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  • 6/5/2025
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00:00Red Shoes
00:07Once upon a time, in a land far, far away,
00:13there was a very cute girl named Karen.
00:17She lived in a tiny house with her mother
00:20and was a very happy girl.
00:23She would ask her mother about everything she was curious about.
00:27Mom, what are these tiny lights in the sky?
00:31They are stars, Karen.
00:33Everyone who lives on Earth eventually turns into a star
00:37and shines in the sky forever.
00:40Karen only had one toy, one dress,
00:45and a pair of wooden slippers she wore on the street.
00:48The wooden slippers her mother made for her were not very comfortable,
00:53but they were the only ones she had.
00:57One day, Karen's mother got very sick.
01:02So Karen went to town to buy medicine for her mother,
01:06and along the way, she found a pair of red shoes in a box on the roadside.
01:12The shoes shone so beautifully
01:15that Karen couldn't help but bring them home with her.
01:19Look, Mommy, I found these by the roadside.
01:24Aren't they beautiful?
01:26Just write for me.
01:28These may belong to someone else, Karen.
01:32You should immediately take them back.
01:34But if they had an owner,
01:36she wouldn't have left them there with the box.
01:38Maybe the owner dropped it accidentally.
01:41Then they shouldn't have dropped it.
01:42I found them.
01:43They belong to me now.
01:45They're mine.
01:46Baby, listen to me carefully.
01:49I may not be able to buy you new shoes right now,
01:52but I don't want you to wear someone else's shoes just because of that.
01:57Please, don't be stubborn.
01:59Promise you won't wear these red shoes.
02:02Karen sadly promised her mother not to wear red shoes
02:07and hid them under her bed.
02:11Months passed by until one day Karen came home
02:15and couldn't find her mother in the house.
02:19She looked all over until she realized
02:22that her mother had become a bright star.
02:27The next day, on her way to her mother's funeral,
02:31Karen put on those red shoes.
02:33Those who came to the funeral
02:35couldn't take their eyes off Karen's shoes.
02:39How dare she wear red shoes?
02:42So disrespectful.
02:44But Karen did not care
02:46because she loved her shoes.
02:51A good-hearted old woman
02:53passed by the cemetery.
02:55This old woman learned
02:57that this little girl
02:58was now an orphan
03:00and wanted to adopt her.
03:03Come with me, pretty girl.
03:06I will do my best
03:08to make you successful
03:10and beautiful
03:11when you grow up.
03:14So Karen went
03:15to live with the old woman
03:17for many years.
03:20Karen,
03:21you've been wearing these shoes
03:23since your mother's funeral.
03:26You need to take them off now.
03:28They're so dirty.
03:30No!
03:32I love my red shoes.
03:35Oh, Karen,
03:36don't be so stubborn.
03:39Come on,
03:40change your shoes.
03:41I'll buy better shoes.
03:43I promise.
03:45Karen did not want
03:46to offend the old woman
03:47who had been so kind
03:49to adopt her.
03:50So she finally took off
03:52her red shoes
03:53and threw them away.
03:56Days passed
03:58until one day
03:59Karen was playing
04:01in her new room
04:02with her new clothes
04:03and toys
04:04and the old woman
04:06brought her
04:07a new pair of shoes.
04:09But Karen didn't like
04:11these shoes at all.
04:13But these are blue.
04:15Very ugly.
04:16I don't like them at all.
04:18So for years to come,
04:20Karen missed
04:21her red shoes
04:22a lot.
04:24She grew into
04:24a beautiful young lady.
04:26But her stubborn attitude
04:28never changed.
04:31Even when the old lady
04:33brought her gifts.
04:35I don't want to wear
04:36this thing.
04:37But I knit this
04:39for you.
04:41I'll never eat this food.
04:44Make me french fries.
04:46At least take a little bite,
04:48darling.
04:48The old woman
04:49was very upset.
04:51When Karen got up
04:53from the table
04:53without having a meal,
04:55she made french fries
04:56for her
04:57and took them
04:58to her room.
04:59At that time,
05:01Karen was taking off
05:02her blue shoes.
05:04Look!
05:05See?
05:05All my things
05:06are so small now.
05:08I've grown up.
05:09Well,
05:10come on then.
05:12Let's buy you
05:13new clothes
05:14and shoes.
05:16Then,
05:17the old woman
05:18and Karen
05:18went to the store.
05:20Oh,
05:22look!
05:23Just like my
05:24favorite red shoes.
05:25I must have them.
05:27Let's get these.
05:28Karen,
05:29you don't need
05:31fancy red shoes.
05:34You need shoes
05:35that you can wear
05:36respectfully.
05:37Like,
05:38if we need to go
05:39to a funeral.
05:41I can only buy you
05:42one pair of shoes.
05:44Let's buy those
05:45black ones
05:45and go home.
05:47I am very tired.
05:49I don't care.
05:50If you don't buy
05:51both shoes,
05:52I'll walk barefoot
05:53everywhere from now on.
05:55Little girl,
05:56I wish you weren't
05:58so stubborn.
06:00The old woman
06:02bought the black shoes
06:03for Karen
06:04and spent the last
06:05of her money
06:06to appease her
06:07with the red
06:08sparkly shoes, too.
06:10They had to walk home
06:11on foot.
06:12The old woman's feet
06:13hurt a lot
06:15along the way
06:15and she could not
06:16keep up
06:17with the spoiled Karen.
06:20And Karen
06:20didn't care.
06:22She walked on home
06:23with her new
06:23red shoes.
06:27One day,
06:29the old woman
06:29told Karen
06:30that they needed
06:31to attend
06:32a funeral in town.
06:35Karen,
06:36be sure
06:37to put on
06:37your black shoes.
06:39Otherwise,
06:39it will be
06:40disrespectful
06:41at the funeral.
06:42Karen looked
06:43at the black shoes
06:44in her room
06:45and then
06:46at the bright
06:48red ones.
06:50She chose
06:51to put on
06:51the red shoes.
06:53When they left
06:53the house,
06:54she covered them
06:55up with her skirt
06:56so the old woman
06:58would not see
06:59the shoes.
07:01However,
07:02at the funeral,
07:04everyone
07:04saw Karen's shoes
07:06shining brightly
07:08under her skirt.
07:09They spoke
07:11amongst themselves
07:12about Karen's
07:13red shoes
07:14at the funeral
07:15and about
07:16how disrespectful
07:17the shoes were.
07:19When what was said
07:20came to the old woman's ear,
07:22she got
07:23very angry.
07:26You didn't
07:27listen to what
07:28I told you
07:29and you put on
07:30the red shoes
07:31again.
07:32You're so
07:33stubborn,
07:34Karen.
07:34Show some
07:35respect.
07:36A handsome
07:39young lord
07:40passing by
07:41at that time
07:42was struck
07:43by Karen's
07:43beauty.
07:45He came
07:46to her
07:46and went
07:47down on his
07:48knees
07:48and gave
07:48her compliments.
07:52How beautiful
07:52you are
07:53and so delicate
07:54in these
07:55beautiful shoes.
07:57Uh,
07:57my lord,
07:58you make
07:59me blush.
08:01You must
08:01be a very
08:02good dancer.
08:03I invite you
08:03to the dance
08:04night in the
08:05palace tonight.
08:06please come.
08:07With the
08:08happiness of
08:08the lord's
08:09offer,
08:10Karen started
08:11dancing with
08:11joy.
08:13But after a
08:13while,
08:14Karen couldn't
08:16stop dancing.
08:17Uh,
08:18why can't I
08:20stop my feet?
08:22What is
08:22happening?
08:23Oh,
08:24oh.
08:25Karen started
08:26walking away
08:27from the old
08:27lady and the
08:29lord while
08:29she was
08:30dancing.
08:31Karen,
08:32come back.
08:34even though
08:35the lord
08:35chased Karen
08:36for a while,
08:37he lost her.
08:40Karen's
08:41red shoes
08:41turned out
08:43to be more
08:43stubborn than
08:44Karen.
08:45They took her
08:46until top
08:47of the mountain
08:48and made her
08:49dance day
08:50and night
08:50for three
08:51days.
08:53Karen's feet
08:53hurt so much
08:55that she
08:56screamed at
08:57every step.
08:58Even though
09:03they got into
09:04the mud and
09:04prickly needles
09:05stuck,
09:06the shoes
09:07kept dancing.
09:09Enough!
09:10I'm very
09:11tired.
09:13I won't be
09:13so stubborn
09:14from now on.
09:16I promise,
09:17please stop!
09:19Shoes,
09:20please stop!
09:21Stop!
09:22And when
09:23Karen said
09:24she'd give up
09:25all her
09:25stubbornness,
09:26the red shoes
09:27jumped off
09:28her feet
09:29and Karen
09:30too fell
09:31to the ground
09:32and the
09:33red shoes
09:34kept on
09:35dancing
09:35without her.
09:38Karen found
09:39a stick
09:39and managed
09:41to limp
09:41home in
09:42pain.
09:43Her legs
09:44hurt a lot.
09:48She started
09:49to cry
09:49with happiness
09:50when she
09:51saw her
09:52house.
09:53The old
09:53woman greeted
09:54her at
09:54the door.
09:56They hugged
09:56each other.
09:58I know
09:59I was
09:59very stubborn
10:00girl,
10:01but I promise
10:02I won't be
10:02like that
10:03anymore.
10:04After Karen
10:05gave up
10:06her stubbornness,
10:08things started
10:08to get better.
10:13One day,
10:14someone
10:15knocked on
10:15the door.
10:17It was
10:18the young
10:18and handsome
10:19lord.
10:20There you
10:21are,
10:22Karen.
10:22I tried
10:23to keep
10:24up,
10:24but you
10:24danced
10:25so fast.
10:26How did
10:27you do
10:27that?
10:28Karen was
10:29glad to
10:30see the
10:30handsome
10:31and young
10:31lord.
10:32That was
10:33the day
10:33the lord
10:34and Karen's
10:35love began.
10:37Leaving
10:37stubbornness
10:38behind,
10:39Karen lived
10:40a happy
10:41and peaceful
10:42life.
10:43love
10:58and
11:00love
11:01and
11:01love

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