Sometimes Yung Pak would be the winner, and then he would march home
with great glee and show the trophy to his father.

One of the first things Yung Pak was taught was to be respectful to his
father. Never was he allowed to fail in this duty in the least. This
does not seem strange when we know what a sober, serious, dignified man
Yung Pak's father was. It would not do to allow his son to do anything
that would upset his dignity, though he loved him very much indeed.

It was far different with the boy's mother. Her little boy soon learned
that her wishes counted for very little in the family, and she never
ventured to rebuke him, no matter how seriously he might offend her or
what naughty thing he might do.

One queer thing about Yung Pak was the way he used to wear his hair.
While still very young his head was shaved, except a little round spot
on the very crown. Here it was allowed to grow, and as years went by it
grew quite long, and was braided in two plaits down his back.

When Yung Pak grew to be a man the long hair was knotted up on top of
his head, and for this reason many people call Koreans "Top-knots." But
of this arrangement of the hair we shall tell more farther on.




CHAPTER II.


YUNG PAK'S HOME