The respected Comrade
"The world knows no such leaders as our great Generalissimos
In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea there is in force a system of supplying all the schoolchildren in the country with new uniforms, Sonamu backpack, Mindulle notebooks and Haebaragi school requisites.
This benevolent system dates back scores of years.
On April 12, 1977, when the whole country was astir with joy for the upcoming spring holiday, the great leader Comrade
He looked carefully at a cap on a boy's head, his bag and some books in it to assess their quality. When facing a girl, he lowered himself to press the vamps of her shoes stained with dust and sweat. He asked how her feet felt and whether the shoes fitted her properly with her own father's care.
Forgetting all the pains taken by himself in order to provide all the schoolchildren with new uniforms and shoes, the great leader embraced the children running into his arms and, with a broad smile on his face, said that they looked better-dressed than him.
He went on: I am very pleased to see the pupils in new uniforms standing in rows. I now feel some ten years younger than I am. Today I am happier than on any other day.
He offered to take a photo of every pupil and chose the site where they would stand, paying particular attention to their postures and facial expressions. And he pressed the shutter release one by one under the burning sun.
After some two hours of photographing in the sunlight, he called the names and gave every pupil a photo with his or her name written on its back.
When the distribution was over, he said that he would take the spare photos with him. He then told the children that they should learn hard, train their bodies and take an active part in the rabbit-raising campaign.
With the passage of time, those pupils have grown to be adults and their children now go to school. Yet, as in the past, new uniforms and school requisites are still provided to all the schoolchildren.
