할머니7 우산장수, 소금 장수 어느 마을에 맑은 날이나 비가 오는 날이나 늘 걱정 가득한 얼굴로 슬프게 지내는 할머니가 살고 있었다. 어느 날 한 젊은이가 할머니에게 물었다. "할머니, 왜 늘 그렇게 슬픈 표정이세요?" "내게는 우산장수를 하는 큰 아들과 염전을 하는 작은 아들이 있다오. 햇볕 쨍쨍한 날에는 큰아들이 우산을 못 파니 슬프고, 비 오는 날에는 작은 아들 염전의 소금이 다 녹아 슬프다오.” 그러자 젊은이가 빙그레 웃으며 말했다. "반대로 생각하시면, 비 오는 날엔 큰 아들 우산이 잘 팔려 기쁘고, 맑은 날엔 작은 아들의 염전이 잘 되니 기쁜 일 아닌가요?” 내게는 자녀도 여럿이고 손자는 그 보다 더 많다. 그러다 보니 늘 이런저런 일이 벌어진다. 어떤 놈은 달리기를 잘해 전국대회에 나가 메달을 따고, 다른 놈은 감원으로 .. 2024. 8. 10. 14. Ants There were plenty of ants in my grandparents’. Unattended food attracted them and would be covered with them quickly. Grandmother used to scoop the ants up from the stew or soup, heat up, and serve the food. I even saw warrior ants which had claws and big heads. Since then, I have seen many ants in Korea and America, but never seen those warrior ants again. To avoid the ants, grandma hung basket.. 2020. 12. 17. 13. Grandma's attic A large mansion across the street from my grandparents’ house belonged to a gentleman named Ki Byung Yoon who used to be a police commander. A cop on foot patrol always stopped at his house, took out a piece of paper from a box hung on the post, and wrote something. I assume he was recording his patrol time. The family living in that mansion did not socialize with the neighbors. Somehow, grandpa.. 2020. 12. 16. 12. A Woman without a Son My grandfather was collecting antiques and old coins. He also sold them to the rich and made profit. Jong Roe was the business center of Seoul and there were clusters of rich here and there. He organized and ran several social clubs for them. They paid the membership fees to join. The membership fees were loaned to the borrowers and the interests charged on these loans were the incomes of the cl.. 2020. 12. 15. 이전 1 2 다음