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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Rabbit's Liver

The Mapo library, the club reads The Rabbit's Liver with Eli as the turtle and Mr. Yun as the rabbit: Rabbit, the Sea King is ill, the rabbit pretended to think it over, he pretended not to be afraid, I left my liver at home, a king doesn't pretend, he just believed, what animal keeps its liver outside its body, the rabbit's part is cold porridge, I pretended to understand, and I know, I saw it all.

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THE STORY

The reading room of the Mapo library on a Saturday morning, the club reading The Rabbit's Liver in parts; Eli plays the turtle and Mr. Yun the rabbit, formally to the Sea King and casually on the sand, and Eli and Ms. Seo speak politely.

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토끼님, 용왕님이 편찮으십니다.to-kki-nim, yong-wang-ni-mi pyeon-cha-neu-sim-ni-da.Rabbit, the Sea King is ill.
토끼는 생각하는 척했어요.to-kki-neun saeng-ga-ka-neun cheo-kae-sseo-yo.The rabbit pretended to think it over.
토끼는 안 무서운 척했어요.to-kki-neun an mu-seo-un cheo-kae-sseo-yo.He pretended not to be afraid.
간은 집에 두고 왔습니다.ga-neun ji-be du-go wat-sseum-ni-da.I left my liver at home.
왕은 척 안 해요. 그냥 믿었대요.wang-eun cheok an hae-yo. geu-nyang mi-deot-ttae-yo.A king doesn't pretend. He just believed, they say.
간을 밖에 두고 다니는 짐승이 어디 있냐?ga-neul ba-kke du-go da-ni-neun jim-seung-i eo-di in-nya?What animal keeps its liver outside its body?
토끼 역은 식은 죽 먹기죠.to-kki yeo-geun si-geun juk meok-kki-jyo.The rabbit's part is cold porridge.
저는 알아듣는 척했어요.jeo-neun a-ra-deun-neun cheo-kae-sseo-yo.I pretended to understand.
알아요. 다 봤어요.a-ra-yo. da bwa-sseo-yo.I know. I saw it all.