Sample Translations
Mijin Jeong Operation Bloody Nose E ng l i s h
Book Information
Operation Bloody Nose (코피대작전) Nurimbo Publishing corp. / 2014 / 3 p. / ISBN 9788958761792 For further information, please visit: http://library.klti.or.kr/node/772
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Operation Bloody Nose Written by Jeong Mijin
“Look! She’s got a bloody nose!” everyone shouted. During snack time, my friend’s nose began to bleed. To make her feel better, our teacher gave her a big hug. I want to get a bloody nose too!
“How did you get a bloody nose?” I asked my friend. “It just happened, but I did eat a lot of ice cream last night!” “How much?” “Three bars!” Then I’m gonna eat four!
I want to get a bloody nose too!
I really, really want my nose to bleed!
Why won’t my nose bleed? “Punch me in my nose, really hard!” I urged my friend. “I don’t want to. That’s scary.” My friend shook her head. “Oh, please, just once…” Slap!
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Tears poured from my eyes. My friend cried with me. Our teacher scolded us, “You need to get along with your friend.” Why won’t my nose bleed? 2 My friend had one.
Again, no one was home. Mom won’t be back for a while. When I ran to the refrigerator to get some yogurt, I tripped over a chair, and fell. Smack!
Yippee! I’ve got a bloody nose too!
But there was nobody home. Nobody to look after me!
My brother came home from school, And Mom came back from work. “Mom! I got a bloody nose earlier! Here, look!” “What a mess you made today.” Did she hear me? “Getting a bloody nose is stupid.” My brother teased.
I became sad and cried.
Mom gave me a big hug. “My little sweetheart. So you had a bloody nose today? Are you ok now?” “I’m telling you that my nose bled!” I rubbed my face against mom. Sniff, sniff. Sweet mommy smell. I really like how mom smells.
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