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The Valley That Listened

13 min · Korea · Company · Kindness

In a quiet valley beneath a dormant volcano, a gentle king and a clever engineer discover that the great creature crossing their fields each autumn is not to be fought but understood, and the whole village, noticing small things together, builds it a kinder road.

Retold from Korean Fairy Tales, by William Elliot Griffis.

Story 10 of Lantern Light, at 2:03:09.