The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon (호랑이와 곶감) is a Korean folktale about a foolish tiger that has the fear of dried persimmon, also known as "gotgam", misjudging it as a being that is scarier than itself.
However, the crying of the baby is stopped by mention of the dried persimmon, which makes the tiger think of the fruit snack as a being scarier than the tiger.
[1] Korean children's writer Ma Hae-song wrote a children's story based on the story called "The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon (호랑이와 곶감)" in 1933.
[2] Korean singers Young Tak and Chee Kwang-min performed a song written by Chee Kwang-min based on the story called "GOAT GAMIDA" (Korean: 곶감이다, meaning "It's Dried Persimmon") for EBS's K-Story Pop Contest in 2014[3] and released a re-arrangement in 2022.
[4][5][6] On March 23, 2023, an animation video of the song was introduced with the intention of “planning to actively use it for children’s educational content, with lyrics and addictive choruses that realistically express traditional fairy tales".