About Greenfrog Imports

Why greenfrog?

There is a Korean children’s folktale that teaches kids about respecting their parents.  There was a mother frog who had two little tadpoles that never listened and always did the opposite of what she asked.  When the mother frog was about to die due to old age, she asked to be buried by the riverbank thinking that the frogs would do the opposite and bury her at the mountainside.  The little frogs were so sad with guilt that they buried her by the riverbank and so when it rained, there was a chance that the strong rain would wash away her grave.  That is why frogs come out and cry when it rains.  Therefore, women in Korea call their boyfriends, and husbands “Green Frogs” when they don’t listen.  I’m getting better at listening.

Illustrated by Shim Soo-keun

Illustrated by Shim Soo-keun.
Full story can be found at Korea.net.