어른에게

I bought this book at Bandi & Luni bookstore, Jonggak branch, for 4,000won (S$5.40). This is a bilingual book printed in both English and Korean. Some time back, I heard that "The Little Prince" was withdrawn from all the bookstores in Korean due to copyright issue. I was fortunate enough to have bought it just before the selling ban was sanctioned.

I have read this book in both English and Chinese before so I wasn't in any hurry to pour through it. Until yesterday, I have just left it on the shelf to collect dust. Then as I was flipping through it, I saw this interesting line:

어른들은 누구나 한때 어린아이였으므르.
그러나 그것을 기억하는 어른은 별로 없다.
All grown-ups were children once upon a time.
But very few remember it.

Re-discovering that child within us is perhaps the greatest joy of reading this book.