<div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;font-size:18pt;"><strong><건망증></strong></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></div> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></div> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">그거를 어디에 뒀드라</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">? </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">아니</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">방금 찾던 물건이 뭐였지</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">? </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">내가 뭘 찾으려고 이 가방을 뒤지고 있었누</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">벤치에서 가방을 뒤적거리는 사람은 마치 고목처럼 주름지고 깡마른 할머니였다. 피부가 검고 주름이 깊은 특유의 외모 덕분에 뇌리에 깊이 남아서인지 요즘 들어 공원에 부쩍 자주 오시던 분이라는 것을 한 눈에 알아볼 수 있었다.</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">오늘은 평소와는 달리 새색시처럼 고운 한복을 차려 입으신 게 뭔가 특별한 일이라도 있으신 걸까</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2"> </font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">분명 </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">1</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">분 전까지 찾으려고 생각하던 물건인데</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">이상하네</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">언제나 이랬어</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. 1</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">분</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">아니 </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">10</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">초 전에 필요해서 찾으려던 물건이 어느새 귀신에 홀린 듯 사라져버려</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">늙으니까 건망증이 아주</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">...”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">평소엔 엄마 손을 잡고 산책 나온 아이들과 무리지어 있는 비둘기 떼를 하염없이 바라보길 즐기던 분이셨다. 오늘은 뭔가를 잃어버리셨는지 물건을 찾느라 분주하다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">난 가방 속을 뒤지던 할머니를 조심스럽게 불렀다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">한 번, 두 번​ 불렀지만 본 척도 하지 않으셔서 목소리를 높였더니 버럭 역정을 내셨다.</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">​</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">뭬야!</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">나 귀 안 멕었어</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">순찰 중인 경찰인데</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">어르신 도와드리려고 하는 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">경찰</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">? </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">경찰이 물건도 찾아줘야</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“뭔가 잃어버리셨군요. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">잃어버린 물건이 뭔지 전혀 기억이 안 나세요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">물건을 잃어버린 게 아니라 내가 무슨 물건을 찾고 있었는지 기억이 안 나서 그랴</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">옷도 잘 챙겨 입으셨고</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">발음도 연세에 비해 정확하신 것 같다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. 평소의 언행을 생각해봐도 </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">정신이 이상한 노인은 아닌 것 같은데</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">알츠하이머 초기 증상일까</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">일단 물건 이름을 흘려듣기라도 하면 기억이 날 텐데</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">... </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">이거 참 미안하우</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">음</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">지팡이는 있으시고</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">틀니도 있으시고</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">혹시 안경이 아닌가요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">난 원래 안경 안 껴</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">"지갑인가요?"</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">"아이구, 난 그런 거 안 써. 이제 지갑에 넣고 다닐 돈도 없어서 기냥 호주머니에 넣고 댕겨."​</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">그럼 뭘까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">모르니까 찾는 거제</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">내가 무슨 물건을 찾고 있는지</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">내가 왜 공원에서 가방을 뒤지고 있는지 기억이 안나</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">기억이</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">아</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">오늘 옷을 잘 차려입고 계신 걸로 보아서 누군가를 만나러 나오셨을 수도 있겠다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">요즘은 나이 드신 분들도 심심찮게 로맨스를 즐기는 풍조가 유행한다고 들었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">아</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">다 늙어서 누굴 만난다고 그랴</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">? </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">정신 사나워지니까 저리 가슈</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">총각</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">할머니가 별로 도움을 탐탁찮아 하시기에 나는 일단 인사를 드리고 물러났다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">순찰 겸 공원을 천천히 한 바퀴 돌았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">미끄럼틀 위에서 담배를 피우던 고등학생 몇 명이 날 빼꼼히 내려 보더니 반대쪽으로 침을 뱉었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">요즘 미성년자들은 경찰도 무서워하지 않는다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">딱히 제재를 할 마땅한 방법도 없다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">내가 공원을 한 바퀴 걸어 돌아왔을 때도 할머니는 가방과 벤치 주변을 살피고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">할머니</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">전 순찰 때문에 먼저 갑니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">조심하세요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">요즘 공원에 무서운 애들 많이 돌아다녀요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.”</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">무서운 애들</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">?”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">“</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">네</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">, </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">얼마 전에 노숙자 하나가 고등학생들한테 구타당해서 죽어있던 걸 발견했거든요."</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">"쥑여야? 쥑였다고?"</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">"네, 머리도 새파란 것들이 자기 아버지뻘 되는 사람을요. 거 세상이 어떻게 되려는지 고등학생 녀석들이 살인도 모자라서 어디서 농약을 구해서 자살로 위장을 하려고 했나 봐요</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">그런 말도 안 되는 속임수를</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">...”</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">난 말 끝을 흐리고 불량 학생들이 모여 있던 쪽을 돌아보고 혀를 찼다. 끔찍한 세상이다. 사람이 사람을 개처럼 때려서 죽이다니. 설마 저 아이들 중에 그렇게 나쁜 아이들은 없겠지? 그렇게 믿고 싶었다.</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">그러던 중 뒤에서 뭔가 떨어지는 소리가 들렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">​</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2">"할머니?"</font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"><font size="2"> </font></span></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">쓰러진 노파의 눈과 코와 입에서 새빨간 피가 흘러내리고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">달달 떨리는 손에 걸쳐있던 검정색 병이 바닥으로 굴러 떨어졌다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. 화려할 정도로 섬뜩한 죽음의 색깔이</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> 단색의 한복을 마치 색동옷처럼 물들여 가고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">방금 내가 무심결에 꺼낸 단어에서 노파는 자신이 공원에 온 이유를 기억해냈을 것이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">노파는 자기가 찾고 있던 물건을 떠올림과 동시에 자신이 해야만 했을 일을 한 것이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">. </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">난 구급차를 부를 생각조차 하지 못하고 얼굴의 구멍들에서 피를 역류해내며 죽어가는 빨간 노파의 모습을 멍하게 지켜보고만 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">.</span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div><font size="2"> </font> <div style="background:rgb(255,255,255);"><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;"></span><font size="2"><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">(</span><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'돋움', dotum;">끝</span><span lang="en-us" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움', dotum;">)</span><span style="font-family:'돋움', dotum;"> </span></font></div> <div class="autosourcing-stub-extra"></div>