선녀와 나무꾼
The fairy and the woodcutter

옛날에 가난하지만 부지런한 나무꾼이 살고 있었어요.
Once upon a time, there lived a poor but diligent woodcutter.

나무꾼은 나이가 서른이 넘도록 장가를 못 간 노총각이었어요.
The woodcutter was an old bachelor who had not been able to get married even after he was 30 years old.

어느 날, 산에서 열심히 나무를 하고 있는데 어디선가 사슴 한 마리가 달려와 말을 했어요.
One day, while he was working hard cutting wood, a deer came running to him from somewhere and said,

“나무꾼님, 나무꾼님, 저 좀 살려 주세요. 사냥꾼이 절 잡으려고 쫓아오고 있어요.”
“Woodcutter, woodcutter, please save me. A hunter is coming after me to catch me.”

나무꾼은 사슴이 불쌍해 나무 뒤에 숨겨 주었어요.
The woodcutter felt pity for the deer, so he hid the deer behind a tree.

곧 무섭게 생긴 사냥꾼이 나타나 나무꾼에게 물었어요.
Soon, a scary-looking hunter appeared and asked the woodcutter.

“이보시오, 방금 이곳으로 사슴 한 마리가 뛰어오지 않았소?
“Hey, didn’t a deer come running this way?

“저쪽으로 도망갔어요.”
“It ran away that way.”

나무꾼은 사냥꾼에게 거짓말을 했어요.
The woodcutter lied to the hunter.

사냥꾼이 사라지자, 안심한 사슴이 나와서 나무꾼에게 말했어요.
Once the hunter disappeared, the deer, relieved, came out and said to the woodcutter.

“감사합니다, 나무꾼님. 제 목숨을 살려 주셨어요. 소원이 있다면 무엇이든 말씀해 보세요. 제가 들어드릴게요.”
“Thank you, woodcutter. You saved my life. If you have a wish, please tell me anything. I will grant it.”

나무꾼은 장가를 가는 것이 소원이라고 말했어요.
The woodcutter said that his wish was to get married.

그러자 사슴이 말했어요.
Then, the deer said.

“보름달이 뜨는 날 산 꼭대기에 있는 연못으로 올라가세요. “
“The day when the full moon rises, go up to the pond on top of the mountain.”

“하늘 나라 선녀님들이 그곳으로 목욕을 하러 내려올 거예요. “
“Fairies from the sky will come down to take a bath there.”

“거기 가서 선녀님들이 벗어 놓은 날개옷 하나를 감추세요.“
“Go there and hide one of the wing clothes (celestial robes) that they have taken off.”

날개옷이 없는 선녀는 하늘 나라로 올라가지 못하니 그 선녀를 아내로 맞으시면 될 거예 요.
A fairy without her wing clothes can’t go up to the sky, so you just have to take her as your wife.

하지만 선녀님과 결혼해 아이 셋을 낳을 때까지는 선녀님에게 날개옷을 절대 돌려주시면 안 돼요.”
But, until you marry the fairy and have three children with her, you should never give her wing clothes back to her.

보름달이 뜨는 밤, 나무꾼은 사슴이 말한 대로 산 꼭대기에 있는 연못으로 갔어요.
When the full moon rose, the woodcutter went to the pond on top of the mountain as the deer said.

그곳에는 정말 선녀님들 몇 명이 목욕을 하고 있었어요.
There, some fairies were really taking a bath.

나무꾼은 살금살금 몰래 다가가 날개옷 하나를 훔쳤어요.
The woodcutter snuck up to them and stole one of their wing clothes.

얼마 후, 선녀님들이 목욕을 다 끝내고 하나둘 하늘 나라로 올라가기 시작했어요.
A while later, the fairies finished taking a bath and started going up to the sky one by one.

“아니, 내 날개옷이 어디 갔지? 내 날개옷이 없어졌어. 어떡하면 좋아... 흑흑...”
“Oh, no! Where are my wing clothes? My wing clothes have disappeared. What should I do...?

날개옷이 없어진 한 선녀님이 하늘 나라로 올라가지 못하고 서럽게 울고 있었어요.
One fairy who had lost her wing clothes couldn’t go up to the sky, and was crying sadly.

그때, 나무꾼이 선녀님에게 다가가 말했어요.
Then, the woodcutter approached her and said,

“선녀님, 제가 선녀님의 날개옷을 가지고 있어요. 그러니 나와 결혼해 주세요. 내가 행복하게 해 드릴게요.”
“Fairy, I have your wing clothes. So please marry me. I will make you happy.”

그렇게 나무꾼은 선녀님과 결혼을 했어요.
Like that, the woodcutter married the fairy.

세월이 흘러, 둘 사이에서는 아이도 둘이나 태어났어요.
Some time passed, and between them, two children were born.

그러던 어느 날, 선녀님이 나무꾼에게 말했어요.
And then one day, the fairy said to the woodcutter,

“이제 아이도 둘이나 낳았으니 제 날개옷을 돌려주세요. 한 번만 입어 보고 싶어요.”
“Since I’ve already given birth to two children, please give me back my wing clothes. I want to wear them just once.”

간곡히 애원하는 선녀가 가여워 나무꾼은 감춰 두었던 날개옷을 꺼내 주었어요.
The woodcutter felt pity for her bagging desperately, so he took out the wing clothes that he was hiding, and gave them to her.

그러자 선녀님이 너무 기뻐하며 날개옷을 입었어요.
And then, very excited, the fairy put on her wing clothes.

그런데 그때, 눈 깜짝할 사이 선녀님이 아이 둘을 한 팔에 하나씩 안고 하늘 나라로 날아가 버렸어요.
But then, within a split second, the fairy flew up to the sky, with the two kids, one in each of her arms.

“여보! 여보! 가지 말아요!”
“Honey! Honey! Don’t go!”

나무꾼은 눈물을 흘리며 후회했지만 아이와 아내는 하늘 나라로 가 영영 돌아오지 않았답니다.
The woodcutter shed tears in regret, but his children and their wife went to the sky and never returned again.

Grammar point

Verb stem + -(으)려고
= Expressing one’s intention (“to V” / ”In order to V”)

Verb stem ending with a vowel + -려고
Verb stem ending with a consonant + -으려고

잡다 + -으려고 → 잡으려고
잡다 to catch
잡으려고 in order to catch

자다 + -(으)려고 → 자려고
자다 to sleep
자려고 in order to sleep

읽다 + -(으)려고 → 읽으려고
읽다 to read
읽으려고 in order to read