The Rabbit’s Liver
AudioStory
| 옛날 먼 옛날, 깊은 동해 바다에 용궁이 있었다. 그 용궁에는 용왕님과 많은 신하들과 백성들이 평화롭게 살고 있었다.
그러던 어느 날 용왕님이 중병에 걸려 쓰러졌다. 신하들은 용궁에서 구할 수 있는 모든 귀한 약을 용왕님께 갖다 드렸지만 용왕님의 병이 낫기는 커녕 심해지기만 했다. 그 때 바다와 육지를 오갈 수 있는 거북이가 말했다. 공주와 혼인을 시켜 주겠다는 용왕님의 말에 큰소리를 치고 왔지만 어디에서 토끼를 찾을지, 또 어떻게 토끼를 설득해서 용궁으로 데리고 갈지 막막했다.거북이는 토끼를 찾기 위해서 하루 종일 열심히 기어 다녔다. 그러다 마침 큰 나무 밑에서 쿨쿨 낮잠을 자고 있는 동물을 발견했다. 토끼를 한 번도 본 적이 없는 거북이는 용궁에서 얻어온 토끼 그림을 꺼내 자고 있는 동물과 비교해 보았다. 거북이의 등을 타고 바다 속 용궁에 도착한 토끼는 큰 잔칫상을 찾았지만 아무데도 맛있는 음식은 없었다. 그 때 용왕님의 병사들이 나타나 토끼를 단단히 묶어 용왕님 앞으로 끌고 갔다. 그 때 토끼에게 좋은 꾀가 떠올랐다. 용왕이 베풀어 준 잔치에서 맛있는 음식을 실컷 먹은 토끼는 거북이와 함께 육지로 올라왔다. 이때 울음소리를 듣고 숲속에서 산신령님이 나타나 거북이에게 산삼 한 뿌리를 주면서 말했다. 산신령이 준 산삼을 먹은 용왕은 병이 나아 건강을 되찾고 약속한 대로 거북이는 용왕님의 딸 공주님과 혼인하여 용궁에서 행복하게 오래오래 살았다고 한다. |
| Long long ago, there was a dragon palace beneath the deep East Sea. In the palace, the dragon king, his servants, and his subjects lived in harmony. Then one day, the dragon king became seriously ill. The peasants of the palace brought the dragon king all sorts of precious medicines, but the illness got even worse. The worried servants heard that there was a brilliant physician in the dragon palace of the West Sea, so they brought the physician to the dragon king.“Your majesty, we brought the brilliant physician of the West Sea.” The dragon king said, “Alright. Then make him cure my illness right away.” The physician from the West Sea examined the dragon king and said with a worried expression on his face, “It seems there is no medicine in the sea to cure his majesty’s illness.” “What, no medicine in the sea? Then what should I do?” “Your majesty’s illness will only be cured if you eat the liver of a rabbit that lives on land.” “What? Rabbit’s liver?” “Who out of you servants will bring me the rabbit’s liver?” However, because all the servants in the dragon palace were fish who lived in the sea, not one servant could volunteer to obtain the rabbit’s liver.At that moment, the turtle that could travel on both land and sea said, “Your majesty, I will go to land and find the rabbit’s liver. Please do not worry and wait.” Hearing the turtle’s words, the dragon king said, “Alright, you are indeed a loyal servant of mine! If you bring me the rabbit’s liver, I will let you wed my daughter the princess.” “What? You will let me marry the beautiful princess? Thank you. I will set out for land right now.” The turtle left for land to find a rabbit.Though the turtle had boasted to the dragon king that he would succeed, the turtle had no idea how to find a rabbit, and how to convince the rabbit to come to the dragon palace. The turtle crawled around all day in order to find a rabbit. Then he chanced upon an animal taking a nap beneath a big tree. The turtle, who had never seen a rabbit before, compared the picture of a rabbit from the dragon palace to the sleeping animal. “Long ears, a short and round tail, red eyes, short front feet… Got it! That there is a rabbit!” The turtle inched towards the sleeping rabbit and shook it awake. “Hello, Sir rabbit. Please wake up,” the turtle politely said. “Ah, Sir rabbit, you are just as handsome as the rumors say. There is a big feast at our dragon palace right now, and the dragon king told me to bring the king of the land Sir rabbit. Please attend the dragon palace feast.” The rabbit was flattered by the turtle’s sweet lies. The rabbit who arrived at the dragon palace on the turtle’s back looked for a large feast table but could not find delicious food anywhere. At that moment, the dragon king’s soldiers appeared and tied the rabbit up, then dragged him to the dragon king. Oh! Rabbit, you brought your liver to cure my illness!” At that very moment, the rabbit thought of a plan. The rabbit, who ate a bellyful of the delicious food from the dragon king’s feast, went to land with the turtle. At that moment, a mountain spirit heard the turtle’s cries and appeared. Handing the turtle a root of wild ginseng, he said, “Turtle, your loyalty is truly genuine. You came all the way to this forest from the dragon palace to find medicine for the dragon king. If the dragon king eats this wild ginseng his illness will be cured.” The dragon king ate the wild ginseng from the mountain spirit and became well again. As promised, the turtle wed the princess and lived happily ever after in the palace. |
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