about it. "Yesterday when I was having supper with the Songs, I left some on my plate. Young Sookie thought I was very foolish."
"Kimchi is their favorite food. Tomorrow is the day for making pickles. People will make kimchi for a whole year.
"Imagine getting a holiday to help cut up turnips and cabbages! How can anybody like those vegetables!"
Mrs. Gray laughed. "You're a picky eater, as your grandmother would say. And I agree with her. You never want to try new adventures in eating at all."
At that moment Young Sookie Song came into the garden. She was eating a raw turnip stick.
"One for you, Judy," she said in Korean, as she handed her a piece. "Try to eat it. It is Kimchi Day tomorrow. You will have no fun if you don't like kimchi!
Judy took the turnip stick and nibbled it carefully. "One thing, it is a sweet turnip," she said swallowing quickly.
"Young Sookie, please come over tomorrow and help us make kimchi," said Mrs. Gray.
Young Sookie nodded and laughed. "I shall bring some red peppers from our roof. It will make the pickles VERY HOT, Judy."
Next day Young Sookie and Judy turned a hand mill and ground up cabbages and turnips, nuts and red peppers. When the girls added some dried garlic, their eyes began to water and the children began to laugh. Mrs. Gray sent them outdoors into the fresh air.
What wonderful smells were coming from all the houses up and down the street! It made their mouths water. Everybody was making kimchi, and everybody was looking forward to the hot taste of the pickles when it would be ready-yes, even Judy!
"I'm going to like it," she told Young Sookie. "After all, I helped make it. I'll enjoy it no matter what it does to my tongue!"
Young Sookie laughed.
"Soon you'll be a real Korean," she said. "Kimchi pickles will help!"
November: The Tenth Moon
KOREAN SLED
Judy came into the house one day in late November. She threw aside her coat.
"I don't like Young Sookie any more," she told her mother angrily. "She's mean."
"Oh ?" Mrs. Gray looked up from her sewing. "What has she done?"
"She won' t play with me. Kim and she went off sledding and wouldn't take me."
"Did you say something to hurt them?" asked Mrs. Gray.
"Oh, well, I . . . I just laughed when I saw their Korean sleds. Then I told them about the toboggan I have at home, and about my skates and skis."
"It's much better for us to use Korean things while we are living in this country, Judy. Remember, there has been a war in Korea, and the people must buy all the necessary things first, before they think of skates and sleds. But you know what fun the boys and girls have with the toys they make. Kim and Young Sookie didn't buy their sleds, did they?"
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