<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">키타토호쿠에 사는 어느 사람이, 한여름 플라이피싱을 나섰다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">어느 정도 낚시를 하며 다니다보니, 해가 져서 강에는 밤이 드리웠다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그래도 그날은 꽤 꿈틀꿈틀 입질이 오던 터라, 고집 있게 낚시를 했다고 한다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그러던 도중, 탁 트여서 낚시하기 딱 좋아보이는 곳이 나왔다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">오늘은 여기서 마감해야겠다 싶어 낚싯대를 흔들자, 갑자기 우르르 반딧불이가 흩날리기 시작했다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">반딧불이는 마치 수면에서 솟아나듯 날아다녀, 강은 환상적인 분위기에 휩싸였다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">이렇게 반딧불이가 많다니, 신기한 일이다라고 생각한 순간, 강에서 사람 목소리가 들려왔다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">처음에는 귀기울이지 않으면 잘 들리지 않는 정도 크기였지만, 서서히 그 목소리가 커져와 내용을 알아들을 수 있게 되었다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">아무래도 주변에서 작은 여자가이가 실종되어, 그 아이를 마을 사람들이 지금 시간까지 찾고있다는 내용 같았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">슬슬 오싹했지만, 두려움보다는 호기심이 앞선 탓에, 슬슬 낚싯대를 흔들며 계속 이야기를 훔쳐들었단다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">마치 TV 드라마를 소리만 듣는 느낌이었다고 한다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">사라진 아이의 엄마로 여겨지는 여자 목소리, 수색에 나선 마을 사람들 목소리라는 걸 분명하게 알아들을 수 있었다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">목소리는 점입가경, 끝내는 마을 사람 목소리가 [마지막으로 여기를 찾아보자고.] 하고 말하더란다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">이쯤 되자 눈에 보이지는 않지만, 수색 활동이 눈앞에서 펼쳐지는 것만 같았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">정말 무슨 다큐멘터리라도 틀어놓은 것처럼, 음성만 수면에서 들려오는 것이다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">너무나도 리얼한 대화가 수면에서 들려오자, 마침내 겁에 질린 그 사람은 수면을 향해 소리쳤다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">[어떻게 된겁니까! 누가 있습니까! 누가 없어진겁니까!]</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 순간, [아아아아아아아아아!] 하고, 듣는 것조차 견디기 힘든 여자 비명이 울려퍼졌다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 비명에 겁에 질려, 그 사람은 낚싯대도 걷지 않고 강을 뛰어 달아났다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">세워둔 자동차와는 반대 방향으로, 완전히 어두워진 길을 죽어라.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">황망한 와중, 근처에 집 불빛 같은게 보였다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">어쨌든 사람을 만나고 싶은 마음에, 험한 길도 마다 앉고 그 집으로 뛰어갔다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">[죄송합니다! 누구 안 계신가요!] </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">안에서는 구부정한 할머니가 나왔다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">[목이 말라서 그런데 물 한잔만 부탁해도 되겠습니까.] 라고 말하자, 할머니는 컵에 물을 따라 가져다 주셨다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">거기다 한잔 더 달라고 염치없이 또 부탁했던 모양이다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">물을 두잔이나 마시니 마음도 좀 진정이 되더란다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">할머니는 [무슨 일이 있었나?] 하고 물었다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 사람은 실례를 끼쳐 죄송하다고 말하면서도, 방금 일어난 일을 횡설수설 설명했다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그러자 할머니는 웃어 넘기기는 커녕, 침통한 표정이 되어 눈을 꼭 감았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">[그런가. 또 반딧불이가 나왔는가.]</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">서글프게 중얼거리더란다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">할머니 말에 따르면, 옛날 그 강가에는 다른 현에서 이사 온 일가가 집을 짓고 살았다고 한다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 집은 다른 사람들이 부러워할 정도로 단란했는데, 부모와 세살 난 외동딸이 함께 살았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">어느날, 그 집 딸이 놀러나갔다가 실종됐다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">마을 사람들은 부모를 도와 필사적으로 수색에 나섰다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">허나 그 마을에서는 가끔 그렇게 실종자가 나오면 대부분 강에서 죽은 채 발견되곤 했단다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">저녁 때가 되어도 여자아이를 찾지 못하자, 마을 사람들은 절망적인 기분으로 강을 헤매기 시작했다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">아니나다를까, 여자아이는 반딧불이가 날아다니는 강가에 엎드린 채 둥둥 떠 있었다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">마을 사람들이 차마 바라보지 못해 눈을 돌리자, 아이 어머니는 강으로 첨벙첨벙 뛰어들어 물을 헤치고, 죽은 딸을 부둥켜 안았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">[아아아아아아아아아!] 하고, 듣는 것조차 견디기 힘든 비명이 울려퍼졌다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">결국 딸을 잃은 가족은 그 후 집을 팔고 어딘가로 떠나버렸다고 한다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 후부터 그 강 근처에서 무서운 체험을 했다는 사람들이 생기기 시작했다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">꼭 한여름 저녁, 마침 반딧불이가 날아다니기 시작할 시간.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">할머니의 말에 따르면, 이 집에 새파래진 안색으로 뛰쳐 들어온 사람은 처음이 아닌 듯 했다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">이야기를 듣고 나자, 그 사람은 무섭기보다는 묘하게 애틋한 기분이 되었다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">낚시를 하던 곳은 강이 약간 구부러져, 깊은 웅덩이가 생기는 자리였다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">강 상류에서 누군가 떠내려온다면, 시신은 분명 그 자리에 떠오르겠지.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">이야기를 다 풀어낸 뒤, 할머니는 괴로운 듯한 표정으로 집에 들어가, 두번 다시 나오지 않았다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">그 사람은 집을 향해 감사 인사를 전한 뒤, 컵을 현관에 두고 돌아왔다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">이후 반딧불이가 날아오를 시간까지 낚시를 하지 않게 되었다고 한다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px;font-family:'돋움', dotum, sans-serif;">출처: <a target="_blank" href="http://vkepitaph.tistory.com/1348?category=348476">http://vkepitaph.tistory.com/1348?category=348476</a> [괴담의 중심 - VK's Epitaph]</p>
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