The Wild Pigeon
. The wild pigeon
The wild pigeon
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- When you were a child, did you always listen to your parents, or did you sometimes do the opposite of what they asked?
어렸을 때 부모님 말씀을 항상 잘 들었나요, 아니면 가끔 반대로 행동한 적이 있나요? - In Korea, are there any traditional stories that teach children to respect their parents?
한국에도 부모님을 공경하라고 가르치는 전래동화가 있나요?
Key Vocabulary
Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
The wild pigeon
In Japan, there are many stories such as this one that tell children how they should respect their parents.
A long time ago, there was a little boy who didn’t take after his brother and sisters. He never listens to his mother. If the mother told the by to do one thing, he would just do the opposite. If the mother told him to speak well of a guest in their house, the boy would only speak ill of the guest. If she asked him to take part in cleaning the house, he would make his room a mess. If the mother asked the boy to slow down so that they could walk side by side, the boy would take off running wildly. If she told him to go to bed, he would stay up all night. The mother loved him very much, but he was a difficult child to raise.
Then one day, the mother had an idea. She decided to take advantage of the fact that her son always did the opposite of what she asked. She wanted her son to take piano lessons, so she told him, “Son, never learn to play the piano.”
Of course, the boy wanted to do it. He studied very hard and his mother took pride in his wonderful playing.
Sooner or later, we all get old. As she neared the end of her life, the mother worried about where her son would bury her. So far,” she thought. “ My son has always done the opposite of what I wanted. I should stick to the same trick. I want to bury on the hill. I will tell my son to bury me by the ocean. Then he will bury me on the hill.”
When the mother’s death finally took place, the son felt terribly sad. He said, “All my life I always did the opposite of what my mother wanted. Now that she is dead, I will do exactly what she wanted.”
So the son buried his mother by the ocean. He spent a lot of money on a nice grave. However, when he showed upto take care of her grave later, it was high tide and the ocean’s water covered it. When he stopped by the grave in summer, he saw that the sun had burned the ground and many cracks were growing on the grave that he fell down dead. At the moment he died, he turned into a will pigeon and made his home by the ocean.
Now, if you go to the ocean, you may hear the sad cries of a wild pigeon. These cries stand for the sadness that the son still feels for his mother.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서 "엄마 말을 듣다"라고 할 때 별도의 조사가 필요 없지만, 영어에서 "listen"은 반드시 전치사 "to"와 함께 씁니다. "listen"은 자동사이므로 목적어 앞에 항상 "to"를 붙여야 합니다. "hear"와 달리 "listen to + 사람/사물"로 기억하세요.
Discussion
Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.
- The mother decided to use reverse psychology — telling her son the opposite of what she wanted. Do you think this is a good parenting strategy? Why or why not?
어머니는 역발상을 이용해서 아들에게 원하는 것의 반대를 말하기로 했습니다. 이것이 좋은 양육 방법이라고 생각하나요? 그 이유는 무엇인가요? - The boy always did the opposite of what his mother asked. What do you think made him behave this way?
소년은 항상 어머니가 시키는 것의 반대로 행동했습니다. 왜 그렇게 행동했다고 생각하나요? - Even though the boy was very difficult to raise, the mother still loved him very much. How important is unconditional love in raising children?
소년이 키우기 매우 힘든 아이였지만, 어머니는 여전히 아들을 매우 사랑했습니다. 자녀를 양육할 때 무조건적인 사랑은 얼마나 중요할까요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: . The wild pigeon
Level: Intermediate (??)
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