[ 3 ] Woodcutter & Angel Once upon a time there lived a nice woodcutting man in a small village over the mountain with his mother . He was quite old but still single , so he really wanted to meet a nice girl , to get married , and to live happily forever . He always went to mountains everyday to cut trees and sell them for a living . He had many friends in the forest since he came there everyday . Woodcutter : ( Brightly ) Good morning ! Deer ! Deer : Good morning ! Woodcutter ! How are you ? Woodcutter : I ' m fine , and you ? Deer : ( Brightly ) I am enjoying the moment this morning , as you can see . Woodcutter : Hey ? Deer ! You know what ? Deer : What ? Woodcutter : ( Cautiously ) I have seen some hunters around the woods recently . Have you ever seen those hunters ? Deer : ( Surprised ) Not yet . Are you sure that you ' ve seen them around here ? Woodcutter : Yeah . ( Cautiously ) You need to be careful not to be seen by them . Deer : Thanks for worrying about me . Ill be watching out . Woodcutter : All right ! See you around ! . Deer disappears into the woods . One late afternoon , the woodcutter was finished with his woodcutting for the day and was taking a break in the woods alone . Woodcutter : Wow ! I ' ve worked so hard . I think it is enough for today . I think I can get a lot of money and buy some delicious food for my mother . ( Exhales and sits on the rock ) Let me take a break for a while . ( Smiles ) At the moment , Deer runs over to the woodcutter and says hurriedly . Deer : ( Out of breath ) Help ! Help ! Please help me ! The hunter is chasing after me ! Please hide me somewhere ! ( Deer asks for help with tears in his eyes . ) Woodcutter : ( Looks around for a place ) See ! Let me see ! Deer : ( Out of breath ) Please ! Please ! Woodcutter : Come over here quickly behind this bush . I am going to be quiet and not to tell him that I ' ve seen you . Trust me ! Deer : Thanks ! !!!!!!! ( Hides himself behind the bush ) After a while , a hunter with a hunting hat appears with a long hunting rifle , looking around the woods carefully . When he sees the woodcutter , he asks questions . Hunter : Did you see a deer running by a few minutes ago ? I almost got it . .. hmm . ( Suspiciously looks around ) Woodcutter : Yeah ! I saw it . Hunter : ( Gladly ) Really ! Where did it go ? Did you see where it moved ? Woodcutter : ( Points at the opposite direction ) It went that way . Hunter : All right ! Thank you very much ! This time I am not going to let it get away . The hunter disappears into the direction the woodcutter pointed . After a while , the woodcutter whispers to Deer to come out of the bush since the hunter ' s gone . Deer : Whew ! Thank you . .. thank you so much , Woodcutter . You saved my life . How can I pay this back to you ? Woodcutter : Oh ! Forget about it ! A friend in need is a friend indeed ! Deer : Thanks ! Thanks ! Anyway , aren ' t you married yet , are you ? That ' s what I know . Woodcutter : Not yet , I live with my mother down there . Deer : This could be a good idea for you . If you go to the east side of this mountain on the full moon night , and find a pond there , some heavenly fairies come down from heaven and take a bath in the pond . Woodcutter : So ? What are you talking about ? Deer : ( Says seriously ) Listen ! When it gets dark , they come and get into the water for a bath . Woodcutter : Why are you telling it to me ? Deer : You just wait for the time . You pick one of the clothes the heavenly fairies took off , and hide it . one of them will not be able to go up to heaven because of the clothes , even after their bath . Then , you can invite her to your house and help her . Woodcutter : ( Shakes his head ) No , I cannot steal the clothes . Oh ! No ! Deer : ( Persuasively ) You could have a chance to get married , couldn ' t you ? Woodcutter : ( Very worried ) Still , do I have to steal the clothes ? Deer : You are not stealing the clothes . You are just going to keep her clothes in a safe place until she has four children . Woodcutter : ( Reluctantly ) Sure . I want to get married , have children , and live happily forever . Deer : ( Says firmly ) Remember that you should not show the clothes until she has had four children . Don ' t forget it ! Woodcutter : ( Nods feebly ) I will . One full moon night , the woodcutter waited for the right time to go to the pond and do what Deer said to him . He really didn ' t want to steal the clothes , but he decided to do it because he might get married this time . His mother would be very happy ! He approached the pond carefully and quietly . Down there , several fairies were in the pond , laughing , playing with each other and taking a bath . Woodcutter : ( Quietly approaches the place where the fairies took their clothes off , and taking one of their clothes away with him ) This would be it . Tonight , one of them will not be able to go up to the heaven , and be left behind . Then I will come to her and help her not worry about it . Sitting at the distance from the pond , he kept waiting for his chance to help her and invite her to his house . After they were done with bathing , the fairies came up to the place where they took their clothes off to get ready to fly up to heaven . Fairy 1 : It was a nice bath , wasn ' t it ? Fairy 2 : Yes , it was . ( Looks for her clothes ) Let ' s get ready to go up to the sky . Fairy 3 : ( Starts to look for her clothes ) We had a really good time in the pond . I enjoyed playing with you in the pond . ( Still looks for it here and there , and starts to be worried ) Fairy 2 : I am ready to fly up . ( Looks at Fairy 3 ) What are you still doing over there ? Fairy 3 : ( Still looks for her clothes ) I can ' t find my clothes anywhere · What can I do ? ( Starts to cry ) Fairy 1 : Please calm down , and let ' s start over from the beginning . ( Points Fairy 2 ) You search there . I will search here . The three fairies searched everywhere to find her clothes until dawn . They became fairly tired and had to make a decision about what to do . Fairy 3 : I have searched everywhere , and can ' t find them anywhere . What shall I do ? ( With a crying voice ) · . .. you two go up to heaven first , I will follow you as soon as I find my clothes . Fairy 1 , 2 : ( Crying ) How could we leave you here ? Surely , we can find them together . ( Starts to look for them again , looking around ) Fairy 3 : You go up first , please . I am going to find them soon . Fairy 1 , 2 : ( Reluctantly ) All right . ( Hug one another ) See you soon . The two fairies left for heaven in their flying clothes , and the fairy waved at them . After they left , she cried sitting on the rock . She didn ' t know what to do without her flying clothes . At this moment , the woodcutter came to her , and pretended that he knew nothing about what happened to her . Woodcutter : ( With a worrying voice ) What happened to you ? Why are you crying so sadly ? Fairy : ( Explains about her situation ) I came down from heaven to take a bath with my friends in the pond . We had a great time there . When it was time to go back to heaven , everyone found their clothes except me . Woodcutter : ( With a worrying voice ) I am very sorry to hear your story . I live around here . You can go with me to my house until you find your clothes if you don ' t mind . Fairy : ( Reluctantly says to herself ) What can I do now ? Yeah . .. Can I stay in your house for a while until I find my clothes ? Woodcutter : ( Happily ) Sure , you can . The two disappears together . His mother was so happy to have such a beautiful and nice daughter - in - law , and also three grandchildren . The woodcutter worked hard for his family . The fairy cooked meals , cleaned up around the house , and was very nice to her mother - in - law . Finally , they had three children together . The three children played around their house . on the other hand , the woodcutter always felt sorry about what he did to her . He thought that his wife could have lived a comfortable life up in heaven if he had not done it to her . one day , Woodcutter : ( Says to himself ) Deer asked me not to show her the flying clothes until she had four children . Now we have three children together . What can she do with the clothes now even after she finds them ? She already has three children . Woodcutter : ( Approaches his wife who is cleaning up the floor ) Darling ! Fairy wife : What ? Do you have something to tell me ? Woodcutter : ( Reluctantly ) Yeah · Fairy wife : ( Curiously ) What do you want to talk about ? What is it ? Woodcutter : ( Seriously and quietly ) I have something to show you . ( Approaches the closet in the room and finds her flying clothes ) I have been keeping your clothes for a long time , and I have felt guilty whenever I thought about your life here . Fairy wife : ( Amazingly ) Oh ! ( Buries her face in her flying clothes ) My clothes ! Let me try them on ! It has been a long time since I wore them several years ago . Oh ! Woodcutter : ( Still quietly ) Sure , you can try them on . It has been a long time , hasn ' t it ? I am very sorry about what I did to you . Once she tried her flying clothes on , she started to call the three children ' s names . She held the three children , and flew up to the sky with them . The woodcutter was so shocked that his wife flew up with the three children . He never expected that would happen . Woodcutter : ( Shouts at her ) Where are you going ? Where are you going ? They disappears gradually in the air . Woodcutter : ( Crying ) Please , don ' t leave me . Please , please . I should have listened to Deer . Please come back to me , please ! As usual , he went to the woods to cut trees , but his face looked pale and sad . He sighed heavily and looked up to the sky , thinking about his wife and three children . Down there , there was the pond where his wife took a bath a long time ago . He kept looking at the pond , thinking about his wife and children . Woodcutter : ( Sighs and Cries ) What can I do now ? I deserve this life because I did wrong to her . I have been a bad person to her . At the moment , a big bucket fell down to the pond from the sky . There was a heavenly soldier in the bucket . He came out of the bucket . Soldier : I am looking for a person . Could you help me find him ? Woodcutter : Sure . Soldier : Do you know where the woodcutter who had lived with a heavenly fairy lives ? I am looking for him now . Woodcutter : Yeah · .., but is something wrong with him ? Soldier : Nothing is wrong with him . I just have been ordered to take him to heaven because his wife and children are waiting for him in heaven . Woodcutter : That ' s me , Soldier ! The woodcutter met his fairy wife and their three children in heaven , and lived happily ever after . - The End -