‘I suppose I am. How old are you?‘ he asked.Shmuel thought about it and looked down athis fingers and they wiggled in the air, as if hewas trying to calculate. ‘I‘m nine,‘ he said. ‘Mybirthday is April the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four.‘Bruno stared at him in surprise. ‘What didyou say?‘ he asked.‘I said my birthday is April the fifteenth nine-teen thirty-four.‘Bruno‘s eyes opened wide and his mouthmade the shape of an O. ‘I don‘t believe it,‘ hesaid.‘Why not?‘ asked Shmuel.‘No,‘ said Bruno, shaking his head quickly. ‘Idon‘t mean I don‘t believe you. I mean I‘msurprised, that‘s all. Because my birthday is Aprilthe fifteenth too. And I was born in nineteenthirty-four. We were born on the same day.‘ - P109
‘Where I come from is much nicer thanBerlin,‘ said Shmuel, who had never beento Berlin. ‘Everyone there is very friendly and wehave lots of people in our family and the food isa lot better too."‘Well, we‘ll have to agree to disagree,‘ saidBruno, who didn‘t want to fight with his newfriend.‘All right,‘ said Shmuel. - P114
작년에 국문판을 읽고 너무 좋아서 영문판도 읽었다. 어린이책을 읽는 나의 영어 수준으로 완독에 오래 걸렸고 모호하게만 이해되는 부분도 많았지만(이미 읽은 국문판도 기억 저 멀리 사라져~). 그래도 좋다. 나의 달리기 실력 만큼이나 나의 영어 실력도 거북이처럼 느리게 성장하지만 몇 년 후 다시 읽으면 조금 더 또는 다르게 이해될 것이다.
