WEBVTT 00:00:03.094 --> 00:00:06.410 The Weather Gods and Poop Rock 00:00:09.267 --> 00:00:13.611 A long, long time ago, the weather gods had much to do. 00:00:13.955 --> 00:00:17.197 They sent the mist and the sun showers, 00:00:17.397 --> 00:00:21.344 Brought the winds that blew the flowers and the cool winds of fall, 00:00:21.568 --> 00:00:25.043 Sprinkled the powdery snow and the large snowflakes too, 00:00:25.469 --> 00:00:29.270 And sometimes even called down the scary typhoons and storms. 00:00:29.704 --> 00:00:32.597 They watched over the whole wide world. 00:00:33.164 --> 00:00:36.055 “Here, there, everywhere….” 00:00:36.742 --> 00:00:39.173 “Ouch! My head hurts!” 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.672 When their work was done, the weather gods sat down on a rock to play. 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.225 This rock was the “Weather God Rock” in Jeolla-do. 00:00:50.034 --> 00:00:55.494 The people who lived below the Weather God Rock made their living as farmers. 00:00:55.997 --> 00:01:01.535 They grew rice, beans, corn, and sweet potatoes. 00:01:01.602 --> 00:01:05.780 They had many farms to plant and many things to do. 00:01:06.289 --> 00:01:10.065 One year, the farmers became very worried. 00:01:11.964 --> 00:01:16.903 “Oh dear, oh dear. What are our weather gods doing?” 00:01:17.007 --> 00:01:20.685 “They haven’t sent any rain. What in the world could they be doing?” 00:01:20.830 --> 00:01:24.158 “Are they playing Baduk on the Weather God Rock?” 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:27.384 “Have they gone off to see the world?” 00:01:28.142 --> 00:01:32.648 “We need the weather gods to send the rain for the crops to grow.” 00:01:33.614 --> 00:01:38.111 “Maybe we need to go up to the Weather God Rock and see what’s going on.” 00:01:38.153 --> 00:01:43.548 The people whispered among themselves and started to make a plan. 00:01:44.816 --> 00:01:46.330 From that day on. 00:01:47.413 --> 00:01:50.219 Sizzle, sizzle! Bubble, bubble! 00:01:50.771 --> 00:01:54.318 The people carefully prepared food with sincerity. 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:58.671 Even though things were hard, they made rice cakes and liquor. 00:01:58.924 --> 00:02:03.847 The women of the village enjoyed themselves and ate lots of food. 00:02:04.100 --> 00:02:08.176 They made barley rice and ate it up—munch, much! 00:02:08.806 --> 00:02:12.623 They boiled and feasted on corn—crunch, crunch. 00:02:12.778 --> 00:02:16.932 They roasted sweet potatoes and gobbled them up—yum yum! 00:02:17.275 --> 00:02:20.319 They ate their fill and patted their bellies. 00:02:21.416 --> 00:02:25.359 They waited patiently, letting out a fart. 00:02:26.777 --> 00:02:28.245 “Where are you going?” 00:02:28.878 --> 00:02:30.724 “I’m going to the bathroom to pee.” 00:02:31.171 --> 00:02:33.079 “Make sure you don’t poop!” 00:02:33.929 --> 00:02:38.675 After a few days, the people of the village gathered under a large tree. 00:02:39.766 --> 00:02:41.977 “Let’s go up, let’s go up, 00:02:42.077 --> 00:02:44.535 Let’s go up to the Weather God Rock! 00:02:44.559 --> 00:02:46.996 Since we can’t have any bad luck, 00:02:47.198 --> 00:02:49.309 We can’t bring anyone who has eaten meat, 00:02:49.573 --> 00:02:51.624 Anyone who has seen a snake, 00:02:51.823 --> 00:02:53.960 Anyone who has been in a fight, 00:02:54.146 --> 00:02:56.498 Anyone who has been to the mourner's house, 00:02:57.043 --> 00:03:00.082 Or anyone who has not taken a bath!” 00:03:01.306 --> 00:03:03.235 “Oh, I’m going to die.” 00:03:03.537 --> 00:03:05.473 “I really have to poop!” 00:03:05.918 --> 00:03:08.118 “Hold it just a little bit longer.” 00:03:08.434 --> 00:03:13.933 The women of the village prepared a feast on the Weather God Rock and bowed their heads. 00:03:13.966 --> 00:03:17.213 “Oh dear weather gods, oh dear weather gods! 00:03:18.607 --> 00:03:21.960 If you have noses, smell this delicious food. 00:03:22.886 --> 00:03:26.130 If you have mouths, taste this feast. 00:03:26.495 --> 00:03:29.726 If you have ears, hear our words. 00:03:29.969 --> 00:03:33.406 If you have eyes, look down over our fields. 00:03:34.098 --> 00:03:39.372 Please, send down the much-needed rain over our land!” 00:03:39.472 --> 00:03:42.498 “Oh dear weather gods, hear us…” 00:03:44.115 --> 00:03:46.841 “Oh dear weather gods, 00:03:47.113 --> 00:03:50.286 Will it rain tonight? 00:03:50.513 --> 00:03:53.399 Will it rain tomorrow? 00:03:53.989 --> 00:03:57.781 Will it rain the day after tomorrow?” 00:03:57.898 --> 00:04:00.346 The leader of the women asked. 00:04:01.009 --> 00:04:03.872 “What are we doing now?” 00:04:04.344 --> 00:04:07.026 “How long do we have to hold it?” 00:04:07.711 --> 00:04:08.611 “Oh no!” 00:04:09.527 --> 00:04:12.038 “I can’t hold it any longer.” 00:04:12.544 --> 00:04:15.405 “I’ve got to let it out soon!” 00:04:16.718 --> 00:04:21.419 The people played making loud noises on the Weather God Rock. 00:04:22.009 --> 00:04:26.659 So that the weather gods would come down on the rainclouds. 00:04:26.802 --> 00:04:30.829 “Sing, people, sing! 00:04:30.853 --> 00:04:34.929 Call and call the rain! 00:04:35.193 --> 00:04:40.146 Call and call the weather gods!” 00:04:40.334 --> 00:04:44.892 “Ok everyone, there’s just one more important thing to do. 00:04:45.132 --> 00:04:49.057 You’ve had a hard time trying not to poop, haven’t you? 00:04:50.571 --> 00:04:53.621 Ok, get ready, everyone….” 00:04:53.787 --> 00:04:58.321 The men cleared their throats and stood back as far as they could. 00:04:59.710 --> 00:05:05.112 Without a sound, the women pulled up their skirts and squatted down. 00:05:05.112 --> 00:05:10.105 The children as well quick hurried and pulled down their pants. 00:05:12.373 --> 00:05:16.186 “Push, push! Plop!” 00:05:17.053 --> 00:05:20.451 Poop spread completely across the rock. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.113 Sticky poop like rice! 00:05:23.460 --> 00:05:25.858 Squishy and watery poop! 00:05:25.963 --> 00:05:28.215 Poop pointed like icicles! 00:05:29.028 --> 00:05:31.295 Round poop like little eggs. 00:05:31.737 --> 00:05:33.883 Thick long trails of poop! 00:05:34.263 --> 00:05:36.575 Poop that spread far and wide! 00:05:36.867 --> 00:05:39.115 Poop in big, heaping piles! 00:05:39.305 --> 00:05:44.491 Piles of golden poop even lay piled on the weather gods’ checkers board. 00:05:44.559 --> 00:05:47.125 “Oh, that’s so disgusting!” 00:05:47.673 --> 00:05:49.982 “Look at that poop—that one’s mine!” 00:05:50.607 --> 00:05:51.886 “Be quiet!” 00:05:52.813 --> 00:05:55.235 “Quickly, quickly, let’s go!” 00:05:56.257 --> 00:05:58.283 “Everyone, hurry up!” 00:05:58.916 --> 00:06:01.724 “Are we just going to go home without saying anything?” 00:06:01.866 --> 00:06:03.288 “Be quiet, be quiet!” 00:06:03.866 --> 00:06:06.052 “Pretend you don’t know what happened!” 00:06:07.086 --> 00:06:09.254 “Don’t talk or you’ll get in trouble!” 00:06:09.613 --> 00:06:10.625 “Shh!” 00:06:15.223 --> 00:06:16.879 “Who did this?” 00:06:17.497 --> 00:06:19.755 “Our rock has turned into poop!” 00:06:20.487 --> 00:06:21.689 “Barf” 00:06:22.142 --> 00:06:24.333 “It wasn’t just a couple of people!” 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.991 “Hurry and call down the rainclouds to wash it away.” 00:06:28.364 --> 00:06:30.400 “Rainclouds won’t be enough.” 00:06:31.191 --> 00:06:34.085 “Call down the lightning and thundershowers!” 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:40.545 “Call down the heavy rains for the fields, the pouring rain—call down everything!” 00:06:52.505 --> 00:06:57.007 When fall came, the fields were filled with golden crops. 00:06:57.544 --> 00:07:03.252 The people who lived under the Weather God Rock no longer worried about drought. 00:07:04.917 --> 00:07:11.219 Every year, the rice and bean farmers planted their crops and lived and ate well without a care. 00:07:12.070 --> 00:07:18.026 That’s because they all knew the secret of how to call down the rain!