- Ho-yun Is Transformed
into a Spider, a Puppy, and a Grasshopper
- 1 In performing the work of renewal, Sahng-jeh-nim went to Seoul in the morning, Daegu in the evening, and from Daegu to another country. Ho-yun could not understand what was going on.
- 2 Sometimes, when He went to places so crowded that it was difficult to carry Ho-yun, He would turn her into a spider.
- 3 As a spider, Ho-yun could hear Sahng-jeh-nim whisper, “Spider, spider, big spider.” But, at those times, she could not hear what He said during the work of renewal.
- 4 To feed her, Sahng-jeh-nim would draw her a mouth and eyes with a brush, and she would be able to open her eyes and eat. When she needed to relieve herself, waste matter would come out of her sides.
- 5 Not only would Sahng-jeh-nim turn her into a spider, sometimes He would turn her into a puppy or a grasshopper and carry her along.
- 6 Ho-yun asked, “With such a talent, why do You often go hungry?”
- 7 “They say a person with twelve talents wakes up one morning and finds there is nothing to eat.”
- (JSD Dojeon 5,86)