Korean–English parallel text

양치기 소년

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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소년이 무료함을 달래기 위해 할 수 있는 일이라곤 개에게 말을 걸거나 피리를 부는 것뿐이었다.

All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd’s pipe.

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어느 날 양들과 고요한 숲을 지켜보며 늑대가 나타나면 어떻게 할지 생각하던 소년은 무료함을 달랠 계획 하나를 떠올렸다.

One day as he sat watching the Sheep and the quiet forest, and thinking what he would do should he see a Wolf, he thought of a plan to amuse himself.

주인은 늑대가 양 떼를 공격하면 도움을 청하라고 했고, 그러면 마을 사람들이 늑대를 쫓아내 줄 것이었다.

His Master had told him to call for help should a Wolf attack the flock, and the Villagers would drive it away.

그래서 소년은 늑대처럼 보이는 것은 아무것도 보지 못했음에도 불구하고 마을을 향해 달려가 목청껏 소리쳤다. “늑대야! 늑대!”

So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked like a Wolf, he ran toward the village shouting at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf!”

예상대로 그 외침을 들은 마을 사람들은 하던 일을 멈추고 잔뜩 흥분해서 목장으로 달려왔다. 하지만 그곳에 도착했을 때 그들은 소년이 자신들에게 친 장난에 배를 잡고 웃고 있는 모습을 발견했다.

As he expected, the Villagers who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to the pasture. But when they got there they found the Boy doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.

며칠 후 양치기 소년은 다시 “늑대야! 늑대!”라고 소리쳤다. 마을 사람들은 다시 그를 도우러 달려왔지만, 또다시 비웃음만 당하고 말았다.

A few days later the Shepherd Boy again shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” Again the Villagers ran to help him, only to be laughed at again.

그러던 어느 날 저녁, 해가 숲 뒤로 지고 그림자가 목장 위로 길게 드리워질 무렵, 진짜 늑대 한 마리가 덤불 속에서 튀어나와 양들을 덮쳤다.

Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Wolf really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the Sheep.

공포에 질린 소년은 “늑대야! 늑대!”라고 소리치며 마을을 향해 달렸다. 하지만 마을 사람들은 그 외침을 듣고도 이전처럼 그를 도우러 달려가지 않았다. 그들은 “저 녀석이 다시는 우리를 속이지 못할 거야.”라고 말했다.

In terror the Boy ran toward the village shouting “Wolf! Wolf!” But though the Villagers heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. “He cannot fool us again,” they said.

늑대는 소년의 양을 아주 많이 죽이고는 숲속으로 사라져 버렸다.

The Wolf killed a great many of the Boy’s sheep and then slipped away into the forest.

거짓말쟁이는 진실을 말할 때조차 믿음을 얻지 못한다.

Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.

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