Korean–English parallel text
Jess의 비밀
Jess’s Secret
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아무도 대답하지 않았다. Priya가 Ana를 보았다. Ana는 식탁 위의 네모난 종이를 보았다. Ana는 빠르게 그것을 주머니에 다시 넣었다.
Nobody answered. Priya looked at Ana. Ana looked at the paper square on the table. Fast, she put it back in her pocket.
“Jess, 얘야.” Priya가 말했다. “우리는 그냥 옛날 이야기를 하고 있었어. 빵집 이야기 말이야.”
“Jess, my dear,” Priya said. “We were only talking about the old days. About the bakery.”
“그 사람 이야기잖아요.” Jess가 말했다. “들었어요. 그 사람 이름을 말했잖아요.” Jess가 Ana를 보았다. “할아버지가 그 사람에 대해 알아보라고 했어요? 맞죠?”
“About him,” Jess said. “I heard you. You said his name.” She looked at Ana. “Did Grandad ask you to find out about him? Is that it?”
“아니에요! Walter는 아무것도 몰라요.” Ana가 말했다. “내가 Priya에게 물어봤어요. 알고 싶었어요. 불 이야기요.”
“No! Walter doesn’t know anything,” Ana said. “I asked Priya. I wanted to understand. About the fire.”
“그럼 나한테 물어봐요.” Jess가 말했다. 목소리가 차가웠다. “내가 말해 줄 수 있어요. 아주 짧은 이야기예요. 우리 아빠가 빵집을 불태웠고, 다음 날 도망쳤어요. 자기 아버지를 버렸어요. 나를 버렸어요. 난 두 살이었어요. 끝이에요.”
“Then ask me,” Jess said. Her voice was hard. “I can tell you. It’s a very short story. My father burned down the bakery, and the next day he ran away. He left his father. He left me. I was two. The end.”
“Jess…” Priya가 말을 시작했다.
“Jess…” Priya started.
“난 펜을 사러 왔어요, Priya. 그냥 펜 하나요. 내일 시험 때문에요.” Jess는 카운터 위 상자에서 파란 펜을 꺼내고 그 옆에 1파운드를 놓았다. 그러고 나서 밖으로 걸어 나갔다. 문 위의 종소리가 뒤에서 울렸다.
“I came in for a pen, Priya. Just a pen. For my exam tomorrow.” Jess took a blue pen from the box on the counter and put a pound next to it. Then she walked out. The bell over the door rang behind her.
“따라가 봐.” Priya가 조용히 말했다. “그리고 Ana, 그 남자에 대해서는 아무 말도 하지 마. 아무것도. Jess한테는 안 돼.”
“Go after her,” Priya said quietly. “And Ana, say nothing about the man. Nothing. Not to Jess.”
Ana는 뛰어나갔다. Jess는 집으로 가지 않았다. Bridge Street를 따라 강 쪽으로 빠르게 걷고 있었다. Ana는 오래된 돌다리에서 Jess를 따라잡았다.
Ana ran out. Jess wasn’t going home. She was walking fast down Bridge Street, to the river. Ana caught her on the old stone bridge.
“Jess, 기다려요. 미안해요. 정말로요. 내가 상관할 일이 아니었어요.”
“Jess, wait. I’m sorry. Really. It was not my business.”
Jess가 멈췄다. Jess는 오랫동안 물을 내려다보았다. 다시 말했을 때, 목소리가 달라졌다. 화난 것이 아니라 지친 목소리였다.
Jess stopped. She looked down at the water for a long time. When she spoke again, her voice was different. Tired, not angry.
“이 마을의 모든 사람이 그 이야기를 알아요.” Jess가 말했다. “학교에서, 내가 어렸을 때, 한 남자아이가 나한테 말했어요. 너희 아빠가 빵집을 불태웠다고요. 무슨 말을 해야 할지 몰랐어요. 집에 가서 할아버지에게 물어봤어요. 할아버지는 대답하지 않았어요. 빵집에 들어가서 밤새 빵을 만들었어요.”
“Everybody in this town knows the story,” she said. “At school, when I was little, a boy said to me: your dad burned down the bakery. I didn’t know what to say. I went home and asked Grandad. He didn’t answer. He went into the bakery and made bread all night.”
“미안해요, Jess.”
“I’m sorry, Jess.”
“괜찮아요. 난 아빠가 필요 없어요. 할아버지가 있으니까요.” Jess는 등에서 책가방을 벗었다. “비밀을 지킬 수 있어요, Ana? 진짜 비밀이요?”
“It’s fine. I don’t need a father. I have Grandad.” She took her school bag off her back. “Can you keep a secret, Ana? A real one?”
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