The Looking Glass

[hiraru]

Uzun uzun yıllar önce bir bilgin, Seoul’ deki sınava giderken yolda bir nesneye rastlar. Bu nesneye bakınca yüzünü çok iyi görebildiğini fark eder. Bu nesneyi hemen cebine koyarak evine döner.

Evinde, bu nesneyi kimseye göstermez, bir çekmeceye saklar ve her sabah gidip o aynaya bakar. Bir gün esi onun çekmeceden bir şey çıkarıp ona dikkatlice bakıp güldüğünü görür. Doğal olarak oldukça meraklanır.

Kocası dışarıdayken çekmeceyi açar ve içinde küçük parlayan nesneyi bulur. Nesneye iyice baktığında bir adim geri atar oldukça çekici bir genç kadın görüntüsüyle irkilir. Gözlerine inanamayarak cisme tekrar bakar, çekici bir kadın bulduğundan oldukça sinirlenir. Kıskanır ve cismi eline alarak kaynanasının evine koşar. ‘Görün, kocam Seul’dan bir kadın getirmiş’ diyerek ağlamaya baslar.

Kaynanası, olgunun öyle bir şey yapacağına inanamaz ve sorar ‘ O simdi nerde?’ Gelini cismi ona verir. Kadın cisme baktığında yüzü biraz buruşmuş bir kadının ona baktığını görür. ‘Canım, bahsettiğin genç kadın nerede?’ der. ‘Ben burada yaslı bir kadın görüyorum’

Kadınların seslerini işiten kaynatası da gelip cisme bakar. Saygıyla yere diz çöker ‘ Sevgili dedeciğim, ruhunun buraya gelme sebebi nedir? Sana saygısız bir hareketim mi oldu?’ der
Gelin cisme tekrar ve tekrar bakar hep o çekici kadını görür ve en sonunda dayanamayarak cismi yerlere atarak paramparça eder...


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English:

The Looking Glass

A long time ago, an aspiring young scholar went to the capital city (seoul) to take kwa-go, the state civil service examination. One day he was browsing through a general store and a small reflective object caught his eyes. He looked closely into it. And lo! It showed the image of his own very face clearly on its surface. He remembered that he had often seen the image of his face, usually distorted, reflected in the washbowl, but he had never seen such a mysterious object which reflected his own image so clearly. After the examination he returned home to a small hamlet with the small pocket-size looking glass he had bought.

Back at home, he did not show the looking glass to anyone, including his family members; instead, he hid it in his chest drawer, peeking into it secretly morning after morning. Then, one day, his wife saw his strange behavior: he took something out of the drawer, staring, smiling at it and then putting it away. She became very curious and wanted to find out what he was smiling at. While her husband was out, she looked inside the drawer and found a small shiny object. Picking it up, she looked into it to examine the object, then stepped back instantly, startled by a sudden appearance of a very attractive but perplexed young woman. Incredulous, she shook her head vigorously. She thought, "Maybe I am seeing things!" And so, she peeked into it, again. And there was that same attractive woman, looking a bit peevish this time. Enraged with jealousy, she dashed over to her mother-in-law with the looking glass held tightly in her hand. "Mother dearest, my husband came home from Seoul with a young mistress!" said she, bursting into tears.

Mother-in-law could not believe her son brought home another woman when he returned. "There must be some mistake, dear. Where is she now?" Daughter-in-law handed over the looking glass to her. Mother-in-law brought the object closer to her face and found a wrinkled old woman staring at her! "Dear, where is that attractive mistress you were talking about? I see, instead, a granny visiting us from a neighbouring village!"

Meanwhile, her father-in-law heard all that unusual noise coming from women's quarters and wanted to know what it was all about. He took the looking glass and looked into it for a while. What old woman? An attractive young woman? What he saw was an old, old man with gray hair. Suddenly he kneeled down and said ever politely to the looking glass: "Dear late Father, what unhappiness brought you back as a spirit? Have I done anything to make you restless?" And he bowed and bowed on his knees.
Daughter-in-law was dumbfounded by all this. She could swear that she saw a pretty young woman. And what was her father-in-law doing? Puzzled and perplexed, she took the object back and looked into it, again. Behold, there was no doubt about it. That young mistress appeared, again! The infuriated young wife ranted and ranted at the mistress for her crafty disguises. And the mistress was mimicking her with a contorted face and twisted lips! The young woman grew more and more angry, and finally threw the looking glass down hard onto the floor and broke it into pieces

editor: turkgirl_tr

[İnciküpelikız]

Sonu bekledigim gibi bitmedi. Keske daha heyecanli bitseymis. Ama gerçekten çok hosuma gitti hikaye.

[Shinbe**]

Güzel bir hikaye.

[mako_chan]

Çok güzel bir hikayeydi; ama keske sonu esine verip, bir açiklamayla bitmesi olsaydi.

[yak-soon]

Ilginç bir hikaye.

[angel-naz]

Çok güzel hikaye.

[--E.l.i.F--]

Çok güldüm. Evet aslinda çok mantikli bir hikaye. Aynanin bulunusu gibi... Hikaye için tesekkürler.

[blue*girl-ayumi]

Ay çok güldüm ya. Gerçekten ilginç bir hikayeymis. Ama sonu tahmin ettigim gibi çikmadi. Yine de güzel bir hikaye. Paylasim için tesekkürler.

[jang*geum]

Çok süperdi ya. Ellerinize saglik.

[kore prensesi]

Çok güzel. Bunlari nasil buluyorsunuz, nasil akliniza geliyor, ne diyeyim süper bir paylasim.