어린 왕자 원서 필사하기 -76

I reached the wall just in time to catch my little man in my arms; his face was white as snow.

 

"What does this mean?" I demanded. 

 

"Why are you talking with snakes?"

 

I had loosened the golden muffler that he always wore.

 

I had moistened his temples, and had given him some water to drink.

 

And now I did not dare ask him more questions.

 

He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck.

 

I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone's rifle...

 

"I am glad that you have found what was the matter with your engine." he said.  

 

"Now you can go back home"

 

"How do you know about that?"

 

I was just coming to tell him that my work had been successful, beyond anything that I had dared to hope.

 

He made no answer to my question, but he added;

 

"I, too, am going back home today..."

 

Then, sadly..

 

"It is much father... it is much more difficult..."

 

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I reached the wall just in time to catch my little man in my arms; his face was white as snow.

적시에 나는 벽에 도착해서 내 팔로 어린 왕자를 받을 수 있었다. 그의 얼굴은 눈처럼 하앴다.

 

"What does this mean?" I demanded. 

"이게 무엇을 뜻하는지 아니?" 나는 물었다.

 

"Why are you talking with snakes?"

"왜 뱀하고 이야기한거야?"

 

I had loosened the golden muffler that he always wore.

나는 그가 항상 두르고 있던 금색머플러를 느슨게 풀어주었다.

 

I had moistened his temples, and had given him some water to drink.

나는 그의 관자놀이를 촉촉하게 적셔줬고, 마실 물을 가져다 주었다.

 

And now I did not dare ask him more questions.

그에게 좀 더 많은 질문을 할 엄두가 나지 않았다.

 

He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck.

그는 나를 심각하게 처다보았고 팔로 내 목을 안았다.

 

I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone's rifle...

나는 그의 심장소리를 들었는데, 마치 누군가의 총에 맞아 죽어가는 새의 그것 같았다.

 

"I am glad that you have found what was the matter with your engine." he said.  

"니가 엔진의 문제를 발견해서 매우 기뻐" 그가 말했다.

 

"Now you can go back home"

"이제 너는 집에 갈 수 있구나."

 

"How do you know about that?"

"어떻게 알았니?"

 

I was just coming to tell him that my work had been successful, beyond anything that I had dared to hope.

나는 내가 희망을 갖지도 못한 것 이상으로 성공했다는 사실을 그에게 이야기해주려고 가는 길이었다.

 

He made no answer to my question, but he added;

그는 내 질문에 대답을 하지 않았고 이렇게 덧붙였다.

 

"I, too, am going back home today..."

"나도.. 오늘 집에 가려고 해."

 

Then, sadly..

그리고. 슬프게 이야기했다.

 

"It is much father... it is much more difficult..."

"거기는 엄청 멀고... 가기도 힘들어."

 

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temple : 관자

 

gravely : 중대하게, 심각하게

 

beyond anything that I had dared to hope : 내가 감히 희망을 가질 수 있었던 것 이상으로...