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3 그리고 그것에 대해 한마디도 하지 않고 잠자리에 들었습니다. 지금은 말을 할 때가 아니었습니다. 저는 제 삶의 이 작은 신성한 시간의 경이로움을 깨고 싶지 않았습니다. 이제부터 매일 밤 뒷마당 개집에 묶여 있던 우리 개는 마지막 불이 꺼지면 몇 분 동안 짖었습니다. 저는 개의 짖는 소리로 그것이 다른 동물이 아니라 밖에 있는 사람이라는 것을 알 수 있었습니다. 마당 가장자리의 오래된 과수원은 풀과 덤불, 작은 나무, 그리고 여섯, 여덟 그루의 오래된 큰 나무들로 무성하게 자라 있었습니다. 그 가장자리, 높은 라일락 덤불 뒤에는 우리의 없어서는 안 될 작은 사각형 (도서관)이 서 있었습니다. 저는 매일 아침 신문과 잡지가 없어진 것을 알아차렸습니다. 저는 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지 잘 알고 있었기 때문에 매일 저녁 일부러 신문과 잡지를 내놓고 아침에 확인했는데, 그것들은 항상 사라져 있었습니다. 어느 날 우리 막내딸이 매일 밤 불을 끄면 개가 짖고 뒷마당에 이상한 붉은 둥근 불빛이 보인다고 말했습니다. 그날 밤 개가 짖기 시작했을 때 저는 문을 열었습니다.
3 and on to bed without saying a word about it. It was no time for words I didn't want to break the wonderment of this little piece of sacred time in my life. Every night from now on our dog which was tied nights to his dog house in the back yard would bark just a few minutes when the last light was turned off. I could tell by his bark that it was not just another animal but a person out there. The old orchard at the edge of the yard was wild and grown up with grass and bushes and small trees and six or eight old big trees. There on the edge behind high bushes of lilacs stood our indispensable little square (library). I noticed that the newspapers and magazines were missing every morning. I had a good idea of what was going on so I purposely put out newspapers and magazines every evening then checked in the morning and they were always gone. One day our youngest daughter mentioned that every night when she turns off her light the dog would bark and she'd see a peculiar red round light out there in the back yard. That night when the dog started to bark I opened
3 and on to bed without saying a word about it. It was no time for words I didn't want to break the wonderment of this little piece of sacred time in my life. Every night from now on our dog which was tied nights to his dog house in the back yard would bark just a few minutes when the last light was turned off. I could tell by his bark that it was not just another animal but a person out there. The old orchard at the edge of the yard was wild and grown up with grass and bushes and small trees and six or eight old big trees. There on the edge behind high bushes of lilacs stood our indispensable little square (library). I noticed that the newspapers and magazines were missing every morning. I had a good idea of what was going on so I purposely put out newspapers and magazines every evening then checked in the morning and they were always gone. One day our youngest daughter mentioned that every night when she turns off her light the dog would bark and she'd see a peculiar red round light out there in the back yard. That night when the dog started to bark I opened