[이솝우화] 구두장이에서 의사로 🥿 THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR 🥿 靴職人から医者へ

 

🥿 구두장이에서 의사로

어느 매우 서투른 구두장이가 자기 본업으로는 먹고살 수 없게 되자, 구두 수선을 포기하고 의사로 변신했습니다.
그는 모든 독에 통하는 만능 해독제를 알고 있다고 떠벌렸고, 스스로를 잘 포장하는 재주 덕분에 꽤 명성을 얻었습니다.

그러던 어느 날, 그 구두장이가 심하게 병에 걸렸습니다. 
왕은 그의 약의 효험을 시험해 보기로 했습니다.
왕은 잔에 그의 해독제를 따르고, 몰래 독인 척하면서 단지 물을 조금 섞은 뒤 그에게 마시라고 명령했습니다.
겁에 질린 구두장이는 자신이 의학에 대해 전혀 아는 것이 없으며, 그 해독제는 아무 소용 없는 것이라고 실토했습니다.

그러자 왕은 백성들을 불러 모아 이렇게 말했습니다.
“부츠조차 맡기지 않는 이 구두장에게 너희는 너희의 목숨을 맡기다니, 이보다 더 큰 어리석음이 어디 있겠느냐!”

📌 교훈: 
겉모습과 말솜씨에 속아서는 안 된다. 사람의 진정한 능력은 검증되어야 한다.

 

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THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR

A very unskilful Cobbler, finding himself unable to make a living at his trade, gave up mending boots and took to doctoring instead. 

He gave out that he had the secret of a universal antidote against all poisons, and acquired no small reputation, thanks to his talent for puffing himself. 

One day, however, he fell very ill; and the King of the country bethought him that he would test the value of his remedy.
Calling, therefore, for a cup, he poured out a dose of the antidote, and, under pretence of mixing poison with it, added a little water, and commanded him to drink it. 

Terrified by the fear of being poisoned, the Cobbler confessed that he knew nothing about medicine, and that his antidote was worthless. 

Then the King summoned his subjects and addressed them as follows: 

"What folly could be greater than yours? 

Here is this Cobbler to whom no one will send his boots to be mended, and yet you have not hesitated to entrust him with your lives!"

 

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🥿 靴職人から医者へ

あるとても不器用な靴直しが、自分の仕事では食べていけなくなったので、靴修理をやめて医者に変身しました。
彼は「すべての毒に効く万能解毒薬」を知っていると吹聴し、自分を大げさに売り込む才能のおかげで、かなりの評判を得ました。

ところがある日、その靴直しが重い病気にかかりました。
王はその薬の効き目を試そうとしました。
王はその解毒薬を杯に注ぎ、毒を混ぜるふりをして、実際には水を少し足し、彼に飲むよう命じました。
恐怖に駆られた靴直しは、医術について何も知らず、その解毒薬も無価値だと白状しました。

そこで王は臣下を集めてこう言いました。
「靴の修理すら任せられないこの男に、お前たちは命を預けていたのだ。
これ以上の愚かさがあるだろうか！」

📌 教訓: 
外見や口先にだまされてはならない。本当の能力は試されてこそ分かる。