One day, a little girl is sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly notices that her mother has several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette hair.
She looks at her mother and inquisitively asks, “Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?”
Her mother replied, “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.”
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then asked, “Momma, how come all of grandma’s hairs are white?”
엄마가 부엌에서 설거지 하는 것을 지켜보던 딸이 엄마의 흰 머리를 발견했다.
호기심 어린 딸이 물었다. “엄마는 왜 흰머리가 있어?” 엄마는 이에 대해 “네가 말썽을 일으켜 엄마를 울게 하거나 속상하게 할 때마다 흰머리가 하나씩 생긴단다.”
이말을 들은 딸이 한참을 생각하다 물었다. “엄마, 그럼 할머니 머리가 하얀 것은 어떻게 된거야?”
