Korean–English parallel text
잘못된 번호
The Wrong Number
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A bilingual Korean–English edition: the Korean text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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작은 실수 하나
One small mistake
완지루는 나이로비에 살았다. 스물아홉 살이었고, 미용사였다.
Wanjiru lived in Nairobi. She was twenty-nine, and she was a hairdresser.
완지루는 시내의 바쁜 미용실에서 일했다. 하지만 그 미용실은 완지루의 것이 아니었다. 주인은 돈을 대부분 가져갔다.
She worked in a busy salon in the city centre. But the salon was not hers. The owner kept most of the money.
매달 완지루는 조금씩 돈을 모았다. 완지루에게는 계획이 있었다. 언젠가 자기 미용실을 갖고 싶었다.
Every month, Wanjiru saved a little. She had a plan. One day, she wanted her own salon.
금요일 저녁에 완지루는 집에 가는 버스에 앉아서 은행 앱을 열었다. 통장에 21만 실링이 있었다.
On Friday evening, she sat on the bus home and opened her bank app. There were 210,000 shillings in her account.
“21만 실링.” 완지루는 조용히 말했다. “9만 실링만 더 있으면 시작할 수 있어.”
“Two hundred and ten thousand,” she said quietly. “Ninety thousand more, and I can start.”
그때 전화가 울렸다. 어머니였다.
Then her phone rang. It was her mother.
“완지루니? 엄마다. 내 딸, 잘 지내니?”
“Wanjiru? It’s Mama. How are you, my child?”
“잘 지내요, 엄마. 버스 안이에요. 무슨 일 있어요?”
“I’m fine, Mama. I’m on the bus. Is everything OK?”
“다 괜찮단다. 음, 거의 다. 또 지붕 때문이야. 어젯밤에 비가 많이 와서 부엌으로 물이 들어왔어.”
“Everything is fine. Well, almost. It’s the roof again. There was a lot of rain last night, and the water came into the kitchen.”
“또요? 마을 아저씨 불렀어요?”
“Again? Did you call the man from the village?”
“응. 오늘 아침에 와서 지붕을 봤단다. ’5만 실링입니다.’ 아저씨가 말했어. ‘월요일에 시작할 수 있어요.’”
“Yes. He came this morning and looked at it. ‘Fifty thousand,’ he said. ‘I can start on Monday.’”
완지루는 은행 앱의 숫자를 보았다. 5만 실링은 5개월 동안 모은 돈이었다.
Wanjiru looked at the number in her bank app. Fifty thousand shillings was five months of saving.
“미안하구나, 내 딸아.” 어머니가 말했다. “네 미용실 이야기 알고 있어. 너한테 부탁하고 싶지 않았단다.”
“I’m sorry, my child,” said her mother. “I know about your salon. I don’t like asking you.”
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