<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> 방학이라 근로는 한가했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 도서관 카운터에 앉아 책을 읽어 내려갔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">아침부터 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">책을 읽어 벌써 점심때 쯤</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">슬슬 허리도 목도 뻐근함을 느낄 쯤</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">옆 자리에 누군가 앉았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">방학임에도 도서관에 나와 근무하는 불쌍한 영혼이 누구인지 보기 위해 오후타임 근로생을 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">향해 고개를 돌렸더니 그곳에는 눈의 여왕이 앉아 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">으악</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">!”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕을 본 내 입에서는 도서관의 정적을 깨뜨릴 무지막지한 큰 비명이 흘러나왔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">사람들의 눈총이 겨우겨우 사라질 즈음에서야 나는 놀란 가슴을 진정 시킬 수 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">‘</span><span style="font-size:14px;">이렇게 폐를 끼치다니 남자의 자격이 부족하다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">!’ </span><span style="font-size:14px;">하며 자책하고 있을 때 눈의 여왕이 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">날 쳐다보며 오른손 검지손가락을 입 앞에 세우고 한마디 했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">쉿</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">-”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 부끄러움에 얼굴이 빨개져 가방을 들고 도서관 밖으로 뛰쳐나갔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">하하하하하하</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">청년은 아직 남자의 자격이 부족한가보오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 내 얘기를 듣더니 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">역시나 또 웃음을 터뜨렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그리고 친절하게도 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">내가 자책감을 느꼈던 부분까지 다시 한 번 짚어주었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">나도 알아</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">...” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">이번에는 분개할 힘도 없었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> * * *</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> 방학 동안 나는 매일 오전타임 근로를 하러 도서관으로 향했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">방학 동안엔 눈이 내리지 않았지만 전부터 쌓여 왔던 눈이 얼음으로 변해있어 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">언덕을 오르기가 점점 힘들어졌다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">매일 매일 추운 날씨</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">작년 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">11</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월부터 올해 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">7</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월까지 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">벌써 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">9</span><span style="font-size:14px;">개월째</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">도대체 이 겨울은 언제 끝나는 것일까</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">가뜩이나 추위에 약한 나는 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">목도리를 여미며 불평하며 언덕을 올랐다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">그날은 신선이 도서관까지 마중을 나왔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">오늘은 어쩐지 청년과 치킨이 먹고 싶어서 찾아 왔소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 오전근로가 끝나고 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">치킨이나 먹으러 가자고 하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">치킨이 먹고 싶을 때나 찾아 오는 거냐</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 신선을 째려보며 분개하고 싶었지만 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">실내임에도 너무 추워 무심코 몸을 부르르 떨었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">도대체 이 겨울은 언제 끝나는 거야</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">...” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 몸을 웅크렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그리고 그 순간 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">도서관 문이 열리며 눈의 여왕이 들어왔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">교대시간이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 자리에서 일어나 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">짐을 싸고 가방을 맸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 눈의 여왕을 쳐다보다가 목소리를 낮춰 내게 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">나갑시다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">청년</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">겨울이 언제 끝나는지 알려 주겠소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선의 왼쪽 입가는 올라가 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> 언덕길을 내려오면서 나는 다시 한 번 목도리를 여몄다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">이제 곧 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">8</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월도 끝나는데 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">너무나 춥다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">설마 이 동네는 앞으로 계속 겨울인 것은 아닐까 하는 생각이 들었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">방송국에 연락을 해서 원인을 밝혀달라고 하는 것은 아닐까</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">‘</span><span style="font-size:14px;">대학교 졸업만 하면 꼭 이 동네를 떠나리라</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.’ </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 다짐했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">그건 그렇고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">겨울이 언제 끝난다는 거야</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">난 대답을 기다리며 신선을 쳐다보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">까페</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">문구점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">음식점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">음식점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">방앗간</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">술집</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">음식점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">편의점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">까페</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">음식점</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">빵집</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 언덕길을 내려오는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">10</span><span style="font-size:14px;">분 동안이나 말을 하지 않았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 분개했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">그래서 신선에게 뭐라고 소리치려던 그 순간</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 나를 보더니</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">오늘 잠자리에 누워서 눈을 감아 보시오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그 이후는 내일 얘기해 주겠소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">하더니 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">손을 흔들고 지하철 역 아래로 내려갔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">그날 밤</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 평소처럼 전기장판을 켜고 이불을 덮고 누웠다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">이불 안에 있는 몸은 따뜻했지만</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">얼굴은 너무 추웠다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 어서 이 겨울이 끝나길 바라면서 눈을 감았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">순간 아무 소리도 들리지 않고 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">오른손 검지손가락을 입 앞에 세우며 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">‘</span><span style="font-size:14px;">쉿</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">-’ </span><span style="font-size:14px;">하던 눈의 여왕의 얼굴이 떠올랐다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> * * *</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> 까페란 곳은 나와 인연이 없는 곳이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">여자끼리 가거나 커플이 가는 곳이 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">까페라는 곳이 아닌가</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">하지만 지금 나는 남자와 함께 까페에 앉아 무엇을 하고 있는 것인가</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">남자와 함께 까페에 온다는 것이 얼마나 부끄럽고 남자답지 못한 일인지 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 주위의 시선을 느끼며 깨닫고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 음료를 들고 와 내 앞에 앉았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">잠자리에 누워서 눈을 감아 보았소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">자려면 당연히 눈을 감아야 하는 거 아니냐</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 괜히 퉁명스럽게 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">그래</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">무엇이 떠올랐소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 신선의 물음에 침묵으로 답했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">다 알고 있으니 말해 보시오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 신선의 말에 분개했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. “</span><span style="font-size:14px;">알긴 뭘 알어</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“4</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월 말에 내가 했던 말 기억하오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?” “4</span><span style="font-size:14px;">개월 전 아니냐</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">무슨 말이었지</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">?”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">안데르센의 눈의 여왕에선 사랑이 거울조각을 녹여 마음이 얼어붙은 사람을 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">다시 따뜻한 사람으로 만들어 주고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">청년이 사랑으로 눈의 여왕의 심장에 박힌 거울조각을 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">녹여야 하는 것이 운명이라 했었소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 신선의 말이 끝나자마자 분개했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> * * *</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> 여름방학도 어느 덧 절반이 지나고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 오전에는 도서관에서 근로를 하고 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">오후에는 추위를 피해 고시원이나 서점 등 실내를 찾아다니는 나날들을 반복했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">하지만 나는 항상 멍한 상태로 있었는데 그 이유는 신선이 했던 말이 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">계속 내 머릿속을 맴돌았기 때문이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">역시 나는 세뇌에 걸리기 쉬운 사람이었던 것 같다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">제대로 믿고 있지 않는 것 같아 다시 얘기를 해 두겠는데 나는 신선이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">남자 둘이서 까페에 온 것에 채 분개하기도 전에</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 신선이라는 주제에 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">차를 시키지 않고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">단맛이 듬뿍 담긴 오레오쿠키쉐이크를 빨아먹으며 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">알았으니까 어제 했던 말을 이어서 좀 해보시지</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">겨울이 언제 끝나는지 알려 준다며</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">어라</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">? </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그거에 관해선 지금까지 계속 말하지 않았소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">? </span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕의 심장에 박힌 거울 조각이 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">녹아야 이 동네에 계속되는 겨울도 끝날 것이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 별일 아니라는 듯이 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">오레오쿠키쉐이크를 쪽쪽 빨았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">아니 그 무슨 말도 안되는 소리를 하고 있냐</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">!” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">결국 나는 분개했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 테이블에 놓여있는 토스트 한 조각을 집었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">슈가파우더가 솔솔 뿌려져있어 맛있게 보였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">계절이 바뀌지 않고 겨울만 지속되는 현상은 올해부터 시작되지 않았소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">? </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕이 신입생으로 이 학교에 들어온 올해부터 말이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">아니</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">둘이 관련이 있단 증거가 없잖아</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">딱히 증거를 보여줄 순 없소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">아니</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">정 증거를 원한다면 눈의 여왕이 자퇴를 하고 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">학교를 떠나는 방법도 있소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그러면 이 동네에도 다시 사계절이 돌아올 것이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.”</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">독자들이여</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">전에도 말했지만 나는 겨울이 싫다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">남자로서 부끄럽지만 추위에 약한 탓이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">겨울을 벗어날 수 있다면 뭐라도 좋다고 생각했었지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선의 말을 듣자 망설여졌다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">아니</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그건</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">... </span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕은 무</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">무슨 죄가 있어서 자퇴를 해</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">그럴 순 없지</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">자퇴한다고 겨울이 물러간다는 보장도 없고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 안경을 올리며 대답했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">갑자기 말도 더듬었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. “</span><span style="font-size:14px;">아니</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">보장하오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 단호히 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">얘기하지 않았소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">? </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 신선이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕이 이 학교로 진학을 한다는 것</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">겨울이 계속될 것이라는 것</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">난 다 알고 있었소</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">청년이 눈의 여왕의 거울조각을 녹여야 하오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">그래서 내가 지금까지 청년과 함께 한 것이오</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">신선은 왼쪽 입가를 올렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> * * *</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> 아침에 눈이 반짝 떠졌다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">근로 갈 준비를 하고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">도서관으로 출발하기 위해 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">현관문 손잡이를 잡고 나는 방 쪽 창문을 쳐다보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈이 조금씩 내리고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">7</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">31</span><span style="font-size:14px;">일</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, 7</span><span style="font-size:14px;">월의 마지막 날</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">신선이 말한 것은 오늘 밤이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> 교대시간이 되자 도서관 문이 열리고 눈의 여왕이 들어왔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 눈의 여왕을 쳐다보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">지금까지와 달리 나도 모르게</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">라거나 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕이 두르고 있는 냉랭한 분위기에 압도되었다거나 하는 마음은 들지 않았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">그저 결의를 굳게 다잡을 뿐이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';"></span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕이 옆자리에 앉는걸 보고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">, </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 가방을 매고 나가면서 </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕의 어깨에 손을 올렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">이번만큼은 내 의지로 올린 손이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">눈의 여왕은 나를 쳐다보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">. </span><span style="font-size:14px;">나는 남자답게 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">“</span><span style="font-size:14px;">그대의 심장에 박힌 거울조각을 녹여주고 싶다네</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.” </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-family:'굴림', gulim, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">이번에는 사고가 정지됐기 때문에 내뱉은 말이 아니었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'함초롬바탕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:14px;">.</span></p>
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