Repaying Debts

Stories tagged Repaying Debts:

• The Grateful Tiger Aug 10, 2025

  

  In the mountainous region of ancient Korea, there lived a woodcutter named Kim Deokbae who was known throughout his village for his kind heart and generous spirit. Every morning before dawn, Deokbae would shoulder his heavy axe and climb the steep mountain paths to gather firewood, which he would then sell in the village market to support his elderly mother and younger sister.

  Deokbae was not a wealthy man by any measure. His clothes were patched and worn, his meals were simple and often sparse, and his small house needed many repairs that he couldn’t afford to make. But despite his modest circumstances, he never failed to help others when they were in need, even if it meant going without something himself.