#7

Above all	무엇보다도, 특히
Lad *	사내애, 청년
Come upon	~을 우연히 떠오르다, 뜻밖에 만나다, 조우하다
Atop	꼭대기에, 맨위에
Saintly	성자같은, 성스러운
Hive *	벌집, 벌떼, (사람들이 바삐 돌아가며) 북새통을 이루는 곳
Tradesman	방문 판매원, 배달원, 소매상인
Platter *	(음식을 차려내는 데 쓰는 큰 서빙용) 접시
Descend *	내려오다, 내려가다, 경사지다, 내리막이 되다
Tapestry(Tapestries) *	태피스트리(여러가지 색실로 그림을 짜넣은 직물)
Parchment *	양피지, 두꺼운 담황색 종이, 양피지 문서
Entrust	(일을) 맡기다

 

* The lad wandered through the desert for forty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a moutain.

 

* Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the main room of the castle, saw a hive of activity : tradesman came and went, people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing soft music, there was a table covered with platters of the most delicious food in that part of the world.

 

* The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon.

 

* Did you see the Persian tapestries that are hanging in my dining hall?

 

* Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?

 

* His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.