68 The Old Man and Death(2016. 04. 28)

An old laborer, bent double with age and toil, was gathering sticks in a forest. At last he grew so tired and hopeless that he threw down the bundle of sticks, and cried out: "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would only come and take me!" AS he spoke, Death, a grisly figure, appeared and said to him

: "What do you want, Mortal?" I heard thee call me." "Please, sir." replied the woodcutter, "would you kindly help me to lift this faggot of sticks on to my shoulder?"

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

바램이 실현되었을 때 종종 후회를 한다

laborer: 노동자, 인부

toil: 고역

hopleless: 절망적인, 희망이 없는

bundle: 다발, 뭉치

grisly: 무시무시한, 소름끼치는

mortal: 인간

thee: (고어) 그대를, 그대

woodcutter: 나무꾼

faggot: 작은 나뭇가지 다발

gratifiy: 충족시키다, 만족시키다