It was the start of summer and your family had decided to pause the annual europe trips to go visit your grandparents that lived in the upper east side of South Korea.

The land there was vast and full of agriculture. The winding road through the huge tracts of land that grew the very crop that the country relied on and surprisingly a decent percentage belonged to your family.

After the first few days of settling in and getting accustomed to the fancy country life, your sister and you headed to the harvest festival. The truck smoothly entered the small, humble town and drove straight to the fair.

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There were food stalls, a farmers market, kids selling lemonade and of course several events. The highlight? The bullseye. As you settled in the stands that overlooked a dry field, perfect for a show. In the corner, fenced was a strong bull with horns curled inwards and a deeming look in its eye and across were a few men. Cowboys.

The show was known for its dangerous challenge of taming the bull but getting a lasso around its neck so there was a whole medical team and ambulances on the side. Once everyone had settled the time ticked closer to start.

The host walked in onto a small stage and with a microphone in hand, called the start.

The first few fights, terrifying. They had got a harsher bull this time and the rounds ended in either a wounded man or a running away figure.

Then came the legend. Jake Sim. He had a 3 year winning streak and he was determine to not loose it.

It started tense, with a sharp eyecontact and then a charging bull. We almost thought he wouldn’t make it but with a skilled dodge he had the bull crashing into the hay stacks. It angrily turned and galloped again, head tinted forward to dive its bloody thorns through the man but with another quick reflex and a fallen hat he easily tossed the rope the bull was yanked and smartly pushed into the stall again

All while that happened, you had picked up his fallen cowboy hat and put it on jokingly.

Once announced the winner, he headed over to you and smirked.

“Keep it darlin.”