“손주가 청계천 보고 가자고 해서 놀러왔어.”
“어머니는 어떤 일 하세요?”
“나 지금은 먹고 놀아. 예전엔 안 해본 일이 없었지. 고생 많이 했는데 이야기하기 싫어.”
“하긴 고생한 거 다시 떠올리기 싫으시죠?”
“그럼.”
“그럼, 제일 행복했던 때는 언제였어요?”
“뭘… 행복 같은 건 없어. 아?…지금, 지금이지. 내마음대로 살 수 있으니까.”
“My grandson asked me to go to the Cheonggyecheon with him, so we’re here.”
“What kind of work do you do?”
“Now I just eat and play. I’ve tried almost everything in the past. I went through a lot, but I really don’t want to talk about it.”
“True. It’s not very delightful to recall past troubles, is it?”
“Of course not.”
“Then, when did you feel the happiest?”
“Happy… there wasn’t much of that. Oh? …Right now, actually, it’s now. Because I can live as I wish to.”