Korean–English parallel text
Priya 이야기
Priya’s Story
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오후 3시에 Ana는 Bridge Street를 건넜다. Shah’s의 앞문으로 가지 않았다. 코너를 돌아 작은 뒷문으로 가서 문을 두드렸다.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, Ana crossed Bridge Street. She didn’t go to the front door of Shah’s. She went round the corner to the small back door, and she knocked.
Priya가 곧바로 문을 열었다. “어서 들어와요, 얘야. 빨리요.” 가게 뒤에는 탁자와 의자 두 개, 주전자 하나가 있는 작은 방이 있었다. 감자칩 상자와 오래된 신문이 사방에 있었다.
Priya opened the door at once. “Come in, my dear. Quickly.” Behind the shop there was a small room with a table, two chairs and a kettle. There were boxes of crisps and old newspapers everywhere.
Priya는 차를 끓이고 탁자에 비스킷 접시를 놓았다. 그러고 나서 앉아서 Ana를 보았다. “오늘 아침에 창가에 너의 운동화가 있었어요,” Priya가 말했다. “젖어 있었어요. 어젯밤에 어디에 갔어요?”
Priya made tea and put a plate of biscuits on the table. Then she sat down and looked at Ana. “Your trainers were in the window this morning,” she said. “Wet. Where did you go last night?”
Ana는 다시 거짓말을 하고 싶지 않았다. “어떤 남자를 봤어요,” Ana가 말했다. “3시 20분에요. 그 남자가 뒷계단에서 빵을 집어서 봉투를 접었어요. 그러고 나서 창가에 있는 나를 봤어요. 운하까지 쫓아갔어요. 하지만 거기에서 놓쳤어요.”
Ana didn’t want to lie again. “I saw a man,” she said. “At twenty past three. He took the bread from the back step and folded the bag. Then he saw me at my window. I ran after him, to the canal. But I lost him there.”
Priya는 눈을 감았다. 잠시 동안 아무 말도 하지 않았다.
Priya closed her eyes. For a moment she didn’t say anything.
“Priya, 제발요,” Ana가 말했다. “여기에서 무슨 일이 있었어요? 모두가 알고, 아무도 나에게 말해 주지 않아요. Walter도 말을 안 해요. Jess도 말을 안 해요. Daniel은 슬픈 이야기라고 말해요. 알고 싶어요.”
“Priya, please,” Ana said. “What happened here? Everybody knows, and nobody tells me. Walter doesn’t talk. Jess doesn’t talk. Daniel says it’s a sad story. I want to know.”
Priya가 눈을 떴다. “알겠어요,” Priya가 말했다. “말해 줄게요. 하지만 행복한 이야기가 아니에요, 얘야. 차를 마셔요.”
Priya opened her eyes. “All right,” she said. “I’m going to tell you. But it isn’t a happy story, my dear. Drink your tea.”
“15년 전에 그 빵집은 다른 이름이었어요. Bell & Son이었어요. Walter와 아들 Michael이었어요. Michael은 그때 서른 살이었어요. 훌륭한 제빵사였고, 아버지보다 나았다고 사람들이 말했어요. 항상 웃었고, 일하면서 노래를 불렀어요.”
“Fifteen years ago, the bakery had a different name. Bell & Son. Walter and his son, Michael. Michael was thirty then. He was a wonderful baker, better than his father, people said. He laughed all the time, and he sang when he worked.”
“Michael에게는 아내 Karen과 붉은 머리의 어린 딸이 있었어요. Jess였어요. 두 살이었어요. 모두 Walter와 함께 빵집 위층에 살았어요. 그때 Mary는 이미 죽었고, Walter는 아주 슬프고 아주 피곤했어요.”
“Michael had a wife, Karen, and a little girl with red hair. Jess. She was two years old. They all lived above the bakery with Walter. Mary was already dead then, and Walter was very sad and very tired.”
“그러다가 1월의 어느 날 밤에 불이 났어요. 빵집 뒤편, 오븐 근처에서 시작되었어요. 나는 창문에서 그것을 봤어요. 불이 아주 크고 아주 밝았어요. 소방서에 전화를 걸고 잠옷 차림으로 길을 건너 뛰었어요.”
“Then one night in January, there was a fire. It started at the back of the bakery, near the oven. I saw it from my window. The fire was very big and very bright. I phoned the fire service, and I ran across the road in my nightdress.”
“Walter가 집에서 먼저 나왔어요. 담요에 싸인 Jess를 안고 있었어요. 그다음에 Michael과 Karen이 나왔어요. 다행히 아무도 죽지 않았어요. 하지만 집 뒤편이 탔고, 빵집은 6개월 동안 닫혔어요.”
“Walter came out of the house first. He was carrying Jess in a blanket. Then Michael and Karen came out. Nobody died, thank God. But the back of the house burned, and the bakery was closed for six months.”
Ana는 롤빵이 탔을 때 Walter의 하얀 얼굴을 기억했다. “다시는 안 돼,” 그날 밤에 Walter가 말했다. 이제 Ana는 이해했다.
Ana remembered Walter’s white face when the rolls burned. Not again, he said that night. Now she understood.
“다음 날 아침에,” Priya가 말했다. “Michael이 길 위, 내 가게 앞에 섰어요. 많은 사람들이 거기에 있었어요. 그리고 Michael이 모두에게 말했어요. ‘내 잘못이에요. 오븐을 켜 두었어요. 자러 가면서 잊어버렸어요. 나예요.’”
“The next morning,” Priya said, “Michael stood in the street, in front of my shop. A lot of people were there. And he told everybody: it was my fault. I left the oven on. I went to bed and I forgot it. It was me.”
“그리고요?”
“And then?”
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