피노키오 / The Adventures of Pinocchio (영문판)

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'피노키오 / The Adventures of Pinocchio (영문판)'은 이탈리아 작가 카를로 콜로디가 1883년에 발표한 세계적인 아동 문학의 고전입니다. 장난감처럼 만들어진 나무인형 피노키오가 진짜 소년이 되고자 펼치는 환상적인 모험과 감동적인 성장 이야기를 담고 있습니다. 거짓말을 할 때마다 코가 길어지는 피노키오의 일화는 진실성과 성장의 중요성을 일깨워 주며, 유쾌하고 교훈적인 메시지가 아이와 어른 모두에게 사랑받아왔습니다. 영문판으로 읽을 경우 영어 독해력을 키우는 동시에, 원문의 분위기와 언어적 뉘앙스를 직접 느낄 수 있어 더욱 깊이 있는 독서 경험을 제공합니다.

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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
Centuries ago there lived—
"A king!" my little readers will say immediately.
No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
I do not know how this really happened, yet the fact remains that one fine day this piece of wood found itself in the shop of an old carpenter. His real name was Mastro Antonio, but everyone called him Mastro Cherry, for the tip of his nose was so round and red and shiny that it looked like a ripe cherry.
As soon as he saw that piece of wood, Mastro Cherry was filled with joy. Rubbing his hands together happily, he mumbled half to himself:
"This has come in the nick of time. I shall use it to make the leg of a table."
He grasped the hatchet quickly to peel off the bark and shape the wood. But as he was about to give it the first blow, he stood still with arm uplifted, for he had heard a wee, little voice say in a beseeching tone: "Please be careful! Do not hit me so hard!"
What a look of surprise shone on Mastro Cherry’s face! His funny face became still funnier.
He turned frightened eyes about the room to find out where that wee, little voice had come from and he saw no one! He looked under the bench—no one! He peeped inside the closet—no one! He searched among the shavings—no one! He opened the door to look up and down the street—and still no one!
"Oh, I see!" he then said, laughing and scratching his Wig. "It can easily be seen that I only thought I heard the tiny voice say the words! Well, well—to work once more."
He struck a most solemn blow upon the piece of wood.
"Oh, oh! You hurt!" cried the same far-away little voice.
Mastro Cherry grew dumb, his eyes popped out of his head, his mouth opened wide, and his tongue hung down on his chin.
As soon as he regained the use of his senses, he said, trembling and stuttering from fright:
"Where did that voice come from, when there is no one around? Might it be that this piece of wood has learned to weep and cry like a child? I can hardly believe it. Here it is—a piece of common firewood, good only to burn in the stove, the same as any other. Yet—might someone be hidden in it? If so, the worse for him. I’ll fix him!"
With these words, he grabbed the log with both hands and started to knock it about unmercifully. He threw it to the floor, against the walls of the room, and even up to the ceiling.
He listened for the tiny voice to moan and cry. He waited two minutes—nothing; five minutes—nothing; ten minutes—nothing.
"Oh, I see," he said, trying bravely to laugh and ruffling up his wig with his hand. "It can easily be seen I only imagined I heard the tiny voice! Well, well—to work once more!"
The poor fellow was scared half to death, so he tried to sing a gay song in order to gain courage.
He set aside the hatchet and picked up the plane to make the wood smooth and even, but as he drew it to and fro, he heard the same tiny voice. This time it giggled as it spoke:
"Stop it! Oh, stop it! Ha, ha, ha! You tickle my stomach."
This time poor Mastro Cherry fell as if shot. When he opened his eyes, he found himself sitting on the floor.
His face had changed; fright had turned even the tip of his nose from red to deepest purple.

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저자(글) 카를로 콜로디

카를로 콜로디(본명: 카를로 로렌치니, 1826~1890)는 이탈리아의 저널리스트이자 소설가로, '피노키오의 모험'의 저자입니다. 어린이들을 위한 도서와 잡지에 꾸준히 기여했으며, 풍자와 상상력이 돋보이는 작품들로 많은 이들에게 큰 영향을 끼쳤습니다. 그의 대표작인 피노키오는 전 세계적으로 번역되어 많은 독자들에게 사랑받고 있으며, 카를로 콜로디는 아동 문학사에 빼놓을 수 없는 거장으로 평가받고 있습니다.