Snow-White and Rose-Red
눈처럼 하얀 소녀와 장미처럼 빨간 소녀
Brothers Grimm (Jacob, 1863; Wilhelm, 1859)
The Story
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Snow-White and Rose-Red were two sisters who lived with their mother in a small cottage.Two rose trees grew by their door, one with white flowers and one with red.The sisters loved each other so much that they always held hands when they walked together.
Wild animals never harmed the girls, and a little hare, a deer, and birds all came close to them without fear.One winter evening, someone knocked at the door, and it turned out to be a big black bear looking for warmth.Their mother welcomed him in, and soon the girls were playing happily with the gentle bear by the fire.
All winter long, the bear came back every evening to warm himself and play with the children.When spring arrived, the bear said he had to leave to guard his treasure from the wicked dwarfs living underground.As he hurried out the door, a piece of his fur coat caught on the latch, and Snow-White thought she saw gold shining beneath it.
Soon after, the sisters found a dwarf in the forest with his long white beard caught in a split tree trunk.Instead of thanking them, the dwarf grabbed his sack of gold and stomped away without a word.The sisters helped the same ungrateful dwarf two more times — once when his beard was tangled in a fishing line, and once when a great eagle tried to carry him away.
Each time, the dwarf only complained about his torn coat or beard and hurried off with another bag of treasure.One evening, the sisters found the dwarf admiring a pile of glittering jewels when the bear suddenly appeared.Terrified, the dwarf begged the bear to eat the sisters instead of him, but the bear only chased the ungrateful dwarf away, and he was never seen near their home again.
As the dwarf ran off, the bear’s coat suddenly fell away, and a handsome prince stood before the astonished sisters.He explained that the dwarf’s magic had turned him into a bear, and now that the spell was broken, Snow-White married the prince and Rose-Red married his brother, and their mother kept the two rose trees blooming outside her window for the rest of her life.
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스노우화이트와 로즈레드는 어머니와 함께 작은 오두막집에 사는 두 자매였어요. 그들의 문 옆에는 장미나무 두 그루가 자라고 있었는데, 하나는 흰 꽃을, 다른 하나는 빨간 꽃을 피웠어요. 자매는 서로를 너무나 사랑해서 함께 걸을 때면 항상 손을 잡았어요.
야생 동물들은 결코 그들을 해치지 않았고, 작은 토끼와 사슴과 새들도 두려움 없이 가까이 다가왔어요. 어느 겨울 저녁, 누군가 문을 두드렸는데 알고 보니 몸을 녹이러 온 커다란 검은 곰이었어요. 어머니는 곰을 반갑게 맞아들였고, 곧 자매는 난롯가에서 그 온순한 곰과 즐겁게 놀았어요.
겨우내 곰은 몸을 녹이고 아이들과 놀기 위해 매일 저녁 찾아왔어요. 봄이 되자 곰은 땅속에 사는 사악한 난쟁이들로부터 자신의 보물을 지키러 떠나야 한다고 말했어요. 곰이 서둘러 문을 나서다가 털가죽 한 조각이 문고리에 걸렸는데, 스노우화이트는 그 속에서 금빛이 반짝이는 것을 본 것 같았어요.
얼마 후, 자매는 숲에서 길고 하얀 수염이 갈라진 나무줄기에 낀 난쟁이를 발견했어요. 난쟁이는 고맙다는 말 대신 금이 든 자루를 움켜쥐고 한마디 말도 없이 쿵쿵거리며 가버렸어요. 자매는 그 배은망덕한 난쟁이를 두 번 더 도와주었어요. 한 번은 수염이 낚싯줄에 엉켰을 때였고, 또 한 번은 커다란 독수리가 그를 채가려 했을 때였어요.
그때마다 난쟁이는 찢어진 옷이나 수염에 대해 불평만 하며 또 다른 보물 자루를 들고 서둘러 떠났어요. 어느 날 저녁, 자매는 난쟁이가 반짝이는 보석 더미를 감상하고 있는 것을 발견했는데, 그때 갑자기 곰이 나타났어요. 겁에 질린 난쟁이는 자기 대신 자매를 잡아먹으라고 곰에게 애원했지만, 곰은 그 배은망덕한 난쟁이를 쫓아버리기만 했고, 그는 다시는 그들의 집 근처에서 보이지 않았어요.
난쟁이가 도망치자 곰의 털가죽이 갑자기 벗겨지더니, 깜짝 놀란 자매 앞에 잘생긴 왕자가 서 있었어요. 그는 난쟁이의 마법이 자신을 곰으로 만들었다고 설명했고, 이제 마법이 풀렸으니 스노우화이트는 왕자와, 로즈레드는 그의 동생과 결혼했으며, 어머니는 평생 창밖에 두 장미나무를 피워 두었어요.
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1. What did the bear ask the family to do when he first arrived at their cottage?
2. How did the dwarf react each time the sisters helped him?
3. What happened after the bear chased the dwarf away for the last time?
Vocabulary
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오두막집
Snow-White and Rose-Red were two sisters who lived with their mother in a small cottage.
스노우화이트와 로즈레드는 어머니와 함께 작은 오두막집에 사는 두 자매였어요.
Your Summary
In 1–2 sentences, say how the bear and the dwarf were connected, and what happened once the dwarf was finally driven away.
Source: Adapted from the Brothers Grimm's tale "Snow-White and Rose-Red" ("Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot"), collected in Grimm's Household Tales (1812–1857; Project Gutenberg #2591, long in the public domain) — a different tale from the shelf's earlier "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). This simplified retelling and its Korean translation are original text written for SeoJae Story.
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