A Thistle Theatre children's production. The Tiger & the Dried Persimmon is based on a story from Korea. The Thistle Theatre web site explains it as, "A young tiger, thinking he is the fiercest in all Korea, ventures down a mountainside in search of food. He overhears a mother trying to stop her daughter from crying with a piece of dried persimmon (kotgum). The silly tiger thinks the kotgum must be a very frightening creature if it can instantly stop a child from crying. Afraid that the kotgum will find him, the Tiger hides in the barn where a thief is hiding!". The YouTube video on this page is not from Thistle Theatre, but gives a little perspective on persimmons