Dae+Won

By Lee Dae Won (9 Blue)  One day in a Seattle baseball stadium, there was a match between Seattle Bulls and Texas Tigers. Jacob, a middle aged, unmarried Bulls maniac, and his friend, Owen were watching the match excitedly. Despite the two men ’ s eager rooting, the Seattle Bulls was having a hard match as it was the weakest team. The last Bulls batter, David //Sixes// was in 2 strikes and 2 balls. If he got one more strike or ball, he would be out and the Bull would lose the match. The only way the Bulls could win was to hit just one home-run. However, it seemed to be impossible to the young and inexperienced batter.   The opponents ’  pitcher hurled the ball to the catcher as hard as possible. The ball flew swiftly on the way to the catcher. Fortunately, the batter hit the ball and ran. Even though the ball flew far away, everybody thought it would never reach the seats and make a home-run. Nevertheless, Jacob prayed sincerely that the ball would make home-run. “ Oh please god, make this ball a home-run even if my //life// will be //ruined// by this  ...“ Surprisingly, the ball flew away more and more, then to Jacob ’ s hand. It was an obvious home-run. Every Bull fan in the stadium screamed shouts of joy, including Jacob. The all Bull players were showered with acclaim, especially David.   After the match, Jacob was drinking with Owen at a pub near his house. They chatted and chatted for a long time. Jacob wondered about the home-run ball that he got. He asked Owen how good David Sixes played. Owen replied that Jacob got the //Sixth// home-run ball of his first season <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;"> ........ //<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Six? //<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">On the way home, Jacob was thinking about David Sixes. He could not understand his strange feeling about the batter. However, he knew he was a bit sensitive at an unlucky number (6) so he decided to forget about it. Suddenly, a black object grazed past him. It was a person with a black coat and hat. As soon as he perceived that it was a robber, he checked his pocket. His wallet with all of money and cards was gone. It was too late to chase the robber who had disappeared. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">After he reported it to the police, he came home and was pretty enraged. To relax, he turned on TV. On the TV, he could only see news focusing on a new hot hero, David Sixes. David had such a good-looking and graceful way of talking. Jacob felt envious. Later, he felt so bored that he turned off the TV. Instantly, Jacob opened his bag and got out the ball. He felt very ominous about the ball but it was true that it would be better to keep the heroic-ball. He put the ball on the desk next to his baseball souvenirs and went to sleep. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 24pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">The Curse of Six __**

<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> The Next day when Jacob was working hard as usual, his boss called him to his office. Unexpectedly, the boss gave him a termination notice with a sad expression. The boss said that he was fired because of his company <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s bad economic condition. Jacob was shocked. He had a sick mom and didn <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t have enough money to marry with his lovely girlfriend. He was furious but accepted the inevitable decision. He came home with a box of his stuff from work. To relax, he turned on the TV. Again, he saw the news about David Sixes. Strangely, Jacob was bewildered why he thought all the miseries are David <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: MD개성체; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s fault. He turned it off and went to sleep. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> A few days passed. He got a job as a restaurant waiter. He would get a low salary but he was satisfied that he could work again. Unfortunately, the satisfaction didn <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t remain for long time. He always got scolded by the restaurant manager whenever David Sixes hit home-runs. When David hit his 10th home-run, Jacob was fired ... <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Strangely, that unbelievable coincidence was not all. It kept happening to poor Jacob when David became more and more successful and well-known. David hit the 100th home-run when Jacob has seriously wounded in a car accident. Moreover, when David hit his 200th home-run, Jacob spilt up with his girl friend even though Jacob didn <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t want to. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">The hatred and disappointment towards the world especially David Sixes grew more and more. He felt hopeless. He saw the home-run ball. He knew that the ball had made this happen. He was enraged. Immediately, he chucked the ball to the ground and stamped crazily. The ball <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s surface was torn and terribly damaged ... <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> A few days passed. Amazingly, just like the ball, David <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s talents and popularity rapidly fell. He was expelled from the team. Many people criticized at him for being addicted to drugs. Jacob heard the news and learned that that baseball was somehow related to David <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s spirit. That night, Jacob did a much crueler thing <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;"> ... <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">He cut the ball into two pieces ... Astonishingly, blood splashed out as soon as the ball was cut ... <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">.. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Jacob was really perplexed but he reassured himself that he was fine. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">As he expected, David became acutely ill. Something was wrong with his right arm. The doctor said it couldn <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t be healed. So David retired from his job and felt terrible pain both mentally and physically. Numerous people cried and sympathized about the news except one person, Jacob. He was really glad. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> However, David was not weak. He was determined to overcome his problem. He exercised with his passionate dream to get back to the stadium. A few months later, David made a miracle. He could move his arm. He got back to normal. He started baseball and gradually started to hit home-runs. Later, he was awarded the best player of the year. A great number of people became fans again and he felt wonderful. As normal, Jacob was not happy because his mom died when David got the award at the ceremony ...... <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">.. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">When Jacob heard the news of the death, he was extremely exasperated and frustrated. He decided to do the worst thing ever. That night, he brought the ball outside and ... burned it <span style="font-family: 'MD솔체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">! <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> Now Jacob felt so pleasant, that he didn <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t have to worry about David anymore. Suddenly, he heard a voice of a man <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: MD개성체; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s painful shriek. He turned around but there was nothing, just him and the burning ball. Although the ball became ashes, he could still hear the terrible shriek. The shriek kept rumbling only in his ear. Nevertheless, Jacob felt a great gratification again. He was fully sure that no one could stop him. He laughed madly like someone overwhelmed by //evil// ... <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">

<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Eventually after a few days, David was dead by a heart attack at midnight when the ball burned out, just as Jacob expected. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Innumerable people around the world were shocked about the star-player <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s death. They felt seriously sorrowful. Of course, Jacob was so excited that they won <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">t be any more misfortune for him. He laughed and laughed. He was out of control. <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">

//<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Ironically //<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">, Jacob was completely wrong. //6// days after from the David <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">’ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">s death, ... the police found him lying on the ground in his living room. He was dead too .... by heart attack. The date was the //6th of June, 2006// .... <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">The police awfully panicked that his name is ..... Jacob <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: MD개성체; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">........... <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">//Sixes// <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;"> ........ <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">Besides, Jacob was holding a //bloody David// <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-font-family: MD개성체; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">//’// <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">//s 6th home-run ball// with a sarcastic smile and bloody tears on his face **<span style="font-family: 'Curlz MT'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 휴먼편지체;">! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! **<span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';"> <span style="font-family: 'MD개성체','serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals';">THE END <span style="font-family: 'Matura MT Script Capitals'; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: MD개성체;">......