[오늘의 한문장] A Dog‘s Purpose

I was a dog who had learned to live among andserve humans as my sole purpose in life. Now, cut offfrom them, I was adrift. I had no purpose, no destiny, no hope. Anyone spotting me slinking along the shoresat that moment might mistake me for my timid, furtive first mother-that‘s how far back Victor‘s aban-donment had thrown me. - P264

[오늘의 한문장] A Dog‘s Purpose

다시 태어나 Bailey라는 이름으로 불리게 된 Dog.

housebroken
<개·고양이 등이> 집에 길들여진( house-trained)
trained to urinate or defecate outside the home or in an acceptable place indoors

"I‘ll take care of him, and I‘ll walk him and feed him and wash him," the boy was saying. "He‘s the best puppy in the world, Dad. He‘s already housebroken!" - P58

When I lived in the Yard, Senora loved me, but I now realized it was a general love, aimed at all the dogs in the pack. She called me Toby, but she didn‘t say my name the way the boy whispered, "Bailey, Bailey, Bailey," in my ear at night. The boy loved me; we were the center of each other‘s worlds.
Living in the Yard had taught me how to escape - P62

through a gate. It had led me straight to the boy, and loving and living with the boy was my whole purpose in life. From the second we woke up until the moment we went to sleep, we were together.
But then, of course, everything changed. - P63

wishtree

200살이 넘은 참나무 'Red'의 시점에서, 이방인에 대한 배척과 혐오를 넘어 우정과 사랑과 공동체에 대해, 문제를 제거하는 편리함을 넘어 인간과 비인간과 자연의 공생에 대해 한 편의 우화같이 들려주는 이야기.

분량은 많지 않지만, 자연이나 묘사에 대한 생소한 단어들이 많아 읽기 아주 쉽지는 않았다,

스토리, 사건 위주의 영어 동화책보다 예술적이거나 철학적인 내용이 함축된 영어 그림책이 읽기 더 어려운 것처럼.

applegate 책 2권 읽었는데, 계속 읽기

다음 책은 자꾸 <The Martian> 읽으라는 둘째가 두번 째로 권해준 <A Dog's Purpose>. 이것도 거부했으나,,, 자꾸 들이밀어서,,, 한번 읽어 보련다. 글자가 깨알이다;;;;

첫째가 엄청 좋아하던 책. 아이들은 책도 보고 영화도 봤었는데.

[오늘의 한문장] wishtree

But most of all, I didn‘t want to miss a moment of what little life I had left.
I wanted to drink in the stars. - P181

I wanted to feel the fuzzy wings of the owlets.
I wanted to stretch my roots just a tiny bit farther before the night was through.
I wanted to indulge in some quiet contemplation about life and love and what it all meant.
I wanted to philosophize. - P182

We didn‘t speak much after that. Turned out I didn‘t need to talk about life and love and what it all meant.
It was enough to watch the sky freckled with stars, to smell the sweet wet earth, to listen to the beating hearts of the little ones I could keep safe, at least for one more night. - P183

Being nice is the first step toward being kind.

<Wonder>의 spin off story. <Auggie & me>

3개의 독립적인 이야기로 구성되어 있다.

- Auggie에게 가장 'mean'했던 무리의 우두머리였던 Julian과 그의 프랑스 할머니 이야기

- Auggie와 아기 때부터 베프였으나 커가며 점점 어색해진 친구 Christopher와 그의 엄마의 교통사고 이야기

- Auggie의 학교 Welcome buddy이며, 항상 남들에게 neutral하고 nice하게 보이고 싶어하는 Charlotte과 친구들의 우정 이야기

이 책에는 Auggie가 전혀 등장하지 않지만, Auggie와의 만남이 그들에게 어떤 영향을 끼쳤는데, 그들이 어떻게 변화하는지 감동적으로 보여준다. 영어책 읽으며 울다니... 더 감동적이야...

Being Kind, Kindness에 대한 작가의 이야기는 계속된다.

다음 책은 <The one and only Ivan>의 작가 Katherine Applegate의 <wishtree>!