My phone rang all of a sudden while I was reading a book in the library.
[Hello. Is this Mr.xxx speaking who reported xxx to us last time?]
[Yes. This is he.]
[Whew! How come did you get in trouble with that dork? He is totally insane you know.
We'll call that dude to xxx station by 3, so we would like Mr. xxx to be there on time as well]
[Okay. Thanks.]
[beep--- beep--- beep---]
[beep--- beep--- beep---]
After the call, I quickly packed up and hurried to my home.
I usually took the subway to return, but this time I decided to walk 뚜벅꾸벅ly.
I didn't know why, but my tongue tasted bitter.
And then, I began to talk to myself.
'Wouldn't it be better if filing a complaint were the last thing I would do, especially when it's someone whom I met on the Internet?'
'What if that pathetic 고환;s mom holds my crotch tight and never lets me go?'
My ears were already playing every single sound that may occur in the station.
'Wouldn't it be better if filing a complaint were the last thing I would do, especially when it's someone whom I met on the Internet?'
'What if that pathetic 고환;s mom holds my crotch tight and never lets me go?'
My ears were already playing every single sound that may occur in the station.
[Ah... ah..ah... My kid is actually a good kid actually... You'll have no idea how good he is and he got all beaten today again at school but didn't resist! Ah...Ah...! What are you doing? Right now beg for his forgiveness!]
[Uh..hehe..? Wooh-heeheet? Abracadabra.. Crash! uh-hehehe?? Eh...Arrow English? Hee..hee..heeeeet?]
[Uh..hehe..? Wooh-heeheet? Abracadabra.. Crash! uh-hehehe?? Eh...Arrow English? Hee..hee..heeeeet?]
[Ah... oh my...! My son, you're really humiliating me! I'm so sorry...! I'm so sorry.....!!!]
Right. Then I thought for a while that, just like an incompetent is exempted from his debt, should I stop blaming him for his faults? or whatever.
(F.O.)
(F.I. in the station)
I took a look at 고환이. He was... beyond my imagination like hell...
On his shaggy flat-top haircut were crawling tiny white living things.. his T-shirts was strecthed out around the neck and was hard to tell its color-is it beige? or white?-.... and his yellowish training pants.. in particular around his behind..
And his mother, just like the Mother Mary of the Pieta, was smiling as if she had known what is beyond the earth.
This must have been her daily routine! Her tear glands were already dried out.
[I am really sorry.] she said.
[I am really sorry.] she said.
My eyes were filling with tears. How tough life she had lived for raisng that son.
The police officer behind the laptop stopped eating and pushed his 짬뽕 plate aside, and made a solemn face.
[Eh-hehe? Uh-heehee? Eh-rrow Englisshh! I'm 2320 on SAT! Uh-heeheehee? Hehehehe? ※ he really said this.]
The giggle that 고환 let out with some spitting made the atmosphere rather heavier.
And, at that moment when his mother managed to make a little smile taking out her handkerchief and cleaning up her insensitive son's saliva, the police officer couldn't remain calm anymore and threw his words out.
[...You may go back....]
[No, I won.t Though he's ill and not sane, he still has to be punished for his fault.]
I couldn't remain calm either, and said louder
[....Please! Go back! You are the... womant saint of this dark time..!
I am not an asshole who won't understand your heart and make the fragile psycho go through such tough things!]
She fell and sat on her thighs, and showed some tears which had many implications. As if her tears resonated with our mind, me and the officer bursted into tears too.
Among us crying, disturbing the wailing was, 고환's callous giggling, again.
[Hehehehehe! You mom asshole! Woo-heeheeheeheehee? Haha-huh-heeheeheehee?]
Among us crying, disturbing the wailing was, 고환's callous giggling, again.
[Hehehehehe! You mom asshole! Woo-heeheeheeheehee? Haha-huh-heeheeheehee?]
I really liked the literal devices which were working silently but powerfully, especially the ending. It was the most thrilling experience ever to translate one of the talented writers HUFS has ever had, 뚜.
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I am lying in bed and reading the story. Such a nice translation !
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