이솝 이야기 / Aesop's Fables (영문판, 삽화 포함)

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아이보리잉크 2025년 05월 08일 출간

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이 책은 고대 그리스의 이야기꾼 이솝이 전한 짧고도 강렬한 교훈을 담은 우화 모음집으로, 수천 년간 전 세계인의 사랑을 받아온 고전이다. 동물들이 주인공이 되어 인간 사회의 모습을 비추는 이 이야기들은 단순하면서도 날카로운 통찰을 담고 있어, 어린이뿐 아니라 어른들에게도 깊은 여운을 남긴다. 이 영문판은 아름다운 삽화를 함께 수록하여 독자들에게 생동감 있는 상상력을 선사한다. 원문 영어는 간결하고 명확하여 영어 학습자에게도 훌륭한 읽기 자료가 되며, 자연스럽게 어휘력과 독해력을 향상시킬 수 있다.

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책 속으로

A Stag, chased from his lair by the hounds, took refuge in a farmyard, and, entering a stable where a number of oxen were stalled, thrust himself under a pile of hay in a vacant stall, where he lay concealed, all but the tips of his horns. Presently one of the Oxen said to him, "What has induced you to come in here? Aren't you aware of the risk you are running of being captured by the herdsmen?" To which he replied, "Pray let me stay for the present. When night comes I shall easily escape under cover of the dark." In the course of the afternoon more than one of the farm-hands came in, to attend to the wants of the cattle, but not one of them noticed the presence of the Stag, who accordingly began to congratulate himself on his escape and to express his gratitude to the Oxen. "We wish you well," said the one who had spoken before, "but you are not out of danger yet. If the master comes, you will certainly be found out, for nothing ever escapes his keen eyes." Presently, sure enough, in he came, and made a great to-do about the way the Oxen were kept. "The beasts are starving," he cried; "here, give them more hay, and put plenty of litter under them." As he spoke, he seized an armful himself from the pile where the Stag lay concealed, and at once detected him. Calling his men, he had him seized at once and killed for the table.
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A farmer's daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying her pail of milk upon her head. As she walked along, she fell a-musing after this fashion: "The milk in this pail will provide me with cream, which I will make into butter and take to market to sell. With the money I will buy a number of eggs, and these, when hatched, will produce chickens, and by and by I shall have quite a large poultry-yard. Then I shall sell some of my fowls, and with the money which they will bring in I will buy myself a new gown, which I shall wear when I go to the fair; and all the young fellows will admire it, and come and make love to me, but I shall toss my head and have nothing to say to them." Forgetting all about the pail, and suiting the action to the word, she tossed her head. Down went the pail, all the milk was spilled, and all her fine castles in the air vanished in a moment!

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저자(글) 이솝

이솝(Aesop, 기원전 6세기경)은 고대 그리스의 전설적인 우화 작가로, 동물들을 주인공으로 한 짧은 이야기들을 통해 인간의 본성과 교훈을 전했다. 실제 생애에 대한 기록은 거의 없지만, 그의 이름은 수세기 동안 도덕적 교훈과 지혜의 상징으로 전해져 왔다.