Korean–English parallel text

사자와 생쥐

The Lion and the Mouse

Aesop

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어린이를 위한 이솝 우화 사자와 생쥐 숲속에서 사자 한 마리가 커다란 머리를 앞발에 괸 채 잠들어 있었다. 겁 많은 작은 생쥐 한 마리가 우연히 그 앞을 지나가다가 깜짝 놀라 서둘러 도망치려다 사자의 코 위를 가로질러 달리고 말았다.

The Æsop for Children The Lion & the Mouse A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion’s nose.

낮잠에서 깬 사자는 화가 나서 거대한 앞발로 작은 생쥐를 눌러 죽이려 했다.

Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.

“살려주세요!” 가엾은 생쥐가 애원했다. “제발 저를 보내주시면 언젠가 꼭 은혜를 갚을게요.”

“Spare me!” begged the poor Mouse. “Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you.”

사자는 생쥐 따위가 자기를 도울 수 있다는 생각에 무척 우스워했다. 하지만 마음이 너그러웠던 사자는 결국 생쥐를 놓아주었다.

The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.

며칠 후, 숲에서 먹잇감을 뒤쫓던 사자는 사냥꾼이 쳐놓은 그물에 걸리고 말았다. 스스로 빠져나갈 수 없게 된 사자는 분노의 포효로 숲을 가득 채웠다.

Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter’s net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring.

생쥐는 그 목소리를 알아듣고 서둘러 그물 속에서 발버둥 치는 사자를 찾아냈다. 사자를 옭아매고 있던 굵은 밧줄 중 하나로 달려간 생쥐는 밧줄이 끊어질 때까지 갉아먹었고, 곧 사자는 풀려날 수 있었다.

The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.

“제가 은혜를 갚겠다고 했을 때 비웃으셨죠.” 생쥐가 말했다. “이제 생쥐도 사자를 도울 수 있다는 걸 아시겠죠.”

“You laughed when I said I would repay you,” said the Mouse. “Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion.”

베푼 친절은 결코 헛되지 않는다.

A kindness is never wasted.

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