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Panic erupts when news comes that a beast in the waters dragged away the women working on the cape, where her mother sought work, and Jakyeong rushes to confront it.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 1 follows Jakyeong, a fisherman's daughter blamed for her mother leaving after she asked to learn letters, as she works at a feast and quarrels with her father about money and schooling. Villagers gossip under the old oak tree that she drove her mother away, and Jakyeong prays for her mother's return. Panic erupts when news comes that a beast in the waters dragged away the women working on the cape, where her mother sought work, and Jakyeong rushes to confront it.","key_events":["Mother sought dangerous cape work for urgent money and is implied taken; daughter confronts monster","At dawn a monster appears in waters and drags away women working at the cape","Flashback to childhood mocking for fish smell and parents fighting over literacy","Daughter argues with father about school, says she gave up literacy and begs mother to return","Daughter does chores at feast for food and discusses missing mother with father","Villagers gossip at feast that fisherman's daughter demanded literacy and drove mother away"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"MY, YOU'VE COME SUCH A LONG WAY!\nAND WHEN IS THE BRIDEGROOM ARRIVING?\nGOODNESS, I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE.\n\nTHEY EVEN HAVE FATHER'S FAVORITE GIJU RICE CAKES\nAND THE MEAT FRITTERS MOTHER LOVES...\nEH?\n\nWHAT'S THE MATTER?\nWHAT WAS THAT LASS'S NAME AGAIN?\nWHO?\nTHAT LASS OVER THERE!\nTHE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER?\nFISHERMAN?\nTHEY LIVE JUST BELOW THE OLD OAK TREE. DON'T YOU KNOW THEM?\nWHY, THEİR FAMİLY HAS BEEN TURNED UPSİDE DOWN THESE PAST FEW DAYS\n\nEH? WHAT FOR?\nTHE GIRL HAS BEEN DEMANDING THAT HER FOLKS LET HER LEARN HER LETTERS.\nSHE LAY SPRAWLED ACROSS THE YARD AND KICKED UP SUCH A FUSS\nTHAT HER MOTHER FINALLY PACKED HER THINGS AND LEFT, OR SO I HEARD.\nHeavens, Why Would She Do Such A Thing?\nI Haven't The Faintest Idea.\nPERHAPS SHE GREW WEARY OF BARELY SCRAPING BY SELLING BASKETS,\nAND SIMPLY RAN OFF...\n\nI CERTAINLY DID NOT LIE SPRAWLED ACROSS THE YARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!\nAND AS FOR MOTHER...\n\nSIGH\nIS IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BREATHING IN THE SMELL OF OIL ALL DAY?\nWhy Does My Head Ache So?\n\nIT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE THESE PAST FEW DAYS...\nOH, CHILD...!\nYOU ARE ALREADY UNWELL! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN GALLIVANTING OFF TO AGAIN?!\nYOU'RE ONE TO SPEAK, FATHER.\nI KNOW YOU SPENT THE WHOLE DAY COMBING THE MARKETPLACE FOR MOTHER.\n\nEVEN SO, YOU OUGHT TO TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE GOI—\nHAS MOTHER STILL NOT RETURNED?\nHERE.\nTHE ELDER AT THE APOTHECARY SAID I MIGHT BE GIVEN SOME FOOD\nIF I HELPED WITH THE ODD JOBS AT THE FEAST, SO THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN.\n\nGood Heavens,\nYOU’VE BROUGHT BACK SO MUCH...\nWHY, THERE IS EVEN SOME OF THE BEEF FRITTERS YOUR MOTHER LOVES...\n...\nPERHAPS...\n\nI SHOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT UP THE SCHOOLHOUSE.\nMY GIRL...\nHAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT SAYING SUCH THINGS?\nTHERE IS NO WRONG IN WANTING TO LEARN YOUR LETTERS!\nYOU MAY BELIEVE THAT, FATHER, BUT...!\n\nI KNOW OUR FAMILY CANNOT AFFORD SUCH THINGS,\nWHICH IS WHY I SAID I WOULD NOT PURSUE IT.\nSO WHY DID MOTHER HAVE TO LEAVE...?\nOH, JAKYEONG.\nWHEN YOUR MOTHER COMES BACK WITH SO MUCH AS A FEW SAVED COINS,\n\nYOU MUST SIMPLY THANK HER AND ACCEPT THEM GRACIOUSLY.\nI'M SURE YOUR MOTHER HAS HAD MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND HEARTACHE OVER THIS\nTHAN I EVER HAVE...\nI DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I AM GOING IN TO SLEEP. I'M TIRED.\nYES, YES. GO ON, GET SOME REST.\n\nAS THOUGH I WOULD GROVEL IF SHE CAME BACK WITH A LITTLE MONEY...\nMOTHER...\nI TRULY DO NOT NEED TO LEARN MY LETTERS ANYMORE,\nSO PLEASE... JUST COME HOME SOON.\n\nI'M SORRY. THIS IS ALL MY FAULT...\nMAMAAA!\nGOODNESS, JAKYEONG!\n\nWHO DID THIS TO YOU?! TELL ME!\nTHE OTHER CHILDREN WON'T STOP TEASING ME!\nTHEY SAY I STINK OF FISH!\nTHAT I SMELL LIKE I'VE BEEN ROLLING ABOUT IN FISH GUTS!\nWHAT?!\nWHY, THOSE MISERABLE LITTLE SCOUNDRELS! AS THOUGH THEY DO NOT LIVE BY THE VERY SAME SEA!\n\nTAKE ME TO THEM AT ONCE!\nI SHALL TEACH THEM A LESSON THEY WON'T SOON FORGET!\n\nWhere Are They, My Girl?\nThere, Over That Way!\nMY DEAR HUSBAND, YOU MUST GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF.\n\nHAVE YOU NO THOUGHT FOR OUR CHILD'S FUTURE?\nDO YOU NOT KNOW THAT A WOMAN WHO LEARNS HER LETTERS ONLY INVITES HARDSHIP INTO HER LIFE?\nWITH A LOT LIKE OURS,\nTHE BEST SHE COULD DO IS MARRY THE SON OF SOME POOR FAMILY TENDING GREENS FOR A LIVING!\nBUT IF THE GIRL LEARNS TO READ AND THEN FINDS HERSELF UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT...\n\nMY DEAR... WHY ARE YOU CRYING?\nBECAUSE IT BREAKS MY HEART, THAT'S WHY...\nDO YOU THINK I DO NOT WISH I COULD RAISE MY DAUGHTER TO LIVE A FINE, RESPECTABLE LIFE?\nMOTHER...\nCOME QUICKLY!!!\n\nHEAVENS,\nSOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED!\nAH...\nWHAT'S ALL THIS COMMOTION...?\n\nFATHER?\nHAS SOMETHING HAPPENED?\n\nJAKYEONG...\n\nA B-BEAST...\nA BEAST HAS APPEARED IN THE WATERS!\n\nIT APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE AT DAWN\nAND DRAGGED AWAY EVERY LAST WOMAN WORKING ON THE CAPE!\n\nTHE APOTHECARY ELDER URGENTLY CALLED FOR A BEAST HUNTER,\nBUT THEY SAY THE MAN HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SIT THERE WITH HIS BRUSH FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE AN AGE...\nW-WAIT...\nHADN’T YOU HEARD?\n\nJAKYEONG’S MOTHER...\nSHE CLAIMED SHE NEEDED MONEY AT ONCE, SO SHE HAD BEEN SEEKING WORK AT EVERY TREACHEROUS HEADLAND SHE COULD FIND!\n\nAH...\n\nIS THAT...\nTHE BEAST?\nTHE ONE THAT DEVOURED MY MOTHER?\n\nYOU...\n\nARE YOU—","bubble_count":108,"pages_count":30,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 1 follows Jakyeong, a fisherman's daughter blamed for her mother leaving after she asked to learn letters, as she works at a feast and quarrels with her father about money and schooling.","spoiler_summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 1 follows Jakyeong, a fisherman's daughter blamed for her mother leaving after she asked to learn letters, as she works at a feast and quarrels with her father about money and schooling. Villagers gossip under the old oak tree that she drove her mother away, and Jakyeong prays for her mother's return. Panic erupts when news comes that a beast in the waters dragged away the women working on the cape, where her mother sought work, and Jakyeong rushes to confront it."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-1-r8kj2d","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #1","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T01:36:48.033Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}