야르 : The Magical Clock and the Wish

사촌언니와 하는 영어수업에 쓴 글이예요.

그 동안 글에 매번 무드가 없다고 코멘트가 있었는데 처음 쓴 소설(?)엔 언니가 매우 만족해하네요.

구성도 좋고 문법이나 어휘 모두 많이 좋아져 수정을 별로 안했다고 합니다.

사실 전 몇 줄 읽다 만답니다. 그 이유는 아시죠? ㅋ

내용은 둘째치고 문장이나 단어가 제게는 너무도 멀고 어려워요.,,ㅠㅠ

그렇지만 한가지,,,책을 많이 읽은 것이 밑바탕이 되었다는 것은 분명한 것 같아요^^

 

 

The Magical Clock and the Wish

  My family moved to a new house yesterday. The house had red roof, and white walls. In the middle of the wall, a pink straight line was painted. After we arranged our furniture and other things, Peter, who was two years older than me, suggested me and Lucy, who was my nine years old and valued younger sister, to explore the house.

  At first, we went up to the second floor. There were many rooms. However, we found that one door was different. Other doors were pink or blue, but this one was gray. We went into the room with the gray door. After that, we gasped because there was so much dust, that seemed like the frost.

  "Ahchoo!"

Lucy sneezed. Peter glanced around and tried to get out of the room. But just then, Lucy pointed under the boxes and shouted.

  "A clock! There's a silver clock!"

Peter and I looked under the boxes. Like what Lucy said, there was a silver clock. We observed the clock and Peter found that there was a golden button. We didn't know what this button does. Therefore, we decided to just push.

  "Well.. Nothings happen-"

When I tried to say something, the clock showed the bright light. We covered our eyes with our hands. After minutes, we knew what it was. When we opened our eyes, there was an old man. Lucy yelled,

  "Magician!"

and the old man said,

  "Yes, I am. And my name is Marlon"

Peter and I were surprised to saw the magician. Marlon picked up the silver clock and said,

  "Children, this is the magic clock."

Marlon kept speaking.

  "Before you moved here, the girl named Jessica was the 199th caller. So you are 200th caller. Congratulations!"

  "Ah.. Ha ha.. Thank you."

  "And I will grant your wish to congratulate you."

  "Wow, really?!"

Peter and I shouted and Lucy just laughed.

  "Of course. one wish for one person."

  "Wow.."

  "And one person's wish will be applied to all of you."

On our mouthes, there was a big smile. While Lucy and I thought about our wish, Peter said to Marlon,

  "I want to get a lot of gold."

Lucy and I cheered. Lucy asked Peter that she wants some gold too and Peter said OK. Lucy whispered to me that she will buy a lot ice cream.

  "Then, what is your wish?"

Marlon asked Lucy. Lucy smiled big and shouted,

  "I want to become prettier!"

Marlon looked worried about her wish but finally he nodded. He turned his eyes to me and asked,

  "What do you want?"

  "Ah.. I.. I want to be an adult!"

Peter and Lucy looked surprised when I said that. However, they smiled. Marlon smiled, too.

  "Okay, wait a minute."

Then, he held up the silver clock and said in a low voice.

  "Bulalala for Peter, Hellen, and Lucy. Bulalala"

After Marlon made the incantation, we could see the blue and yellow bright light. I closed my eyes unconsciously. When I opened my eyes, I could see five buckets of gold. Also, I saw that we became adults and beautiful. We cheered but the voice was really different.

  "Your voice is similar with mom."

  "I think your voice is more similar with her."

New face, new body, and new voice was really strange but we were happy. Marlon said that he would be in the clock again. We smiled and came out of the house.

  First, we went to the town. I felt that people just looked at us. We said hello to them and they also said hello with an unnatural smile. Maybe they felt uncomfortable because we are really pretty and handsome. It was not good reaction. We wanted the reaction that people admired when they see our face. We walked around the town in feeling bad and saw the ice cream store.

  "I want to eat ice cream", Lucy murmured.

  Peter and I thought like that, too. We had no money but we didn't think that we couldn't get the ice cream because of the gold. We thought people will like the gold more than the money. So, we went to the store.

  "The cherry ice cream attracts me, Hellen."

Lucy said with the gentle smile. Peter and I laughed.

  "I'm attracted to the chocolate. Ha ha."

We chose the ice creams and Peter took out the gold from the bag. The salesman saw Peter, Lucy, and me by turns and he said.

  "I don't need the gold, you should pay the money."

Peter said the gold is more expensive, but the salesman didn't answer. He just put the ice cream back in the ice cream bucket. We came out from the store and looked for someplace that we could play or eat something.

  "How about going to the park?" Peter suggested and we followed him.

  At the park, the children were playing Hide-and-seek. Lucy smiled and she went to them. Even if she was wearing high heels, she wanted to run around or scream with them. I also wanted to play with them, but the clothes were too tight, and the heels hurt me. Peter was wearing a suit so he also couldn't play.

  We came back home and went up to the gray door room again. Lucy was almost crying and Peter looked cloudy. I walked on bare foot with holding the heels on each hands.

  Peter picked up the silver clock and saw Lucy and I one by one. Lucy and I just nodded.

  'Beep-'

The funny sound came out from the clock. Then, we could saw the bright light again. Also, magician Marlon came out from the clock.

  "Oh, hello, children."

Marlon said hello, but we didn't answer. Lucy started to cry.

  "Ah, why are you crying?"

Marlon asked.

  "I don't want to be pretty! I don't want to be an adult!"

When Lucy started to cry, the tears came out from my eyes, too. Marlon grinned and said,

  "So, what do you want?"

We answered, at the same time,

  "Please, give us our real face! Also, we don't need the gold!"

  Marlon made an incantaion again, 'Lalalabu for the Peter, Hellen, and Lucy. lalalabu.'. We could see the blue and yellow bright light like when we became adults. When we opened our eyes, we realized there was no clock and Marlon and only our childhood faces.

  I didn't know if it was a dream or not. Peter and Lucy thought so, too. We went down the stairs and sat on the sofa.

  "Oh, was it a dream?"

  "No, I don't think so. If it was, how can we have had the same dream ?"

  "Ah.. But, I can't believe it, even now."

  "I can't believe it, too. However, I realized that the gold is nothing while we are living and the pretty faces are not all the things in life. Besides, becoming adults is not just a good thing."

  Lucy and I agreed what with Peter said and we laughed approvingly.