젊어지는 샘물
The spring that makes you young

옛날 옛적, 한 마을에 마음씨 착한 할아버지와 할머니가 살고 있었어요.
Once upon a time, a kind-hearted old man and old woman lived in a village.

할아버지와 할머니는 자식이 없고 가난했어요.
The old man and old woman were poor and had no children.

하지만 아픈 동물들을 잘 보살피며 즐겁게 하루하루를 보내고 있었어요.
But, they were spending days joyfully taking good care of sick animals.

그러던 어느 날, 할아버지가 평소처럼 산에 나무를 하러 갔는데, 할아버지 주위로 새 한 마리가 날아왔어요.
One day, the old man went to a mountain to cut wood as usual, and a bird flew to him.

그 새는 며칠 전에 할아버지가 부러진 다리를 치료해 주었던 새였어요.
The bird was the one whose broken leg he had healed a few days ago.

할아버지는 그 새를 따라 깊은 산 속까지 들어갔어요.
The old man walked deep into the forest following the bird.

그 곳에서 할아버지는 샘을 발견했어요.
The old man found a spring there.

목이 말랐던 할아버지는 그 샘에서 물을 한 번 떠 마셨어요.
He was thirsty so he drank the spring water once.

그러자 할아버지의 모습이 신혼 시절의 젊은 모습으로 바뀌었어요.
Thereupon, his appearance became as young as when he was just married.

놀란 할아버지가 급히 집으로 돌아가 할머니에게 사정을 얘기했어요.
He was surprised and went back home hurriedly, and told his wife about what had happened to him.

할아버지는 할머니를 데리고 그 샘으로 다시 갔어요.
He went to the spring again with his wife.

할머니도 할아버지처럼 샘물을 한 번 들이켰어요.
She also drank the spring water once just like her husband.

그러자 할머니도 신혼 시절 새댁의 모습으로 바뀌었어요.
Then, she also changed into how she looked when she was just married.

신혼 시절의 모습으로 돌아간 할아버지와 할머니는 행복하게 살았어요.
The old man and the old woman who ended up appearing just like they used to when they just got married were living happily.

그런데 어느 날, 옆 집에 사는 욕심쟁이 노인이 그 소식을 듣게 되었어요.
However, one day, a greedy old man living next door happened to hear their story.

노인은 할아버지와 할머니를 찾아와 다시 젊어진 방법을 물어보았어요.
He came over to the old man and the old woman, and asked how they became younger again.

착한 할아버지와 할머니는 그 노인에게 신비한 샘물에 대해 얘기해 주었어요.
The old man and the old woman were kind enough to let him know about the mysterious spring water.

욕심쟁이 노인은 당장 그 샘으로 달려가 물을 마셨어요.
The greedy old man ran over to the spring right away, and drank water.

그런데 욕심이 많은 노인은 샘물을 너무 많이 마셔서 결국 아기가 되어 버렸어요.
However, the greedy old man drank so much water that he ended up becoming a baby.

샘을 찾으러 간 욕심쟁이 노인이 밤이 되어도 돌아오지 않자, 할아버지와 할머니는 노인을 찾아 그 샘으로 갔어요.
Since the greedy old man who left to find the spring didn’t come back until late at night, the old man and the old lady went to the spring to find him.

그곳에서 할아버지와 할머니는 큰 옷 안에 싸여 울고 있는 아기를 발견했어요.
They found a baby crying wrapped in big clothes there.

자식이 없던 할아버지와 할머니는 그 아기를 집으로 데려와 키우며 행복하게 잘 살았답니다.
They didn’t have a child, so they brought the baby home, and raised him and lived happily ever after.

Grammar point

Verb stem + -ㄴ/은
= Changing descriptive verbs into their adjective form to modify a noun

Verb stems ending with a vowel are followed by -ㄴ.
Verb stems ending with a consonant are followed by -은.

착하다 + 할아버지 → 착한 할아버지

착하다 to be nice/kind
할아버지 old man/grandfather
착한 kind

아프다 + 동물 → 아픈 동물

아프다 to be sick
동물 animal

젊다 + 모습 → 젊은 모습

젊다 to be young
모습 appearance