Original title: Velkooky, Velkousty
Japanese title: めのおおきなひとと くちのおおきなひと
English title: The man with the big eyes and the man with the big mouth
Author: Jakub Faroubek
Japanese translation: Urasawa Naoki
English translation: Chiaki
The devil said, "It's a deal. Let's make a deal."
Man with the big eyes: "No, I definitely won't agree to this."
Man with the big mouth: "Fine. Let's make a deal."
In a flash, the garden belonging to the man with the big mouth transformed to one filled with beautiful flowers.
On the other hand, the man with the big eyes became very poor and he had to bear with the gnawing hunger pangs.
The man with the big mouth was very happy every day. As the flowers in his garden bore fruit, he could eat to his heart's content. However, the man with the big mouth failed to realize something.
In a short time, the garden's flowers began to wilt. It was too late when the man with the big mouth realized it.
In the garden where flowers couldn't be seen again, the man with the big mouth burst to tears and murmured this as he felt hunger pangs,
"It would have been good if I never made a deal with the devil."
As for the man with the big eyes, he was on the verge of dying due to hunger. As he wept, he said,
"I should have made the deal with the devil."
"It's a deal. Let's make a deal." So said the devil.
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