단편#14 - 다람쥐 찰리 이야기
저축의 중요성을 담아 보았다.
오늘의 이야기는 Morgan Housel, "돈의 심리학" 의 내용이다.
많은 이야기가 기억나지는 않지만, 그나마 기억나는 내용은 아래와 같다.
돈을 한번에 많이 버는 것은 중요하지 않다.
살아남는 것과, 크게 이기고 작게 지는 것이 중요하다.
시간(복리)이 돈을 불려나간다.
아이한테 '크게 이기고 작게 져라' 라는 내용을 가르칠 수는 없으니 (도박같은 느낌...) 저축의 중요성, 그리고 잠깐의 풍요로움은 허망한 것이라는 내용을 담아 동화를 만들어 보았다.
Charlie the Squirrel’s Big Lesson
Once upon a time,
in a quiet forest full of tall trees and rustling leaves,
lived a young squirrel named Charlie.
Charlie loved two things more than anything:
playing all day and finding tasty acorns.
One sunny morning,
Charlie found something amazing—
a whole pile of shiny, sweet acorns under an old oak tree!
“Wow! I’m the luckiest squirrel ever!” he shouted.
He stuffed his cheeks, danced in circles,
and yelled to the forest,
“Come one, come all! I have enough acorns for a party!”
That night, Charlie threw the biggest party the forest had ever seen.
All the animals came—rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, even a shy fox.
They laughed, danced, and ate acorns until the moon was high.
But not everyone was at the party.
In a quiet corner of the forest,
Charlie’s neighbor Luna the Squirrel was busy.
She was carefully placing her acorns into a big hollow log.
“Why don’t you join the fun, Luna?” Charlie asked the next day.
Luna smiled.
“Winter is coming. I want to be ready.”
Charlie laughed.
“I have so many acorns, I don’t need to worry!”
Days passed.
Then weeks.
Leaves turned red. The wind grew cold. Winter arrived.
Charlie woke up one morning to find his pile of acorns…
gone.
“No! Where did they go?!” he cried.
The snow was deep, and his tummy growled.
He ran to Luna’s tree, shivering.
“Luna… do you have any acorns to share?” he asked.
Luna looked at him with kind eyes.
“I saved extra. Come inside, Charlie.”
She gave him a warm blanket, a seat by the fire,
and a bowl full of sweet, crunchy acorns.
Charlie munched quietly,
then looked up.
“Luna… I think I’ve learned something.”
“What’s that?” she asked.
Charlie smiled.
“Finding acorns is fun...
but keeping them safe is even more important.”
From that day on,
Charlie still danced, laughed, and played.
But every time he found an acorn,
he saved one, then played with one.
He had learned the big lesson:
“A wise squirrel saves before he spends.”
