Shy but brave, the little girl moved nearer to the woman.
“We must keep her with us,” the little girl’s people decided. “We’ll keep her and her child safe.”
그 아기는 태어나기 직전 이였어요. “힘줘!” “이불을 가져와!” “물!” “힘을 더줘요!!”
Everyone began to argue.
“We said we would keep mother and child safe, and that’s what we’ll do,” said some.
“But they will bring us bad luck!” said others.
그래서 그 여성은 다시 혼자가 되었어요. 그녀는 이 이상한 애기를 어떻게 해야할 지 고민했어요. 그녀는 자기자신을 어떻게 해야할지도 고민했어요.
But finally she had to accept that he was her child and she was his mother.
만약 그 아이가 작은 상태로 머물러 있었다면 모든 것이 달라졌을 거에요. 하지만 그 당나귀 아이는 무럭 무럭 자라서 더이상 어머니의 등에 엎히지 못했어요. 그리고 엄청난 노력에도 사람처럼 행동하지 못했어요. 그의 엄마는 자주 피곤하고 속상해 했어요. 가끔씩은 당나귀 아이에게 동물이 해야 할일을 시키곤 했어요.
Now, if the child had stayed that same, small size, everything might have been different. But the donkey child grew and grew until he could no longer fit on his mother’s back.
And no matter how hard he tried, he could not behave like a human being. His mother was often tired and frustrated. Sometimes she made him do work meant for animals.
당나귀의 마음속에 헷갈림과 분노가 쌓여갔어요. 그는 이것도 못했고, 저것도 못했고, 이렇게 되면 안됐고 또 저렇게 되면 안됐어요. 어느날 당나귀는 너무 화가나서 그의 어머니를 발로 걷어 찼어요.
Confusion and anger built up inside Donkey. He couldn’t do this and he couldn’t do that. He couldn’t be like this and he couldn’t be like that.
He became so angry that, one day, he kicked his mother to the ground.
By the time he stopped running, it was night, and Donkey was lost.
“Hee haw?” he whispered to the darkness.
“Hee Haw?” it echoed back. He was alone.
Curling himself into a tight ball, he fell into a deep and troubled sleep.
당나귀가 잠에서 깨엇을때, 낯선 할아버지가 자기를 내려다 보고 있다는 것을 알았어요. 그는 그 할아버지의 눈을 보고 나서는 조금의 희망을 느꼈어요.
Donkey went to stay with the old man, who taught him many different ways to survive.
Donkey listened and learned, and so did the old man. They helped each other, and they laughed together.
어느 날 아침, 그 할아버지는 당나귀에게 자기를 산 꼭대기에 데려다 달라고 부탁했어요.
ある朝、おじいさんはロバにのり、山のてっぺんにつれていくようお願いをしました。
One morning, the old man asked Donkey to carry him to the top of a mountain.
아주 높은 구름들 사이에서 그들은 잠이 들었어요. 당나귀는 그의 어머니가 아파서 그를 부르는 꿈을 꾸었어요. 그리고 당나귀가 잠에서 깨엇을때…
彼らは雲の上で眠りに落ち、ロバはお母さんが病気になり、自分のことを呼んでいる夢をみました。
High up amongst the clouds they fell asleep.
Donkey dreamed that his mother was sick and calling to him.
And when he woke up…
…그 구름들은 그 할아버지와 함께 사라졌어요.
ロバが起きたときには、雲も、親愛なるおじいさんも消えてなくなっていました。
… the clouds had disappeared along with his friend, the old man.
당나귀는 드디어 뭐를 해야할지 알았어요.
ロバはついに自分がどうするべきかがわかりました。
Donkey finally knew what to do.
당나귀는 그의 어머니를 찾았고, 그녀가 혼자서 괴로워 하고 있는 것을 보았어요. 당나귀와 그의 어머니는 서로를 오랫동안 바라봤어요. 그러고는 서로를 아주 꽉 안았어요.
The donkey child and his mother have grown together and found many ways of living side by side.
Slowly, all around them, other families have started to settle.
