Mother West Wind "Why" Stories — Page 74
Somehow, he felt right down deep in his heart that there must be a reason for those rings, just as there is a reason for his own long ears and long legs.
어쩐지 그는 마음 깊은 곳에서, 자신의 긴 귀와 긴 다리에 이유가 있듯이, 저 줄무늬에도 분명 이유가 있을 것이라고 느꼈습니다.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he simply must know, and the only way he could find out was from Grandfather Frog, who is very old and very wise.
생각하면 할수록 그는 꼭 알아야겠다는 마음이 커졌고, 알아낼 수 있는 유일한 방법은 나이도 매우 많고 매우 현명한 개구리 할아버지에게 묻는 것뿐이었습니다.
So he teased and he teased until finally Grandfather Frog promised him that on the next afternoon he would tell Peter why Bobby Coon has rings on his tail.
그래서 그는 계속해서 졸라댔고, 마침내 개구리 할아버지는 다음 날 오후에 바비 쿤의 꼬리에 줄무늬가 있는 이유를 피터에게 말해주겠다고 약속했습니다.
Peter hurried away to tell all the little meadow and forest people, and the next afternoon they were all on hand on the bank of the Smiling Pool to hear the story about Bobby Coon's tail.
피터는 서둘러 초원과 숲의 작은 친구들 모두에게 알리러 갔고, 다음 날 오후 그들은 모두 바비 쿤의 꼬리 이야기를 듣기 위해 미소 짓는 연못 둑가에 모였습니다.
"Chug-a-rum!" began Grandfather Frog, smoothing down his white and yellow waistcoat.
"컥-어-럼!" 하고 개구리 할아버지가 흰색과 노란색 조끼를 매만지며 이야기를 시작했습니다.
"Chug-a-rum! Some folks seem to think that what they do doesn't matter to anybody but themselves.
"컥-어-럼! 어떤 이들은 자신이 하는 일이 자기 자신 외에는 누구에게도 상관없다고 생각하는 것 같습니다.
That was the way with old Mr. Rabbit, who lived a long time ago when the world was young.
세상이 젊었던 오래전에 살았던 늙은 토끼 씨가 바로 그러했습니다.
He thought he could make all the trouble he pleased by his dreadful curiosity, and if he was found out, no one would suffer but himself.
그는 자신의 지독한 호기심으로 마음껏 말썽을 일으켜도, 들키더라도 자기 자신만 고생할 뿐이라고 생각했습니다.
But it wasn't so.
하지만 그렇지 않았습니다.
Here is Peter Rabbit, his grandchild a thousand times removed, with long legs and long ears, and the bad habit of curiosity, all because old Mr. Rabbit had a bad habit and didn't try to overcome it.
여기 피터 래빗이 있는데, 수천 대를 내려온 그의 후손으로서, 긴 다리와 긴 귀, 그리고 호기심이라는 나쁜 버릇을 가지고 있으니, 이 모든 것이 늙은 토끼 씨가 나쁜 버릇을 가지고도 그것을 고치려 하지 않았기 때문입니다.
Vocabulary
- 어쩐지
- eojjenji — Somehow, for some reason, as expected
- 그는
- geuneun — He (subject marker attached)
- 마음
- maeum — Heart, mind, feelings
- 깊은
- gipeun — Deep, profound
- 곳에서
- goсесо — From a place, at a spot
- 자신의
- jasinui — One's own (possessive form)
- 긴
- gin — Long (adjective modifying a noun)
- 귀와
- guiwa — Ears and (with conjunctive particle)
- 다리에
- darie — To/on the legs
- 이유가
- iyuga — Reason, cause (subject marked)
- 있듯이
- itdеusi — Just as there is, as if having
- 저
- jeo — That (distal demonstrative), I (humble)
- 줄무늬에도
- julmunuiedo — Even in/to the stripes
- 분명
- bunmyeong — Clearly, obviously, certainly
- 있을
- isseul — Will be, there will be
- 것이라고
- geoirago — Saying that it is/will be
- 느꼈습니다
- neukkkyeotsseumnida — Felt, sensed (formal past tense)
- 생각하면
- saenggakhamyeon — When thinking, if one thinks about
- 할수록
- halsurok — The more one does, the more
- 꼭
- kkok — Certainly, must, without fail
- 알아야겠다는
- arayagetdaneun — Expressing determination to find out
- 마음이
- maeumi — Heart, desire, feeling (subject marked)
- 커졌고
- keojyeotgo — Grew bigger and (connective past)
- 알아낼
- aranaел — To find out, to discover
- 수
- su — Ability, possibility, way to do
- 있는
- inneun — That exists, that there is
- 유일한
- yuilhan — The only, sole, unique
- 방법은
- bangbeobeun — Method, way (topic marked)
- 나이도
- naido — Age also, even age
- 매우
- maeu — Very, extremely, highly
- 많고
- mankgo — Is much/many and (connective)
- 현명한
- hyeonmyeonghan — Wise, intelligent, sagacious
- 개구리
- gaeguri — Frog
- 할아버지에게
- harabeojиege — To grandfather, to an old man
- 묻는
- munneun — Asking, inquiring (present modifier)
- 것뿐이었습니다
- geotppuniyeotseumnida — It was only, nothing but that
- 그래서
- geuraeseo — Therefore, so, as a result
- 계속해서
- gyesokhaeseo — Continuously, repeatedly, without stopping
- 졸라댔고
- jolladaетgo — Pestered, nagged persistently and
- 마침내
- machimнае — Finally, at last, in the end
- 할아버지는
- harabeojineun — Grandfather (topic marked)
- 다음
- daeum — Next, following, the one after
- 날
- nal — Day
- 오후에
- ohue — In the afternoon
- 꼬리에
- kkorіe — On/to the tail
- 줄무늬가
- julmunuiga — Stripes (subject marked)
- 이유를
- iyureul — The reason (object marked)
- 말해주겠다고
- malhaeJugetdago — Promised to tell, said would explain
- 약속했습니다
- yaksokhaetseumnida — Made a promise (formal past tense)
- 서둘러
- seodullео — Hurriedly, in a rush
- 초원과
- chowongwa — Meadow/prairie and (conjunctive)
- 숲의
- supui — Of the forest, forest's
- 작은
- jageun — Small, little, tiny
- 친구들
- chingudeul — Friends (plural)
- 모두에게
- modúege — To everyone, to all
- 알리러
- allireo — In order to inform, to let know
- 갔고
- gatgo — Went and (connective past tense)
- 오후
- ohu — Afternoon
- 그들은
- geudeureun — They (topic marked)
- 모두
- modu — All, everyone, altogether
- 꼬리
- kkori — Tail (of an animal)
- 이야기를
- iyagireul — Story, tale (object marked)
- 듣기
- deutgi — Listening, hearing (nominalized form)
- 위해
- wihae — For the purpose of, in order to
- 미소
- miso — Smile
- 짓는
- jinneun — Making, forming (present modifier)
- 연못
- yeonmot — Pond, small lake
- 둑가에
- dukgae — By the bank/embankment of
- 모였습니다
- moyeotseumnida — Gathered, assembled (formal past tense)
- 컥
- keok — Sound of throat-clearing or coughing
- 어
- eo — Interjection expressing hesitation or surprise
- 하고
- hago — Saying, doing and (quotative/conjunctive)
- 할아버지가
- harabeojiga — Grandfather (subject marked)
- 흰색과
- hуinsaekkwa — White color and (conjunctive)
- 노란색
- noransaek — Yellow color
- 조끼를
- jokkireul — Vest, waistcoat (object marked)
- 매만지며
- maemanjimyeo — While smoothing, straightening, patting
- 시작했습니다
- sijakhaetseumnida — Began, started (formal past tense)
- 어떤
- eotteon — Some, certain, what kind of
- 이들은
- ideureun — These people, they (topic marked)
- 자신이
- jasini — Oneself (subject marked)
- 하는
- haneun — Doing, that one does (modifier)
- 일이
- ili — Work, matter, thing (subject marked)
- 자기
- jagi — Oneself, self (reflexive pronoun)
- 자신
- jasin — Oneself, one's own self
- 외에는
- oeeneun — Other than, except for (topic marked)
- 누구에게도
- nuguegedo — To no one, not to anyone
- 상관없다고
- sanggwaneopdago — Saying it doesn't matter to anyone
- 생각하는
- saenggakhaneun — Thinking, who thinks (present modifier)
- 것
- geot — Thing, fact, nominalized concept
- 같습니다
- gatseumnida — It seems, it appears (formal)
- 세상이
- sesangi — The world (subject marked)
- 젊었던
- jeolmeotdeon — When it was young (past modifier)
- 오래전에
- oraejеоne — Long ago, in the distant past
- 살았던
- saratdeon — Who lived, that once lived (past modifier)
- 늙은
- nеulgeun — Old, aged (adjective modifier)
- 토끼
- tokki — Rabbit
- 씨가
- ssiga — Mr./Ms. (honorific suffix, subject marked)
- 바로
- baro — Exactly, right, directly, precisely
- 그러했습니다
- geureohaetseumnida — Was so, was exactly like that
- 지독한
- jidokhan — Terrible, intense, severe, extreme
- 호기심으로
- hogisimeuro — With curiosity (instrumental particle)
- 마음껏
- maeumkkeot — To one's heart's content, freely
- 말썽을
- malsseongeul — Trouble, mischief (object marked)
- 일으켜도
- ireukkyeodo — Even if one causes, even while stirring up
- 들키더라도
- deulkideоrado — Even if caught, even if discovered
- 자신만
- jasinman — Only oneself, just themselves
- 고생할
- gosaenghal — Will suffer, will have hardship
- 뿐이라고
- Saying it is only, claiming nothing but
- 생각했습니다
- saenggakhaetseumnida — Thought, believed (formal past tense)
- 하지만
- hajiman — However, but, nevertheless
- 그렇지
- geureoкhi — Is not so, that is not the case
- 않았습니다
- anатseumnida — Did not, was not (formal past negative)
- 여기
- yeogi — Here, this place
- 있는데
- inneunde — There is, and yet, but (contrastive)
- 수천
- sucheon — Thousands, several thousand
- 대를
- daereul — Generations (object marked)
- 내려온
- naeryeoon — Passed down, descended through
- 그의
- geuui — His, of him (possessive)
- 후손으로서
- husoneuroeseo — As a descendant of
- 다리와
- dariwa — Legs and (conjunctive particle)
- 귀
- gwi — Ears
- 그리고
- geurigo — And, also, furthermore
- 호기심이라는
- hogisimiraneun — Called curiosity, known as curiosity
- 나쁜
- nappеun — Bad, wicked, poor quality
- 버릇을
- beoreуteul — Habit, bad habit (object marked)
- 가지고
- gajigo — Having, possessing (connective form)
- 있으니
- isseuni — Because there is, since one has
- 이
- i — This (demonstrative pronoun/determiner)
- 모든
- modeun — All, every, entire
- 것이
- geosi — Thing, fact (subject marked)
- 가지고도
- gajigodo — Even while having, despite possessing
- 그것을
- geugeoSEul — That thing, it (object marked)
- 고치려
- gochirуeo — Intending to fix, trying to correct
- 하지
- haji — Does not do (negative connective)
- 않았기
- anатgi — Because did not (causal past negative)
- 때문입니다
- ttaemunImnida — It is because of, due to this reason
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