Nolboo Ve Hungboo
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Uzun uzun yillar önce iki kardes varmis. Kardeslerden büyügü Nolboo oldukça kötü bir insanmis, kimse onu sevmezmis. Hungboo ise oldukça nazik, kibar ve yardimsever bir insanmis. Dul babasina sevgiyle bakiyormus.
Bir gün yasli babalari son nefesini vermeden önce iki oglunu da yanina çagirmis. Onlara daima birbirlerine yardim etmelerini ve iyi geçinmelerini söylemis. Hungboo babasinin ölümüne çok üzülmüs ama abisi sevinçliymis çünkü geleneklere göre babasinin mirasi hep ona kalacakmis. Büyük abi olarak babasindan kalan mirasla istedigini yapabilirmis.
Nolboo, Hungboo’ya ailesiyle birlikte derhal evlerini terketmelerini söylemis. Hungboo da abisinin önünde diz çöküp ev buluncaya kadar onlara izin vermesi için yalvarmis ama nafile Nolboo hiç dinlememis bile.
Hungboo ailesiyle birlikte evlerini terketmek zorunda kalmis. Bir daga çikip orda küçük bir kulube insa etmisler. Tüm aile üyeleri baska insanlarin çftliklerinde çalisiyor fakat aldiklari ücret gecinmelerine yetmiyormus. Hiç yemek yemedikelri günler oluyormus. Zavalli çocuklar açliktan agliyorlarmis.
Ailesinin bu durumuna dayanamayan Hungboo abisinin evine gitmis.
"Neden geldin?" diye sormus abisi.
"Çocuklarim çok aç ve hergün agliyorlar. Buraya senden biraz pirinç istemek için geldim" demis Hungboo.
"Neden o kadar çok çocuk yaptin, sana bir pirinç tanesi bile vermeyecegim. Ambarda çürüyor olsa bile asla vermeyecegim" demis Nolboo
Abisinin esinin sofra kurdugunu gören Hungboo ondan biraz pilav istemis fakat kadin kasikla onun yüzüne vurmus. Abisinin yardim etmeyecegini anlayan Hungboo evine dönmüs.
Koca kis geçip ilkbahar geldiginde birkaç kirlangiç Hungboo’ nun kulubesinin saçaginin altinda yuva yapmis. Hungboo ve ailesi yeni misafirleriyle çok mutlu olmuslar. Birrgün yavru kirlangiç düsüp kanadini kirmis. Hungboo kanadina ilaç koyup kanadini sarmis ve onu iyilestirmis. Bütün yavru kirlangiçlar büyüyüp kis geldiginde güneye uçmuslar.
Hungboo ve ailesinin kisin giyinecek ve yiyecek hiçbir seyi yokmus. Sonunda ilkbahar geldiginde birkaç kirlangiç yine kulubelerinin saçagi altindaki eski yuvalarina dönmüsler. Kirlangiçlardan bir tanesi gelir gelmez Hungboo’nun önüne bir balkabagi tohumu düsürmüs. Hungboo bu tohumu ekip her gün sulamis. Yaz sonunda bir sürü balkabagi elde etmis.
Bir gün Hungboo bu balkabaklarindan birini açmaya karar vermis. Açmadan önce çocuklari dilekte bulunmus "Keske içinden altin çiksa" " Keske pirinç çiksa" Balkabagini kestiklerinde içinden altinlar ve gümüsler çikmis. Ikinci balkabagi kestiklerinde içinden hep pirinç çikmis. Üçüncü balkabagini kestiklerinde de içinden bir sürü isçi ve aletler çikmis. Isçilerden biri " Tanri bizi, size ev yapmamiz için gönderdi." Demis. Isçiler hemen bir sato yapmislar. Sato biter bitmez isçiler kaybolmuslar.
Çok geçmeden Nolboo olanlari ögrenmis ve kardesi Hungboo ya bunun nasil oldugunu sormus. Kardesi Hungboo olanlari anlatmis.
Nolboo hemen evine gidip evinin saçagina birkaç kirlangiç yerlestirmis, yavru kirlangiçin kanadini kirip üstüne ilaç koyup sarmis. Kis oldugunda Nolboonun kirlangiçlari da güneye uçmus. Ilkbahar geldiginde onlar da geri dönüp balkabagi tohumu getirmisler. Nolboo da kardesi gibi balkabagini ekmis. Balkabaklari büyüyünce açmaya karar vermisler. Çocuklari ve esi, saraylar, altinlar, gümüsler alma umuduyla balkabaklarini kesiyorlarmis.
Ilk balkabagini kestiklerinde çürük çikmis. Ikinci balkabagini kestiklerinde binlerce zehirli yilan çikmis. Üçüncü kabaktan da bir sürü cadi ve hayaletler çikip Nolboo’nun evini yikmislar.
Evsiz barksiz kalan Nolboo çaresizce kardesine gitmis. Kardesi Hungboo seve seve onu ve ailesini kabul etmis. Yaptiklarindan çok pisman olan Nolboo kardesinden özür dilemis ve hep birlikte mutlu bir sekilde yasamislar.
Çeviri : Ho Min
Çalmayiniz!!
Nolboo Hungboo
Retold By Eyoungsoo Park
Many years ago, there lived two brothers. Nolboo, the older was so mean that nobody liked him. Younger brother, Hungboo was the opposite. He was kind, polite, and generous to everybody and was filial to his widowed father. Naturally everybody liked him. Every parent wished to have a son like him and nobody doubted that God would bless him. One day, Father called his two sons to his bedside and took his last breath after telling them his last wish, that was, they always get along well and help each other. Hungboo was very sad and grieved over loss of his father, but his older brother became happy instead. In Korea, it was customary that the oldest son get all the inheritance. Now, being the oldest, Nolboo could do anything he wanted to do with his father's estate. Immediately, he told his brother and his family to move out. Hungboo didn't have any money even to rent a room, but he had to move out on the street with his wife and children. He knelt down on the ground and begged his
brother to allow them to stay until they could find a place of their own, but his brother didn't listen. He and his family packed a few belongings and had to sleep outside until they found a vacant lot on sunny side of a mountain and built a little hut. The whole family worked on other people's farms but their wages were not enough for them to live on. They had to skip meals. The children became so hungry and cried for anything to eat. Hungboo couldn't stand his family’s suffering. He went over to his brother's. "Why did you come?" asked the older brother. "My children are so hungry and cry. I couldn't idly watch them, so came to borrow some rice from you, please help me!" Hungboo begged his brother for food. "Who told you to have so many children? I have no intention to give you any grain, even when my grain may get spoiled rotten in the barn." Nolboo refused to help him. Nolboo saw his brother’s wife preparing the dinner table. He asked her to spare some boiled rice for his hungry children. After giving him a fiery sidelong scowl, she hit him with her wooden spoon on his left cheek. Hungboo feeling some rice left on his cheek asked "Please hit me on the right side once more." She wiped the wooden spoon with her apron and hit him again. Hungboo had to return home with empty hands. The long winter season was over and spring time came. A pair of swallows built a nest under the eaves of Hungboo's hut. The whole family was happy to have the guests and tried everything they could to make their guests feel comfortable. Soon, they had five baby swallows, who grew stronger everyday. One day, one of the babies dropped out of the nest to the hard ground and had his legs broken. Hungboo put medicine on and bandaged the injured legs and put the baby back in the nest. All five of the babies grew up to be adult swallows and flew away to the south when the winter came. Hungboo's family didn't have enough food, nor did they have enough clothes to warm themselves up, but the winter season was finally over, and once again the spring time came back. So, came another pair of swallows to occupy the old nest under the hut's eaves. The whole family was again happy to have the guests. On the very first day, one of the swallows dropped something in front of Hungboo. It was a gourd seed. He planted it and watered it every day with a great care. By the end of the summer, the vine had so many gourds ripened. One day, Hungoo decided to pick one of the gourds and open them. Each of his children had a wish. " I wish there were gold inside." "I wish there were rice." When the gourd was cut open, it kept pouring out gold and silver coins. When they opened the second gourd, it kept pouring out rice. They opened the last gourd, then out came a group of workers with tools. "God sent us to build you a house," one of the men said. The workers didn't waste and seconds. A gorgeous castle was built on the sunny side of the hill. On completion of the castle, all the workers disappeared in a blink of an eye. Hungboo and his family had enough money and rice to live happily ever after.
It didn't take much time before Hungboo's brother learned about his brother's wealth. Nolboo came over to Hungboo's house. "You must have stolen all this money," he accused his brother. No sooner had Hungboo told him how he became rich, than Nolboo hurried back home. A pair of swallows under eves of his big house were raising baby swallows. He picked one of the babies and broke its legs, then he applied some medicine, bandaged and put it back to the nest. All babies grew up and all of them flew off to the south when winter came. As expected, one pair of swallows returned and dropped a gourd seed in front of Nolboo. He planted and watered it with a great care hoping that he too would be as wealthy as his brother. It grew, and had three gourds ripened on the vine. Nolboo called all his family and announced that he was going to cut open their gourds with great expectations. Nolboo wished for gold and silver. His wife wished for rice. His children wished for a castle, bigger than their uncle's. Nolboo opened the first gourd, out of which endlessly poured unbearably stinky human wastes. He had to pick the gourd up and threw it outside. "It was a rotten one. This one looks good." He opened the second one, out of which countless number of poisonous snakes crawled. They opened the last gourd, hoping it would fulfill their dreams. This time, countless number of witches and ghosts flooded out and started beating up on Nolboo. Nolboo still didn't give up his greed. He went back and opened the last gourd, out of which a flood of water poured, and washed away all of his belongings and house. Nolboo and his family had nothing left and went over to his younger brother's house. "My younger brother, please forgive me. From now on, I will be a good person." He begged his younger brother for a room and food, shedding tears from his eyes. Hungboo helped his brother up from the ground, welcomed him and his family. "There is nothing to worry about, my big brother. We have more than enough rooms and rice for both of our families." Nolboo and his family truly changed and the two families lived together happily ever after.
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