Slow Version 14

도시 쥐와 시골 쥐
The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse

어느 날 도시 쥐가 시골 쥐네 집으로 놀러 왔어요.
One day, the town mouse came to visit the country mouse at his place.

시골 쥐는 도시 쥐에게 음식을 대접했지요.
The country mouse treated the town mouse to some food.

“우리 집에 잘 왔어. 신선한 과일이야. 먹어 봐.”
“Welcome to my house. Here are some fresh fruits. Try them.”

도시 쥐는 과일을 먹기 시작했어요.
The town mouse started eating the fruits.

“그런데 먹을 게 과일밖에 없어?”
“But fruits are the only foods you have?”

시골 쥐는 다른 먹을 것을 내왔지만 도시 쥐는 별로 좋아하지 않았어요.
The country mouse brought some other foods but the town mouse didn’t really like them.

“여기는 구경할 곳이 있어?”
“Do you have some place to look around here?”

도시 쥐가 물었어요.
The town mouse asked.

“뒷산에 올라가면 해가 지는 멋진 풍경을 볼 수 있어.”
“If you go up to the mountain behind my house, you can see the splendid view of the sun setting.”

시골 쥐는 도시 쥐를 뒷산으로 데려갔어요.
The country mouse took the town mouse to the mountain in the back.

“해가 지는 풍경은 도시에서도 볼 수 있어.”
“I can see the view of the sun setting in the city too.”

도시 쥐는 하품을 하며 지루해했어요.
The town mouse yawned and felt bored.

“도시에 와 보는 건 어때? 우리 집에는 맛있는 것도 정말 많아. 구경할 것도 정말 많아.”
“How about you come visit the city? There are a lot of delicious foods at my place. There are a lot of things to see.”

시골 쥐는 뒷산 이외에는 가 본 곳이 없었어요.
The country mouse had never been anywhere other than the mountain behind his house.

그래서 시골 쥐는 도시 쥐를 따라 도시에 가 보기로 했어요.
So the country mouse decided to try following the town mouse and going to the city.

마침내 도시에 도착한 두 쥐는 사람들의 발을 피해 요리조리 뛰어야 했어요.
The two mice, who finally arrived in the city, had to run here and there to avoid the feet of people.

시골 쥐는 갑자기 도시가 무서워졌어요.
The country mouse suddenly got scared of the city.

마침내 두 쥐는 큰 집의 하수도에 도착했어요.
Finally, the two mice arrived at the sewer of a big house.

하수도를 따라 들어가니 큰 집의 한 구석에 도시 쥐의 집이 나왔어요.
They went in along the sewer and arrived at the town mouse’s house, in a corner of a big house.

“여기가 우리 집이야. 어때? 정말 크지?”
“This is my house. What do you think? It’s really big, right?”

도시 쥐는 시골 쥐를 큰 집의 부엌으로 데려갔어요.
The town mouse took the country mouse to the kitchen of the big house.

부엌에는 시골 쥐가 한 번도 먹지 못한 음식들이 정말 많았어요.
In the kitchen, there were a lot of foods that the country mouse had never seen before.

이것을 보고 시골 쥐는 감탄을 했어요.
Looking at that, the country mouse exclaimed,

"우와, 이런 음식도 먹을 수 있다니! 역시 도시는 다르구나."
“Wow, you can even eat this kind of food! Just as I expected, the city is on another level.”

도시 쥐는 시골 쥐의 손을 잡고 테이블 위로 올라갔어요.
The town mouse held the country mouse’s hand and went up to the top of the table.

“시골에는 이런 음식이 없지? 많이 먹어.”
“You don’t have this kind of food in the countryside, right? Help yourself.”

그런데 도시 쥐와 시골 쥐가 음식을 먹고 있을 때 갑자기 발자국 소리가 들려왔어요.
But when the town mouse and the country mouse were eating food, they suddenly heard some footsteps.

그러자 도시 쥐는 재빨리 시골 쥐를 데리고 하수도 구멍으로 도망쳤어요.
And then the town mouse quickly took the country mouse and ran away into a hole in the sewage.

도시 쥐는 사람이 다시 사라지자 시골 쥐를 데리고 음식이 있는 곳으로 나갔어요.
Once the people disappeared again, the town mouse took the country mouse out to the place where the food was.

시골 쥐는 그렇게 몇 번을 반복하면서 음식을 먹어야 했어요.
The country mouse had to repeat that many times to eat food.

시골 쥐는 생각했어요.
The country mouse thought,

‘이렇게 도망치면서 음식을 먹어야 하다니. 게다가 무서워서 거리를 돌아다닐 수도 없잖아.’
‘I have to eat food while running away like this? On top of that, I can’t even walk around the street because it’s scary.’

‘이런 음식을 못 먹더라도 시골에서 편하게 먹는 게 훨씬 낫겠어.’
‘Even if I can’t eat this kind of food, I think it’ll be much better to eat comfortably in the countryside.’

시골 쥐는 도시 쥐에게 시골로 돌아가겠다고 말했어요.
The country mouse told the town mouse that he would go back to the countryside.

“도시는 야경도 진짜 예뻐. 도시 구경을 시켜 주려고 했더니 왜 그래?”
“The city’s night view is also really pretty. I was going to show you around the city. What’s wrong?”

시골 쥐는 도시 쥐에게 끌려다니며 도시 구경을 했지만, 시골로 돌아가고 싶은 마음만 굴 뚝 같았어요.
The country mouse was dragged around by the town mouse and looked around the city, but he had a strong desire to go back to the countryside.

그날 밤 도시 쥐가 잠이 들자 시골 쥐는 몰래 빠져나와서 시골로 돌아갔어요.
That night, when the town mouse fell asleep, the country mouse snuck out and went back to the countryside.

시골 쥐는 시골에 도착하자 마음이 편해졌답니다.
The country mouse felt at ease as soon as he arrived in the countryside.

‘아무리 맛있는 걸 먹을 수 있어도 무서움에 덜덜 떨면서 사는 것보다 이렇게 마음 편하게 사는 게 최고지.’
‘No matter how much delicious food I can eat, it’s best to live at ease like this rather than trembling in fear.’

자신의 시골 집에 도착한 시골 쥐는 마음 편하게 잠을 잤어요.
The country mouse, who had arrived in his own country house, slept at ease.
 

Grammar point

Verb stem + -다니

-다니 is used to express surprise, disbelief, or disappointment. -다니 can be followed by phrases like 믿을 수가 없어(I can’t believe it) or 말도 안 돼(it’s impossible).

Ex)
5월에 눈이 오다니! = I can’t believe it’s snowing in May.
내가 1등이라니! = I can’t believe I took the first place.