One-sided love story of a snail
(달팽이의 반쪽 사랑 이야기)
Long long time ago, there were a snail and a pretty
bell flower in deep woods where nobody lived. The
fact that there lived a bell flower in the world was
enough to make the snail happy, but the flower did
not know that.
The snail was looking toward her, and he quickly
concealed himself behind the leaves of a taro when
he saw her in the eyes. It was his feeling for the
flower, but she did not know.
Every morning, the snail came to the flower over
two huge blocks of rock, and asked her, "Excuse
me, can I drink a drop of your dew?"("저어 ,이슬 한
방울만 마셔도 되나요...? ") It was his love but she did
not know.
On a stormy day, the snail sat up all through the
night under a rock by the bell flower. When the sun
was pouring down its full strength from the sky,
the snail was beside her until his shell got dry. It
was his love but she did not know.
The snail could not say anything in case the seeds
of a dandelion might hear of it. It was his love but
she did not know.
Time went by. There came a butterfly with yellow
wings into the woods. The bell flower liked the
yellow wings of the butterfly, and the butterfly
liked her white leaves, too. Now the bell flower,
who used to give the snail her dew, gave her honey
to the butterfly. But the snail was just happy to
see her being happy.
The snail said to the seeds of a dandelion, "To
love another truly is to let him/her free." ("다른 이를 진정으로 좋아하는 것은 그를 자유롭게 해주는 거야.
")On the other hand, he felt somewhat sad without
reason. It was his love, but the bell flower did not
know.
When a leaf of the bell flower fell into a dense fog
in the morning, the butterfly felt the cold air. He
flew away from the woods, flapping his yellow
wings. Seeing the bell flower who was sad over the
butterfly's leaving, the snail shed his tears onto a
leaf of a clover. On the night the butterfly went
away, the snail was hovering around the bell
flower all through the night. It was his love, but
the bell flower did not know.
All her leaves were gone, and she fell to the
ground as a seed. Covering the seed with soil, the
snail told her, "Now, can I wait for you again?"("
이제 또 당신을 기다려도 되나요...?") The bell flower
did not know the snail loved her until she became
a seed.