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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Sun and the Moon

The Mapo library, the club reads The Sun and the Moon with Mr. Yun as the tiger, Eli as the mother and Ms. Seo as the children: give me one rice cake and I won't eat you, at the last hill no rice cakes, the tiger said it was her turn, the tiger asked for a rope too, the rope was rotten and he fell into the millet field, he says he'll eat her, asks if it's strong, says let's climb, no rope ever came down, and because you never asked for one.

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THE STORY

The reading room of the Mapo library on a Saturday morning, the club reading The Sun and the Moon in parts; Mr. Yun plays the tiger in casual speech, Eli tells the tale in the storyteller's ending, and Ms. Seo speaks politely, respectfully to Mr. Yun.

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떡 하나 주면 안 잡아먹지.tteok ha-na ju-myeon an ja-ba-meok-jji.Give me one rice cake and I won't eat you.
마지막 고개에선 떡이 없었대요.ma-ji-mak go-gae-e-seon tteo-gi eop-sseot-ttae-yo.At the last hill, no rice cakes, they say.
그다음엔 뭐래요?geu-da-eu-men mwo-rae-yo?And then what does he say?
호랑이가 이번엔 네 차례래요.ho-rang-i-ga i-beo-nen ne cha-rye-rae-yo.The tiger said it was her turn.
호랑이도 동아줄 하나 달랬어요.ho-rang-i-do dong-a-jul ha-na dal-lae-sseo-yo.The tiger asked for a rope too.
줄이 썩어서 수수밭에 떨어졌대요.ju-ri sseo-geo-seo su-su-ba-te tteo-reo-jyeot-ttae-yo.The rope was rotten; he fell into the millet field, they say.
잡아먹는대요, 튼튼하냬요, 올라가재요.ja-ba-meong-neun-dae-yo, teun-teun-ha-nyae-yo, ol-la-ga-jae-yo.He says he'll eat her, asks if it's strong, says let's climb.
동아줄은 안 내려왔어요.dong-a-ju-reun an nae-ryeo-wa-sseo-yo.No rope ever came down.
안 달라고 하셨으니까요.an dal-la-go ha-syeo-sseu-ni-kka-yo.Because you never asked for one.