해님 달님
The Sun and the Moon

옛날 옛날 어느 산골 마을에 어머니와 오누이가 살고 있었어요.
Once upon a time, a mother and her son and daughter lived in a village by the
mountains.

하루는 어머니가 옆 마을에 떡을 팔러 갔다가 다 팔지 못하고 돌아오고 있었어요.
One day, the mother went to the neighboring village to sell rice cakes and was on
her way back, without having been able to sell all the rice cakes.

그때, 커다랗고 무서운 호랑이 한 마리가 어머니 앞에 나타났어요.
And then, a big scary tiger appeared in front of the mother.

“어흥~ 떡 하나 주면 안 잡아먹지.”
“Grrrrr! Give me one of your rice cakes and I will not eat you.”

어머니가 얼른 떡을 꺼내 호랑이에게 주었어요.
The mother quickly took out some rice cake and gave it to the tiger.

그러자 호랑이는 떡을 다 먹고 그 자리에서 어머니까지 잡아먹었어요.
Then the tiger ate all of the rice cake and also ate the mother on the spot.

호랑이는 오누이도 잡아먹기 위해 어머니의 옷을 입고 오누이가 사는 집으로 갔어요.
Wearing the mother’s clothes, the tiger went to the house where the brother and
sister lived in order to eat them up.

오누이는 집에서 어머니가 오시기만을 기다리고 있었어요.
The brother and sister were just waiting for their mother to come home.

호랑이가 집 앞에 도착해서 외쳤어요.
The tiger arrived at the house and shouted.

“얘들아, 엄마 왔다. 문 좀 열어다오.”
“Guys, I’m home. Please open the door.”

하지만 엄마 목소리가 이상하다는 걸 눈치챈 오누이는 문을 열지 않았어요.
But, the brother and sister, who realized that their mother’s voice was strange,
did not open the door.

“우리 엄마 목소리가 아니에요”
“That is not our mother’s voice.”

“일을 너무 많이 해서 목소리가 쉬어서 그렇단다.”
“That’s because I worked a lot and have a hoarse throat.”

“그럼 손을 한번 내밀어 보세요.”
“Then, show us your hands.”

호랑이가 문 틈으로 손을 내밀었어요.
“The tiger put his hand in through the gap of the door.

어머니의 하얗고 고운 손 대신 거친 털이 나 있는 호랑이의 손이었어요.
It was a hand of a tiger, with rough fur, instead of their mother’s white and soft
hand.

놀란 오누이는 뒷문을 통해 부리나케 도망쳐 나왔어요.
The brothers and sister, who were surprised, ran away in a hurry through the
back door.

오누이는 뒤뜰에 있는 큰 나무 위로 올라갔어요.
They climbed up a big tree in the backyard.

호랑이도 오누이를 쫓아 나무 위로 올라오려고 애를 썼어요.
The tiger tried hard to follow them and climb up the tree too.

호랑이가 나무를 타고 올라와 오누이가 있는 곳에 점점 가까워지고 있었어요.
The tiger was climbing up the tree and was getting closer and closer to where
they were.

오누이는 너무 무서웠어요.
The brother and sister were very scared.

오빠는 다급한 마음에 눈을 꼭 감고 기도를 하기 시작했어요.
Feeling desperate, the brother closed his eyes tight and started praying.

‘하느님, 제발 저희를 살려 주세요. 동아줄을 내려 주세요.’
“God, please save us. Please send down a rope for us.”

그러자 하늘에서 ‘번쩍' 하고 빛이 비추더니 새 동아줄이 내려왔어요.
And then, a light flashed in the sky and a new rope came down.

오누이는 동아줄을 타고 하늘로 올라갔어요.
The brother and sister went up to the sky on the rope.

그 모습을 보고 있던 호랑이도 하늘에 빌기 시작했어요.
The tiger, who was looking at that, also started to pray to the sky.

“하느님, 저도 동아줄을 내려 주세요."
“God, please send down a rope for me, too.”

그때, 호랑이에게도 동아줄이 내려오기 시작했어요.
Just then, a rope started coming down for the tiger, too.

호랑이는 냉큼 동아줄을 잡아타고 하늘로 올라갔어요.
The tiger immediately grabbed the rope and went up to the sky.

그런데 그때, 호랑이가 매달려 있던 동아줄이 ‘뚝' 하고 끊어졌어요.
But then, the rope that the tiger was hanging on was cut abruptly.

호랑이는 그대로 바닥으로 떨어져 죽었어요.
The tiger fell down to the floor just like that and died.

호랑이에게 내려온 동아줄은 바로 썩은 동아줄이었어요.
The rope that had come down for the tiger was actually a rotten rope.

새 동아줄을 타고 무사히 하늘로 올라간 오누이는 오빠는 달이 되고, 동생은 해가 되었답니다.
The brother and sister went up to the sky safely on the new rope, and the
brother became the moon and the sister became the sun.
 

Grammar point

Verb stem + -고 있다/있었다
= Making a present progressive/past progressive form

돌아오다 → 돌아오고 있어요
돌아오다 to come back
돌아오고 있다 to coming back

기다리다 → 기다리고 있어요
기다리다 to wait
기다리고 있다 to be waiting

가까워지다 → 가까워지고 있어요
가까워지다 to get closer
가까워지고 있다 to be getting closer