엄마의 동화

I'll hug you.

엄마의 동화

I'll hug you. (English and illustrated version)

All the creatures in the world are looking forward to seeing his children.

Ann met the sea today.

Ann: Hey, sea... You’re struggling a lot, right?

Sea: Yes, I can’t breathe well. I don’t know why this happens to me. One day, I felt flatulent and my body started to smell bad and somewhere in my body was rotting. Not even my pain, lots of fishes here are also disappearing. One day, something strange flowed into me and I coughed hard, and thousands of fishes were surprised and died. It’s all my fault. Boohoo. It’s so sad. Why am I dying and even fishes live peacefully inside me dying? I’m waiting for his children to show up. When they show up, we’ll live a new life.

Ann: I’m sorry... I’m sorry too much... I’m so sorry to hurt you. I’ll hug you. I love you.

The sea has come back to life. She lives a peaceful life with the fishes like before.

Ann met a tree today.

Ann: Hey, tree... You’re struggling a lot, right?

Tree: I can’t find where my friends left. One day I looked around and found myself left only on this mountain. He cries everyday with shame being naked. It’s so hard to hear that cry. I miss my friends so much, too. I feel sorry that I can’t hug the naked mountain and people down the mountain are also in pain. One day I saw them wearing a white cloth on their mouth and coughing all day long. If I go and sing a song for them, the pain would be healed... I feel so pathetic that I can’t do anything. And it is too painful. I’m waiting for his children to show up. When they show up, my friends will come back, and the mountain will stop crying. Also, people will breathe freely...

Ann: I’m sorry... I’m sorry too much... I’m so sorry to give you pain. I’ll hug you. I love you.

The tree met his friends again. The mountain got back his smile. People down the mountain live in peace.

Ann met a polar bear today.

Ann: Hey, polar bear... You lost the way home...

Polar bear: We used to play ice hockey and wrestling on wide ices without worries, but suddenly one day the ices started to disappear and now just one piece of the ice that is hard to sit on left. What will happen to me if even this disappears? My family and friends are disappearing one by one. Can we go back to the time when we play ice hockey and wrestling together? I meet my family and friends again? I’m waiting for his children to show up. When they show up, we can get back home.

Ann: I’m sorry... I’m sorry too much,.. I’m so sorry to make your home disappear... I’ll hug you. I love you.

The polar bear met her family and friends again.

They played ice hockey and wrestling like before. Their laughing reaches to the sky.

He is glad, too. He was in pain because the world he made was very sick, hurt and lost its home. He is so glad that his children showed up and healed his world. The sky, earth, animals and people are happy together. Peace has come again. I love you. I will hug you.

From his child, Ann

Wrtten by mamagrace

Translated and illustrated by kaeun