* hot/ cold
clean/ dirty
반대말을 저절로 익히게 되요.

* Sometimes they're good little piggies, but not at bedtime.
→but they're not good at bedtime.
때때로 착하기는 한데, 잠자리에 들 시간엔 그렇지 않다는 거지요.

* That's when they skip down my tummy, ...
여기서 'when'은 선행사를 포함한 관계부사로 보시면 되요.
'~ 한 (하는) 때'를 나타내요.

* I put them together, all in a row,
'put ~together'는 '한데 모으다, 짝짓기 하다'는 의미로 여기서
는 양손의 손가락들을 서로 붙인다는 거예요.
'in a row'는 '한 줄로'.
엄지는 엄지대로, 검지는 검지대로.... 쭉 붙여보면 열을 맞춘 듯 쫙 늘어서게 되지요.


손가락 놀이
양손을 내어 책 속의 그림대로 엄지손가락부터 차례대로 손가락을 펴 보이며 각각의 손가락 의 특징을 나타내는 형용사(fat, smart, long, silly, wee)를 큰 소리로 읽어주세요.

또, 손가락에 관한 다양한 노래를 해보세요. 이 책에서는 열 손가락을 꼬마돼지에 비유하고 있지만, 가족으로 비유하는 경우도 많아요. 책의 독창적인 아름다움을 훼손하거나 아이의 상상력을 방해하지 않는 범위 내에서 하는 부 수적인 놀이였으면 해요.

[Finger Family]
Daddy finger, daddy finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Mommy finger, mommy finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Brother finger, brother finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Sister finger, sister, finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Baby finger, baby finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

이 노래와 조금 다른 버전으로
Daddy finger, daddy finger
Here I am, here I am.
How are you today? Very well, I thank you.
Run away, run away.
이렇게 부르는 노래도 있어요.

꼬마돼지들이 도망가 숨기도 하는 'run away and hide'내용에
활용하셔도 되겠네요.

책 속의 돼지의 특징대로 fat, smart, long, silly, wee piggies 로 바꿔 불러도 재미있어요.

또,'The Family'란 노래도 있어요.
This is mama, kind and dear;
This is papa, standing near,
This is brother, see how tall!
This is sister, not so tall;
This is baby, sweet and small,
These the family one and all.

'fat'이라고 표현한 엄지손가락을, 여기서는 ''kind and near'이라
고 통통함이 주는 느낌을 말해주고 있네요.
'long'대신 'tall', 'wee'대신 'small'
이란 형용사를 썼구요.
다양한 표현을 익혀두면 좋겠네요.



활용예문
페이지를 넘기며 열 마리의 꼬마 돼지의 표정이나 행동을 유심히 관찰해보세요.
어떠한 상황에도 굴하지 않고 열심히 책을 보는 꼬마 돼지를 좇아보는 것도 재미있어요.

아이들이 그림을 보며 즐거워하고 자신만의 느낌을 가지는 게 좋을 것 같아요. 작가도 최대한 글을 절제하고 온전히 그림을 아이에게 내맡기고 있는데, 엄마의 의도대로 함부로 규정짓는다는 건 조심스럽네요.

1-2
Here's a fat little piggy who is dressed in a tuxedo.
What is this piggy wearing on the right thumb? An apron.
I wonder what the basket is filled with.

3-4
Look at this piggy holding an telescope.
Do you see the piggy absorbed in reading.
They are called smart piggies.

5-6
On the tips of the middle fingers, there are two long little piggies.
One with a ball and the other with a wand.
This fat piggy is wrapping a napkin around the neck.
It looks ready for eating.

7-8
This time, here come another pair of piggies in funny clothes.
Don't you think they're clowns.
They're doing silly things and making the others laugh.

9-10
The wee piggy is going to catch the ball.
Watch out, piggy! You might fall down.
Can the smart piggy save him with the rope?

This wee piggy on the right hand looks so shy.
The long piggy is reaching out her wand to the ballon.

11-12
Do see the sun glowing.
Some of the piggies enjoy sunbathing.
And some play with water.
The smart piggy reads books in this heat.
And the fat one never stop eating.

13-14
It's snowy.
What are the hands wearing? Gloves.
All the piggies wears heavy winter clothes to keep out the cold.
The wee piggy on the right hand has made a wee snowman.
Some have a snowball fight.

15-16
It's time for bath.
There are lots of bubbles. Don't you want to pop them.
Who is scrubbing himself?
He is blowing bubbles out .
Look at the piggy floating inside a bubble.

17-18
What the hell it is?
What has made the hands so dirty?
Some piggies seem to enjoy getting dirty.

19-20
Now, they look like angels in heaven.

21-22
It's bedtime.
They put on their pajamas.
Do you think they want to go to bed?
Why? They want to play some more.

23-24
They dance on the toes .
What naughty piggies they are.

25-26
Where are they hiding?
It's no use running away.
Do not peek and come out.

27-28
They kiss their partners good night.
Why don't you stop reading. It's enough for today.

29-30
It's your turn to kiss good night, wee piggies.
All piggies except one fell asleep.

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