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Children around the world learned a bit ____ about Korean culture when writer Tae Keller published her book When You Trap a Tiger in 2020.

Its story starts with ____ girl who meets a tiger.

Her grandmother knows the tiger as ____

____ her grandmother gets sick, the girl makes a deal with the tiger.

Keller’s inspiration for ____ award-winning book was an old folktale that her halmoni (grandmother) used to tell her.

It is called “The Sun and the Moon,”and it is about a brother, a ____ and a tiger.

____ wanted to revive the public’s interest in tigers by writing her own book.

Long ago, tigers were so abundant in Korea ____ people often called the country the “Land of Tigers.”

It is ____ that tigers lived in Korea for at least 100,000 years.

The first appearance of a ____ in Korean culture dates back to the rock art of the Bronze Age.

It depicts ____ hunting various animals, including tigers.

Since then, tigers have appeared in many aspects ____ Korean culture, from legends to art and musical instruments.

Some of you may have heard ____ folktales featuring tigers.

____ fact, approximately forty percent of Korean folktales about animals include a tiger.

Tigers in Korean folktales are sometimes shown in ____ positive light and sometimes as foolish creatures.

For example, in one story, a tiger helps a human become ____ after the human saves the tiger’s life.

In another story, a tiger hears a ____ tell her crying baby, “Don’t cry. Here’s a gotgam.”

Because the baby stops crying, the tiger mistakenly thinks the gotgam ____ a very scary creature and runs away.

It seems that people at ____ time had conflicting feelings about tigers.

However, they were also scared of ____ because being injured or even killed by tigers was common in the past.

They may have made tigers into foolish characters in order to ____ less scared of them.

Tigers in Korea faced a decline in population due to hunting during the Joseon period and nearly went extinct ____ the Japanese colonial era.

With the ____ of tigers in Korea, their use as a symbol of the nation faded away.

However, their symbolism was revived in modern times through their selection as the mascot for ____ Olympics hosted by Korea.

Hodori was the mascot for the Seoul Summer Olympics ____ 1988.

It was a ____ tiger, which represents courage.

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018 created Soohorang, a white tiger, as ____ mascot.

White tigers ____ considered sacred guardians.

One verse of the song is a reinterpreted version of “Sugungga,” which is a traditional Korean ____

The song drew worldwide attention, and its video was viewed ____ of times online.

____ days, only a few wild tigers have been reported to be living in North Korea.

However, the history, stories, and cultural meaning of tigers still have a place among modern ____ people.

Who can deny ____ the tiger is a symbol of Korea?

In 2021, the National Folk Museum of Korea published a book that collects all the stories about ____ in Korea.

____ about looking for tigers around you now?