In my adolescent years, I watched a lot of movies. When I lived in Gwang-An-Ri, there was an old videotape. It was a Chinese movie, entitled “Seo-Yu-Gi,” which is based on a novel with the same title. I have never forgotten the moment I watched this movie for the first time. A story of Oh-Gong’s journey with Samjang, Sa-Oh-Jeong, and Jeo-Pal-Gye was captivating. The main character, Oh-Gong had a long metal stick, which he named Yeo-Eu-Bong and flew in the sky while riding clouds. It totally fascinated me. A scene in which Oh-Gong kept away from the hand of Buddha after he peed in his hand made me frightened. I have seen the movie over one hundred times till the tape no longer worked.

Because of strong impression I got from the movie, I bought a toy stick, Yeo-Eu-Bong and brought it all the time as I pretended to be Oh-Gong. I was engrossed by playing-act Oh-Gong while hitting all of my relatives with the toy stick. My parents said that I always slept holding the stick every night.