The Magpie That Repaid
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Card meaning
Upright - what you save today rings the bell at night. This is done without counting the return.
Reversed - the one who rings the bell may be hurt. Repayment has a price.
The tale
A scholar on the road saves a magpie caught by a snake.
That night, in the house where he lodges, a snake means to kill him.
The condition is set: if the bell sounds three times he will live.
The magpie strikes the bell with its head and the bell sounds.
The tale is handed down attached to Mount Chiak and Sangwonsa.