A long, long time ago, when Earth was just made, Titus, the god who lived in the sky, was making some countries in the shapes of animals and objects. Continents and islands were being made, but there was one difference. There was no Korea. After a long time, Titus made Russia in the shape of a horse, China in the shape of a chicken, and Japan in the shape of a Ginseng, but one animal had complaints. It was the tiger. He complained that there was no country shaped like him when he was one of the greatest animals in nature.
“Honorable Titus! We don’t have a country shaped after me! That is absolutely a major problem!!!”
Titus said that he understood the tiger’s situation, but arranging the continents was over, and it was hard and very tiring for him to make changes again. But suddenly the god thought of a past event. He once enjoyed a walk at an artificial park with a glass floor looking down on Earth. If the glass broke, the god would fall and get hurt. And that happened. Thankfully, the tiger was right next to him. So, the tiger reached out for Titus even though he could get hurt too! Fortunately, the tiger caught the god and both of them lived. Titus remembered that event, and as a ‘thank-you’, he decided to put a country in the shape of him.
“Hmm…. Okay. But since every time I put a country in the shape of an animal, I lose my power. Can you instead give me your power and let your body make the country? Well, you don’t have to, I mean it must be painful for you to die, also this is different from what the other animals had done, but…” And the tiger interrupted.
“No, it is okay. I would do almost anything for you.”
“Thank you so much. For the reply, I will make the people who live in the country very smart.” And they both smiled.
The next day, it was the time for the country to be made. Titus decided to put the country where the Korean Peninsula was located. He spoke a spell with a low voice and the tiger left the world. Then, Titus made a peninsula the same as how the tiger was lying down. And that was how the Korean Peninsula that is in the shape of a tiger was born.
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