기쁨이는 최근 들어서 급격하게 작문 실력이 늘고 있습니다. 제가 뭘 알겠습니까만..제가 제 아이의 작문을 평가할 수 있는 기준은 첫째가, '재미'입니다. 기쁨이의 글을 읽으면 재미가 있습니다. 문법적인 실수도 적고, 스펠링도 거의 틀리지 않구요.
6학년을 새로 시작한 이 흥미진진한 학기 초부터 기쁨이는 어마어마한 학구열을 발휘합니다.(제 기준에서의 학구열 수준입니다. 노는 시간을 따져보면, 공부 안 하는 거죠.^^*) 제가 말하는 학구열이란..숙제면 숙제, 가방 챙기는 일, 학교 갈 시간에 맞춰서 준비하는 일 등에서 작년과는 확연한 차이를 보입니다. 새 학기를 시작하고 제가 잔소리를 한 적이 없으니까요. 매일 하던 '엄마는 잔소리쟁이'의 딱지가 저절로 떨어졌습니다.
엊그제, 선생님이 내 주신 숙제중에서, '어항 속의 금붕어의 입장에서 글을 써 보라'는 것이 있었는데, 기쁨이가 컴퓨터 앞에 앉아서 만들어 낸 한 편의 글을 읽은 저는 놀라고 말았습니다. 너무 재미있어서요. ^^* (이게 왠 팔불출이랍니까?)
여기서 I 는 금붕어 자신입니다. 영어로 작문을 한 것이 좀 유감입니다만, 재미있게 읽어주세요.
Are Goldfish That Boring?
Goldfish may look brainless, but you don’t have a clue what they see, hear, and think!
I was in Mr. Cregan’s class, in a huge aquarium. It had a huge castle in it, and some snails. I was only a couple of weeks old, and I had been in the classroom since last week. I saw the kids filing in, slightly before 9:00. They took their seats, and started talking. Boy, were they noisy! I heard a couple girls talking about their new clothes, and some guys talking about Runescape. There were only around thirty kids in the class, but it looked like there were a hundred! Then Mr. Cregan came in, holding a cup of coffee. They went quiet, and he did the attendance, calling their names. He even checked me off! Gee, I wish someone would feed me.
“You’d better feed Squishy,” Mr. Cregan told Clarissa, “He looks hungry.”
Talk about wish come true!
I have a stupid name, don’t I? Squishy, huh?
Mr. Cregan had all of the students’ names in a jar. He stuck his hand in the jar, and picked out a name. Oh boy! Did he ever pick out the wrong one!
“Chris, you may name the goldfish,” he had said.
“Ok, I name it Squishy,” he had replied without hesitation.
The class almost died with laughter. I laughed with them.
Ok, now back to the present. Clarissa fed me, and I finished the grub in less than half a minute. As soon as I finished my wonderful breakfast, I lost a gold scale. It must be my aging. Two weeks. Do you really think I’m that old? Well, I know I’ll lose all my scales in a year or two, but don’t let it start now!
“Take out yesterday’s math test, and turn it to page one hundred five,” Mr. Cregan ordered the kids.
The class groaned. I watched as every kid in the class took out their test papers. Most of them were crinkled. I guess I had pretty good eyesight for a goldfish. The teacher loved having me in his class. He blamed me for almost everything that went wrong. I didn’t mind. I was used to it. The students finished the last forty-five pages in the test in three hours.
That’s when Mr. C. said, “ Now, before we go to lunch, is anybody not finished the test?
Nobody raised their hand. I wasn’t surprised. They passed their papers to the front of the rows, and Mr. C. collected them. He dismissed the middle group, then the window group, and last but not least, the wall group.
“Clarissa, would you feed Squishy again?” the teacher asked.
She came over and gave me lunch.
‘Mmm!’ I thought, ‘this is better than breakfast!
While they ate lunch, I watched as a snail slowly slid across the aquarium. The little ding-dong went, and four fifths of the class put away their lunch containers, and went outside. The rest of them were girls, and they ate slowly, talking about stuff. I fell asleep then, and woke up when the bell rang. The students’ came in, none of them alone. They did a bit of Spelling and Art until 3:00, when Mr. C. dismissed them. That’s when a group of boys crowded around my tank. They started talking about how weird I was, and made fish faces at me. Boy! If only they could how weird they were! They pressed their faces against the glass, which scared me. I got so scared, I swam into the castle and stayed there.
Mr. Cregan came over, and said, “Leave him alone, or I’ll have to take him over to Mr. Bull’s class.” They left me. At 7:00, I fell asleep. I wonder what the students will do tomorrow? Fish >’)333)<
집토끼님,,기쁨이의 자유로움이 부럽기만 합니다..생각이 자유롭고 그 표현또한 자유롭고,,며칠 전에 우리 아들이 자기가 만든 책이라고,,그림 좀 허접하게 그리고 글은 잘 쓰지 못해서 이야기를 만들어 읽어주는데,,감동 쪼끔 먹었습지요...아이가 크니,,자기 얘기도 만들어 읽어주고..보람이 느껴지더라구요..하물며 요렇게 재밌는 글을 읽으시는 집토끼님 마음이야,,,헤아릴 수 없겠습니다...가을비인지 비가 참 자주 옵니다..낭만지수가 아니라 불쾌지수만 높아지는 후덥지근한,,,,
최지연
2004-09-18 11:46
내일 아침에 아영이 일어나면 바로 보여줄랍니다....ㅎㅎㅎ 학년이 높아진다는거..그게 좋은건지..몰랐어요...요즘 아주 저도 살맛 납니다..ㅠㅠ 반면 아영인 그러더군요 엄마,숙제가 많아지면 나도 숙제해주는 기계 사줘..라구요...ㅋㅋㅋ
서로맘
2004-09-17 14:35
이 부분에서 폭소- He even checked me off!. 그리고 이 부분에서는 안타까움이...They pressed their faces against the glass, which scared me. I got so scared, I swam into the castle and stayed there. 상상력도 좋고 감정이입과 몰입이 자연스럽게 되고 있는 것 같습니다. 기쁨이에게 애독자가 한 명 더 늘었다고, 앞으로도 종종 부탁한다고 전해 주세요! ^^
amyie
2004-09-17 13:37
'독서금지령'까지 내려질 만큼, 책을 열심히 읽는 결과네요. 글 잘 읽었습니다. 보통 독자의 입장에서도, 상상력과 글을 풀어가는 능력이 많이 느껴지네요...앞으로 어떤 글을 써 낼 지도 많이 기대됩니다 ^-^
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