, I shall grant. All you have to do is tell me your desire.”
Shimchong replied, “There is only one thing I wish for. Let there be a great banquet to celebrate our marriage, and may all the blind men of the kingdom be invited to dine with us.”
His bride’s wish was strange and unexpected, but the king gladly granted it. They held a banquet, and blind beggar men came from all four corners of the land to feast at the table of the king. The new queen watched from behind the silk curtains, hoping to catch sight of her father. Though hundreds and hundreds of blind men came into the banqueting hall – not one was her father.
The queen had given up all hope of seeing him. “He must have died of grief when I went away,” she thought sadly to herself. But one of the king’s kindest and most faithful stewards called out, “Do not close the doors for there is one more beggar for the banquet.”
An old man entered the hall, leaning on one shoulder of the steward. His clothes were ragged, he was covered with dust from the journey, and he was so weak he could hardly walk.
Shimchong came out from behind the curtain and held his hand. “Father,” she said, “It is I.”
When the old man heard that familiar and much loved voice of his daughter, he opened his eyes and could see.
And that was the story of the Blind Man’s Daughter.
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What a nice surprise!
Hello, this is Julie from Korea. I’ve known this site from the morning Newspaper this morning and just wanted to look around and visited. I just clicked on first story. What a nice surprise! This story is from Korea!! This story is our old tale. I enjoyed a lot. Thank you very much. Julie, from South Korea
Julie — November 17, 2008
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Hi Julie
That’s a very happy coincidence. Welcome to Storynory Korea !
Bertie — November 17, 2008
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Hi..i’ve been your reader and listener since 2007. I always luv your tales. I’m from indonesia and trying to write tales too, in my language of course. I put your link in my site, is that ok? Tx
Rachma — November 17, 2008
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Dear Rachma
Many thanks for being such a loyal listener and reader. We are delighted if you link to us. Good luck with your writing.
Bertie — November 17, 2008
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Dear Bertie,
Why does my story stop part way through because of buffering? It starts and stops (for a long time) and then starts again. It does this several times and I usually give up and try another story. I really like your stories and would like to know how to fix this problem.
It’s been happening on the most recent stories.Thank you
HannahAnonymous — November 17, 2008
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Sorry Hannah, it will just be a block in the internet somewhere between us and you. I think if you try later it should be ok. But if the problem continues, please try using iTunes to download the latest stories – see top of left sidebar.
Bertie — November 17, 2008
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[…] Last weekend our kids’ podcast, Storynory, published an audio-story from Korea called “The Blind Man’s Daughter”. Unkown to us, Storynory was at the same time written up in Chosen, one of Korea’s leading […]
Storynory in Korea - Blog Relations — November 18, 2008
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Thanks for this wonderful site. I found it very user friendly and enriching for kids and parents alike. Good luck.
Rajesh — November 19, 2008
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I enjoyed this story. It was very different to other stories I have read because it was from Korea. I liked the characters and enjoyed the happy ending.
John — November 20, 2008
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I lick this story because it is long and it has very very good key words.
Anjali 3C — November 20, 2008
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The story was great but it was very long .
Ashleigh — November 20, 2008
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The story is happy at the beginning, sad in the middle and happy at the end. The characters are the Mum, Dad, Daughter, King and the Sea God. The main characters are the Dad and the Daughter. I think it was a good story because it told me something about Korea.
Freya — November 20, 2008
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I loved the story.
Emily — November 20, 2008
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hellow bertie.
I am korean little students.
i love storynory.
When i am into to storynory, i am surprise.That is korean story.
And i like that story.
Please upload another funny stories.
Have a good time!eunsan — November 20, 2008
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This story is verey sad.
Natalie Law 3B — November 21, 2008
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That was the longest story ive ever heard but i like it!
Emily Tarr 3R — November 21, 2008
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I really liked that story Bertie
It was gr8 !!!!!Alysha Tarr 4M — November 21, 2008
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Dear everyone, This is an ancient story from Korea and I really enjoyed listening to the story.It was sad in the middle and happy in the end.Shimchong teaches us that we have to love our parents. From Soumyadeep
Soumyadeep 3W — November 22, 2008
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This story is great!
Leilani — November 22, 2008
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I liked this story because it was fun to listen to
Ella 3c — November 22, 2008
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I am Kathryn from Hong Kong. It seemed like a
sad story but the end was gratkathryn p. — November 22, 2008
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I like this story beacaus it is intresting
aditya — November 22, 2008
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I think the story was intresting.
I like the part when all the blind men came for the banquet because it was cool how inspite of being blind they came all the way.Aditya 3C — November 22, 2008
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I have learned that Katie was sad because Isis didnt invite her to her party. Then Katie got so angry that she removed her nose. I felt bad that Katie fought about that.
Edward — November 22, 2008
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That’s awesome story!
Julie, I am from South Korea, too.
??!Yeh-Jun — November 23, 2008
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I like the part when the girl Shim chong spoke to his father shim,he opend his eyes.
alex — November 23, 2008
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I really liked this story a lot. The ending was very nice, I’m glad she found her father in the end. 🙂
Andrew — November 23, 2008
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Hello i think that the story was to lovey fore me.
Eddie — November 23, 2008
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I liked the story a little bit.
Ashley
Anonymous — November 23, 2008
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The story was sad in the beginning but happy at the end.
Kevin — November 23, 2008
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I am InSeo and I’m from seoul in korea too.And I know this old story. I like this story very much.
In Seo — November 25, 2008
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Hi Bertie your story’s are great! I think you are the best author in the whole wide world for me!Oh!And my cousins too! They all think your story’s are cool! My favorite story you did is “The Blind Man’s Daughter” Oh sorry if I put the tittle incorrect.
Alysian — November 26, 2008
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wonderful story
dee — November 26, 2008
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I love this story! This is a great story! This is so touching! i would be sad too if my dad was blind and we were poor and my mom died! I loved this story I love the ending!
amy — December 2, 2008
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i am writing this story down on a paper
jasmin — December 4, 2008
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i love this story and this website
jasmine — December 4, 2008
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it was really beautiful story.the daughter loved her father so much that she could even sacrifice herself.nowadays some people forget to respect to theire parents.they dont remember what hardships their parents bear untill they grow up.one day their childs will behave them in the same way that they behaved their parents.
mohammad — December 4, 2008
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I love this story! It’s sad at first, but it turns into a beautiful fairytale . . . I just love it! And, do you think you could add a picture of Shimchong? I just want to really see what she looks like. 🙂
Kami — December 5, 2008
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hi iam jessica i really liked this story but theres one thing boring about it . the middle part its so boring because its about dragons
jessica — December 5, 2008
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aswemo story hope to see the 2 nd one i love story nory babbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyy
luis — December 6, 2008
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i m from rajasthan (india)….
this stroy is so sweet…with great emotions..
i enjoyed very much..
thanx 2 autherRaj — December 21, 2008
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Ops,I think the girl in this tale is very similiar to janggeume.Isn’t she?I love korean tales and as you know some directors have produced several movies based on these real stories like Jumong or Jewel in palace.Please insert some more korean tales.thank you.and………..why so serious?
Joker(Iranian) — December 27, 2008
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I thought it was very touching the bit where the blind man’s daughter came out of the lily. I would like to know what the king’s name was. I listened to it about two times. Love from Phoebe. Bye bye.
Phoebe — December 28, 2008
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i like this story
halo 3 — March 11, 2009
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Bertie,can I ask you something?
At last,they said that Shimchong’s father ‘opened his eyes’,does that mean that he recovered his sight?
Please answer my question.Crystal — March 20, 2009
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HI Crystal, yes, Shimchong’s father did recover his sight.
Bertie — March 20, 2009
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very good story^^ A+
frankie — March 21, 2009
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A+ good story^^”””
frankie — March 21, 2009
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hello
it’s very thouching story.
i like it
and i’m from korea.kyungeun — March 30, 2009
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Iloved it
it was like a dreamsasha doytcheva — May 4, 2009
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touching 🙂
Eva — May 28, 2009
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i loved the story!
lucy — September 18, 2009
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the story was pretty and nice
ada — September 18, 2009
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simple,boring and long
kareem — October 10, 2009
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great story post more stories please:)
seema — October 11, 2009
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thanks for posting up such a beautiful story. I loved reading it!
sam — November 21, 2009
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Thank you Sam. This is definitely one of the most beautiful stories.
Bertie — November 21, 2009
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I loved the story!
Jordan — January 2, 2010
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it was so interesting and impressive..
oh well gotta go~hailey — January 3, 2010
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hello.my name is Jonalyn from Philippines currently living south Korea I felt happy and confident.all stories are helpful to improve my English as the same time I enjoyed reading and listening.I really want to improve my English fluently.because I would like to teach English here in Korea Especially for kids and I studied TESOL course but I felt It wasn’t enough and I’m not that confident to do.Please could you give me any advice I’m always worried about my grammar because when I was a student I didn’t learn grammar at school I just learnt how to speak English and I found grammar is always confusing sometimes and that is my biggest weakness.
many thanks,
JonalynJonalyn — February 17, 2010
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Dear Jonalyn, Many thanks for your comment. I’m glad the stories help your English. I think one day we might publish some grammar tips, but in the meantime my advice is to keep sentences short and not worry too much. English doesn’t have too much grammar. Your English seems very good from your comment. Good luck with it !
Bertie — February 17, 2010
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it was wonderful!
hannah — February 18, 2010
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hello…thank you very much so much appreciated your advice.I’m sorry If I wrote long sentence.I will make it short next time 🙂
Jonalyn — February 18, 2010
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it’s so good and touching
i wish they’ll continue itKaren — June 15, 2010
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why a lotus flower?
Karen — June 15, 2010
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Hi Karen, I think the Lotus flower is very evocative of Asia and the East
Bertie — June 15, 2010
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pleas i like this story from my childhood and I have been searching for long time about the anime for this i saw it from long time but i can,t find would any body help me in this
amoon — August 27, 2010
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boooooooooohoooooooooo it was so sad
awesometanguy — October 12, 2010
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really good
helan — October 16, 2010
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that was cool
elijah — October 16, 2010
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this story is stopid
shannon — October 17, 2010
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Dear bertie,
This story is good, maybe you could send it online in http://www.mp3player/storynory.com .
tyler — December 23, 2010
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Ugh,I don’t like this story.Bertie,you should do better to improve your stories.I really don’t like this story–I couldn’t understand it.It is not exciting at all–but lotus flower is beautiful.Bertie,one time again I advice you don’t make stories like this again.You really 1000000000000000X disappointing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:( >:(
Michelle — December 29, 2010
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DEAR BERTIE CAN U PLAESE TELL ME DOES THE LAST PHRASE MEAN THAT HE GAINED HIS SIGHT AGAIN
SARAH — March 31, 2011
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Dear Sarah, yes he did.
Bertie — March 31, 2011
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Bertie it is tue that the Lotus flower is very evocative of Asia for I am born in an Aisisa country.
I am nepalese. Nepal is near India.Nepal has Mount Everest in it.pragya — April 2, 2011
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Dear Pragya, I hope one day I will make it to Napal. Thanks for letting us know ! This has has long been one of our favourite stories.
Bertie — April 2, 2011
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THANK U FOR ANSWERING ME I THING THE OPPOSITE OF MICHELLE THAT STORY IS AWASOME I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY SELF SORRY NO TIME MAYBE LATER IJUST WNNA TELL U THAT I AM INVITING PEOPLE TO UR SITE AND THEY RELLY LIKED IT
SARAH — April 4, 2011
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Dear Sarah, Many thanks for spreading the word.
Bertie — April 4, 2011
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LOVE YA CAN YOU PLESE POST THE TITANIC STORY THANKS
SARAH — April 4, 2011
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LOVE YA CAN YOU PLESE POST THE TITANIC STORY THANKS
SARAH AGAIN — April 4, 2011
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Dear Sarah, The Titanic story is an excellent idea.
Bertie — April 4, 2011
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I love Titanic. I wish to do a play on this story, it’s a good story.
Susana — May 18, 2011
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I relly think its good idea spicially with music
nour — May 19, 2011
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Hi Bertie.what do you think in misic story to learn englich grammair we really need that,,,,,please answer me ,,,,,,,,,,bye bye
nour — May 19, 2011
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soo sweet to sweet
micki — November 4, 2011
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this is a great story.i just wish that when the munkes granted his wish they would not lie.
kellee — November 11, 2011
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I found it really interesting, i heard this story when i was little and now i’ve found it again .Thanks!
fizza — January 14, 2012
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I love it
Lee — January 17, 2012
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Hello
Thank you for your comment, this is a beautiful tale from Asia about the love between a father and a daughter
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N *Natasha — January 17, 2012
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YOU SHOULD POST THE STORY OF AIDA AND CARMEN.
Hannah — January 21, 2012
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hi. i love it
hannah — February 25, 2012
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I love the story!!! =^.^=
LeAnna — April 2, 2012
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The story is like one of the Russian stories that is so cool!!!
LeAnna — April 2, 2012
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I’m LeAnna and I’m from Russia. Natasha, I love this story, it is good!!! =^.^=
LeAnna — April 2, 2012
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This stoy is gud………..but its dum also because who have ever thousht of a dragon…… a girl coming out from a lotus…… monks……allll very stupid
angelina — May 9, 2012
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hw could any1 probably luv this story…..
angelina — May 11, 2012
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I loved that story
It was beautifulAnonymous — June 7, 2012
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I love this story
cupcake — June 9, 2012
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salaam if you are a muslim no greetings to those who are not muslim this story is a religous story it tells yu that always be there for your parents like they were for you never say oef to them it just means i dont care those people who treat there parents with disrespect when they have children they will treat them with disrespect and my even chuck their parent out because what they did in their past lives was wrong SO BE GOOD TO YOUR PARENTS……………
abdulkarim (muslim) — June 14, 2012
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i feel happy for michelle who hates this
vivan — June 27, 2012
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Wow. Even though I’ve listened to this story before it’s still almost like the best story I’ve ever heard.
I guess it’s because I like Shimchong. I’m also quite happy that her father regained his sight. This is definitely my first favorite story on Storynory.
Thanks for all these awesome stories (Prince)Bertie,Natasha & Elizabeth!Isabella — June 27, 2012
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I liked it a lot. To me it showed that even if you’re a girl you can be brave and do something.
Neave — August 1, 2012
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i love the picture as much as i love the story!!!!!!:-)
shreya — September 18, 2012
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[…] Shimchong, The Blind Man’s Daughter by Heinz Insu Fenkl is a “Beauty and the Beast” tale from Korea, found online here. Download an audio version of the story at Storynory. […]
Fairy Tales: Classic, Fractured, Multicultural, and Surprisingly Scientific — November 14, 2012
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Awesome 😉
I can't tell you — December 23, 2012
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This is the best story I have heard of in storynory.com
Enaya — January 8, 2013
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This is the best story I have heardof in storynory.com.
Enaya — January 8, 2013
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I love Gang-nam style!
Korea is good then America!
America is very dirty!Natasha — January 28, 2013
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Sigh. A child’s eternal love can be the most greatest magic of all.
Calm Penguin — February 3, 2013
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COOOLLLLLLL! NICE STORY. i loved it
jinxy — February 7, 2013
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Really good story though I don’t see how its like Beauty and the Beast.
Anonymous — February 22, 2013
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Not like Beauty and the Beast at all. Still good story and no one is making rude comments so GREAT WEBSITE.
No Name — March 18, 2013
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This is such an amazing story, it teaches people an important lesson about rice, and dragon king
Marcus — April 22, 2013
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Very beautiful. Can you please post more eastern stories?
Candyapplepie — April 25, 2013
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bertie please take off your headphones
cinnanon bun — May 10, 2013
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Wow, this story teaches us an important lesson about rice and dragon kings and blind mens’ daughters. oh and it’s not like sleeping beauty AT ALL. I liked the story though. 😉
Princess — July 28, 2013
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PRETTY.STORYYYYY
AALIA — August 27, 2013
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Great story
Mysterious — October 17, 2013
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Dear bertie,
I loved the happy ending! Did you?PLEASE RESPOND!
NoName2 — November 17, 2013
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Dear NoName2, we recorded this a long while ago, and I remember really loving the story at the time, including the happy and rather moving ending.
Bertie — November 18, 2013
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AMAZE!SO HAPPY
Sunehra — December 22, 2013
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Trueley beautiful
Cc — February 20, 2014
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So good
Mio Akiyama — April 16, 2014
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Great website for reading practice, comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. I would like to hear from Natasha being the main narrator and hear different male and female voices for the other characters in the story.
THNX! 😉Malena — May 14, 2014
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Great web site for practising reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary acquisition. I would like to hear Natasha as the main narrator and other female and male voices for the rest of characters.
THNX 😉
Malena — May 14, 2014
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i love this book.it is so good.this author knows how to write a book.i wish he/she could teach me how to write a story
samatha — June 2, 2014
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i love this book.it is amazing.it was so nice of her to do that for her father
emeri — June 2, 2014
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Dear Emeri this is one of our favourites too
Bertie — June 2, 2014
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i love this book.it is so amazing.icould read this book all day because i have no life.i am a loner.oh sorry i got caught up.this book is so good./
emani — June 2, 2014
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I
bob coter — June 9, 2014
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Wow korea things are always wonderful i love the story it so touching and interesting i luv korea stories
Anonymous — July 24, 2014
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Nice love story Bertie but I have been waiting for Bertie stories for a few months so do post them soon
Kailash — September 5, 2014
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I really loved this story,it is so very touching,!!
Montse — December 27, 2014
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What is the theme of the story?
V — September 6, 2015
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A very touching and a good story
Aaditya — October 31, 2015
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Terrible
Kaiden — December 9, 2015
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I liked it a lot.
Ben — February 17, 2016
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So sad the Dad was blind so sad Mum died so sad they were poor so sad nothing happend when they gave the 300 sacks of rice and nothing happend so sad Girl nearly died and drowned so sad she missed her Dad so sad the Dad was dirty and weak from the journy just to find his beloved Daughter. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JOYFUL SHE FOUND HER FATHER AND HE WAS NO LONG BLIND AND THEY LIVED HAPPLY EVER AFTER IN THE KINDOM. THE END
May peoples wishes come true from not being blind to finding missing beloved family members or just living a happy lifeKeona (Petitsha and Trixie-my cats) — April 2, 2016
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Koreans have most interesting stories
Brandon — August 1, 2016
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Cool story
Silent — October 11, 2016
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Nice story
Simone — October 25, 2016
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good story
Racine — November 16, 2016
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This is an amazing story. I really enjoyed it. Even though it was long, I love it. Your wordings are superb ; )
Vandana
From IndiaVandana — January 3, 2017
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sweet
sup — February 15, 2017
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This is probably one of my favourite stories have ever heard on Storynory
Jenny — February 26, 2017
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at first, i thought she would give up her life.
Holly — March 1, 2017
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i thought the father was dead. i thought her wish would be her father could see.
holly — March 1, 2017
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Hi! My name is Julie too, and I’m also from South Korea! What a coincidence! I also loved this story so much!
Julie — March 22, 2017
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the story was great. I liked it.
Vinamika — April 17, 2017
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The BEST story ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👑
Augustin — July 5, 2017
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I love asian folktales! I AM CHINESE ( CANTONESE ) !
LAUREN — July 17, 2017
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how touching,It really moved my heart
DorkyDiaryLover — August 29, 2017
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This story was ok i guess -_-
Olivia Dickson — September 5, 2017
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Sad story. But sweet.
Human Being — September 11, 2017
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I really enjoyed the story of Shimchong and how she was so kind enough to sacrifice herself for her father 🙂
Sara The Great — October 12, 2017
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I like this story
Queen — February 5, 2018
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we are doing a play on this story
called the blind mans daughter and the names are the same but the 300 bags of rice is actually 3 bags of gold and two of the monks were different the wanted the 3 bags of gold from the blind man. The third monk was nice to the blind man. Instead of the flower shim the daughter sang a song and they fell in love. The dragon king turned into a human and kissed shim on the hand and wanted shim to live with him but she did not want to live with him she still wanted to live and take good care of her father. At the end of the story the blind man could see again and they where both happy. The End!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!from Savanah — February 21, 2018
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Thanks for letting us know this version of take savanah
Bertie — February 21, 2018
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Hello. Im jeehan from indonesia, my friends and i have some assignment to explain this folktale. And i have to find the coda, can you help me?
Jeehan — April 9, 2018
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nice story
kim — April 20, 2018
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The story moved me to tears. Shimchung is a wonderfully filial daughter.
All the daughters of the world should read it.Mikyong — May 23, 2018
