What Mona Wants, Mona Gets

A Present for Mona

할아버지 선물을 사러 들어간 중고 상점에서 Mona는 상점 주인에게 목걸이 하나를 선물로 받는다. 

Mona scowled. "But I want - "

scowl 얼굴을 찌뿌리다.

It looks like it's just an alleyway. 골목길

a second-hand shop: 중고 상점

Well I suppose we might as well have a look.

might as well do ~ ~하는게 낫겠다. 

Still whining about chips, Mona followed her mother inside.

whine: 낑낑거리다. 우는 소리를 내다. 

"Of course not," snapped the old woman. "It's one of a kind." (유일한, 특별한)

snap: 매서운 어조로 재빨리 말하다. 

"Not for me there isn't," muttered Mona

투덜거렸다. 

She followed her mother around the shop, grumbling.

불평하며, 투덜거리며

"Oh, please," wailed Mona. "I really, really want this!"

wail: 고통이나 슬픔 때문에 고음의 긴 소리를 내다. 울부짖다. 구슬픈 소리를 내다. 

Startled, Mona turned.

화들짝 놀라서,

Mona's Surprise

Mona는 선물로 받은 목걸이가 마법의 목걸이라는 사실을 깨닫는다. 어떤 것을 원하든 목걸이는 바로 그 물건을 방에 나타나게 한다.

Mona went to toss it in her jewellery box with all the other necklaces she never wore, but she couldn't undo the clasp. 걸쇠를 풀 수 없었다. 

but it wouldn't budge.

not budge: 조금도 움직이지 않다. 

"I thought you were never going to want anything again as long as you got that necklace," ~since

The pink party dress was hanging from the door of the wardrobe.

wardrobe: 옷장

Shrieking with joy, she ran downstairs to thank her mother.

급격한 감정의 변화로 소리지르며

"What are you on about? What things?"

뭐가 불만이야?

"What magazine?" she asked absent-mindedly.

absent-minded (다른 것을 생각하고 있기 때문에) 멍한, 얼빠진 

Mona was distracted all through supper, wondering how the new clothes had found their way to her room.

distracted: 어떤 것에 대해 걱정하기 때문에 초초하거나 혼란스러운

It wasn't until she was getting ready for bed that Mona remembered she was still wearing the necklace. 

The necklace would give her anything she wanted.

Mona Gets More Than She Wanted

자신이 원하는 것보다 더 많은 것을 가진 Mona는 쓸데없는 물건이 얼마나 삶을 불편하게 만드는지 깨닫는다. 그리고 목걸이를 부수고 목걸이를 가지기 전 상태로 돌아온다. 

Mona mumbled over and over in her sleep.

mumble: 중얼거리다. 알아듣기 힘들게 조용히 말하다. 

sundae: 시럽, 견과류, 크림 등을 올린 아이스크림.

It was such a good dream that Mona slept through her alarm.

such: 아주 ~한

slept through sth: 어떤 것이 (주어를) 깨우지 않았다. 

She sat up and banged her head on a tuba.

bang = hit 부딪치다.

It had given her what she wanted, even though she'd wanted it when she was sound asleep.

be sound asleep: 깊이 잠들어 있다.

Mona started searching frantically through the new clothes heaped on the floor, but there were too many to choose from. 미친듯이

Mona yanked her slippers from under a giant stuffed kangaroo and put them on.

홱 잡아당겼다. 

"I want to get out...  I want to get out..." chanted Mona in desperation.

필사적으로. 어떤 것을 간절히 원하며

Her mother was right outside the door, which she couldn't open because the Wendy house was in the way. 

Wendy house: 장난감 집

"But I don't want anything!" wailed Mona. "I just want to go with you!" And she tugged on the necklace with such force that it broke and flew into the air.

울부짖다.

It had all been a horrid dream. 무시무시한, 진저리나는

Just in case, Mona was going to be very careful what she asked for in future.