(English) Summer Vacation Homework Fabricators

Isn’t the summer vacation for a real break? However, mom never stops nagging even during the summer vacation. Today, Jun Bo got pushed by his mother again by being asked to do homework while watching the television. He tried to just ignore her saying, but at that moment, his mother proposed a very tempting bet. If he got awarded for the vacation homework, she promised to buy him a ‘Playstory’ gaming machine! So, Jun Bo decided to work on a vacation homework diligently, and called his friend, Gu Bong, to tell this good news. However, he got disappointed right away when Gu Bong said, “It’s impossible for you to get awarded.” Eventually, Jun Bo and Gu Bong asked Gyung Soo, the top student of the class and got award for vacation homework last year, for help. However, Gyung Soo rejected them, saying, “Why am I supposed to help you?”. Will Jun Bo succeed in persuading Gyung Soo and getting the award for his homework with Gu Bong? Can Jun Bo earn a ‘Playstory’ gaming machine?

These three friends gathered together for homework, sometimes argued one another, and got rain while listening to cicadas under the sunshine. By doing so, they all slowly learned how to get along with others, how to help and care for others who think differently from me and realized what friends were for. In the end, they all earned the opportunity to think of what really the important thing was on their own. Finally, these three characters in ‘Summer Vacation Homework Fabricators’  spent their summer vacation through hands-on learning about being together, learning, and building true friendship or relationship with others. It could be somewhat typical and obvious like textbooks themes, but readers can feel how capable of the writer is to describe these unique and lovable characters in a realistic situation by using an easy material of ‘vacation homework’. 

방학은 좀 쉬라고 있는 거 아닌가? 하지만 방학이 되어도 엄마의 잔소리는 쉴 틈이 없다. 텔레비전을 보고 있는 준보에게 방학 숙제는 언제 할 거냐며 잔소리를 시작한 엄마. 준보는 귓구멍을 후비며 한 귀로 듣고 한 귀로 흘리려 하지만, 그 순간 엄마는 다시 준보의 귀가 솔깃해지는 제안을 한다. 방학 숙제로 상을 받으면 준보가 갖고 싶어 하던 플레이스토리 게임기를 사 준다는 것! 방학 숙제를 열심히 해야 할 이유가 생긴 준보는 절친 구봉이를 불러 신나게 이 소식을 전하지만, 돌아오는 구봉이의 대답에 맥이 빠진다. “상을 받다니, 그건 불가능한 일이야.” 결국 준보와 구봉이는 반 1등이자 작년에 방학 숙제로 상을 받은 경수에게 도움을 요청하지만, 재수 없기로도 1등인 경수는 “내가 왜 너희를 도와줘야 하는데?”라며 거절한다. 과연 준보는 경수를 설득해 구봉이와 함께 방학 숙제로 상을 받을 수 있을까? 플레이스토리 게임기를 갖게 될 수 있을까?