The Wind in the Willows-버드나무 숲에 이는 바람 - 16

  Shaking with excitement, Toad paid his bill and hurried out. He walked slowly round the car, looking at it lovingly. Everybody was having lunch and the street was empty.

  "I wonder," Toad said to himself, "I wonder if this kind of car starts ealily?"

  It started easily, and Toad found himself in the driver's seat. He did not know how it happened, but in a minute later he was driving out of the town, forgetting right and wrong, forgetting everything except this wonderful, beautiful madness.

  Faster and faster he drove, singing and laughing, as the car ate up the miles. once again he knew that he was Toad - Toad the dreamer, Toad the adventurer, Toad the terror of the open road!

 

두꺼비가 집에서 탈출한 후, 남의 자동차를 절도하는 대목입니다. 두꺼비의 모험이 절정으로 치닫고 있군요.

 

영작과 지난 번 과제는 내일이나 체크 가능할 것 같군요. 그래서 일단 지문부터 올립니다.