Subject: Being Senior Has its Advantages
A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight.
The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily.
(변호사와 노인이 한비행기 옆좌석에 앉았는데,
노인은 조금 어리숙해 보였다.)
So, the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game.
(그래서 변호사는 노인한테 재미있는 껨을 하자고 졸랐다.)
The senior is tired and just wants to take a nap,
so he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks.
(노인은 약깐 피곤해서 낮잠자려고 정중하게, 거절했다. 눈을 껌벅이며..)
The lawyer persists, saying that the game is a lot of fun...
."I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me only $5.00. Then you ask me one,
and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500.00," he says.
(그래도 변호사는 계속 한판하자고 졸랐다.
"어르신, 이건 아주 쉬운 껨이야요. 제가 질문하고 노인이 못맞추면 5불 벌금내고,
제가 못맞추면 500불 벌금드리는 껨입니다."
This catches the senior's attention and, to keep the lawyer quiet,
he agrees to play the game.
(이말이 노인을 좀 자극했지만, 우선 변호사를 진정시키려고, 그래요? 그럼 껨합시다." 했다.)
The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the Earth to the Moon?"
(변호사가 문제냈다. "지구에서 달까지 거리는 얼마나 되죠?".)
The senior doesn't say a word, but reaches into his pocket,
pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer.
(노인은 암말없이 주머니에서 5불꺼내어 변호사에게 주었다.)
Now, it's the senior's turn. He asks the lawyer,
"What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
(다음은 노인이 변호사에게 물을 차례였다.
"올라갈땐 세다리 내려올땐 네다리는 뭐게요?)
The lawyer uses his laptop to search all references he can find on the Net.
He sends E-mails to all the smart friends he knows; all to no avail.
After an hour of searching, he finally gives up.
(변호사는 인터넷을 동원해서 그답을 서치하고,
똑똑한친구들에게 e메일로 답을 찾아 한 시간을
허비했으나, 모두허사가되어, 결국은 포기하고...)
He wakes the senior and hands him $500.00. The senior pockets the $500.00
and goes right back to sleep.
(잠자는 노인을 깨워 500불을 지불했다.
노인은 500불받아 주머니에 넣고 또 잤다.)
The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the senior up and asks,
"Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?"
(변호사는 답못찾은게 속상해서 잠자는 노인을 깨워,
도대체 올라갈때 세다리 내려올때, 네다리 답이 뭐요?"
하고 물었다.)
The senior reaches into his pocket, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep.
(노인을 또 암말없이 5불꺼내 변호사에게 주고 다시 잤다.)