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The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the reason of charm of <Tokki-jeon>(The Story of Rabbit) in which the two characters who succeeded in deceiving the other side by lying. To this end, we focused on various ending structures and repeated version derivatives. In contrast to the general narrative grammar of a classic novel in which a good man ends up through trials in the confrontation between a good man who appears as a hero or a smartass and an evil man who interferes with him, there is no such confrontation between good and evil. Nonetheless, <Tokki-jeon> was popular among readers of that times because it seems that the evaluation of the two characters’ lies has a broad spectrum. Because they were able to make various evaluations of their lies, different versions with its various endings, was once again derived. This study also examined the issue of how to be invited and how it is enjoyed with the youth readers of today. <Tokki-jeon> is included in middle school Korean Language textbooks, and tends to be accompanied by learning activities focused on an evaluation of personality and theme consciousness implied by various ending structures. This is a result of the fact that the traditional characteristics of ‘learning activities’.

Tokki-jeon, lie narrative, versions derivation, various endings, evaluation of personality, implied theme