Sample Translations
Chaekbo Life E ng l i s h
Book Information
Life (ěƒ?명) Little One AHyun Publishing corp. / 2013 / 2 p. / ISBN 9788958781714 77370 For further information, please visit: http://library.klti.or.kr/node/772
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Life Written by Chaekbo
Living things move by themselves.
Even when they seem still, they never stop moving.
Living things always change. If we look carefully, we find what changed from yesterday.
Things that are not alive also change slowly. When they change, they become worn out. Being old does not mean being useless. Used things carry our memory.
Living things grow up little by little. While some do not change their appearance, others become a completely different being.
Being alive means repeating the cycle of taking in and letting out what’s outside our body.
The more a living thing needs to survive, the more complicated the body’s works are.
Nothing lives forever. Someday, every living thing dies.
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To live as long as possible, all living things do their best.
Some struggle to live a long and comfortable life by depending on other animals or plants. Some exchange help by relying on each other, and others piggyback on different creatures for their own good. Each and every life dies someday, but it finds a way to live forever through future generations.
Some eat other lives to survive.
Sometimes, what I do to live helps others’ lives as well.
Ways to live differ depending on who you are with and where you are.
That is, a creature needs the whole world to live.
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