해석 부탁드립니다.^^
for some days after this, the ghost was very ill. he only left his room when he wanted to replace the blood stain on the library floor. when he began to feel better, he decided to try once more to frighten the otis family.
the ghost chose friday the 17th of august for his appearance. he spent most of the day deciding what to wear. in the end, he decided to wear a long white sheet and a large hat with a red feather on it. he also took a rusty old knife with him.
as night fell, a violent storm started, the wind was very strong and made all the windows shake. the ghost was happy. this was his favourite kind of weather. he was planning to scare the whole family. he thought, “i will go to washington’s room first. he started it all when he cleaned up the blood stain. then, i will terrify mr and mrs otis, they will never be able to give me oil or medicine again! i am not sure about virginia, though. she has never insulted me. a groan may be enough. but i will teach those terrible twins a lesson they will never forget. i will become a living nightmare for them.”
at half past ten he heard the family going to bed. for some time after that, he could hear the twins laughing, but by a quarter past eleven all was quiet. just before midnight, the ghost left his room and started waling towards washington’s room as he passed a window, the moon disappeared behind a cloud, as if it was hiding from him. when the ghost reached the corridor which led to washington’s room, he stopped for a moment and thought to himself, “it is time.” but when he turned the corner, he saw something that made him scream out in terror. a terrible figure was standing in front of him it had a shiny bald head and a fat round face; out of its eyes came rays of red light and its mouth looked as if it was on fire, its clothes were similar to the canterville ghost’s clothes. it was holding a large sword above its head and round its neck hung a sign with strange letters on it.
the cantervillle ghost realised that it was a ghost too, but as he had never seen a ghost before, he was terrified. he turned around and ran back to his room as fast as he could. he got into his room, lay on a small bed and hid his face under the covers. as the night went on, however, his courage returned and just before dawn he decided to try and make friends with this other ghost. “two ghosts are better than one,” he thought. “with its help it will be easier to frighten this terrible family.”
he got up and returned to the corridor where he had seen the other ghost. when he arrived there, he got another shock. something terrible had happened to the other ghost! the light had disappeared from its eyes and mouth and the sword had fallen to the ground. he got closer and took the figure in his arms. but just then the head slipped off and rolled on the floor. it was only a hollow turnip and the body was just a broom and a white bed sheet! then, the canterville ghost saw the sign that had been around the figure’s neck. it read:
the otis ghost.
the only true and
original ghost.
beware of imitations.
all others are take.
the ghost then understood everything. he had been tricked! he was very angry. he raised his hands high and said, “i swear that when the cock crows twice, i will have my revenge!” just as he said this, a cock crowed in a distant farmhouse, he waited and waited for the second cock crow, but he heard nothing. by half past seven, when the people in the house stared to wake up, he had to return to his secret room. he could not understand why the cock had crowed only once. he tried to find the answer in his books of magic. “that is strange,” he thought. “all the books say that when this curse is used, the cock always crows twice. maybe my magic is not working so well because i am very nervous and tired.” he then went to rest in a comfortable coffin and stayed there till the evening.
이건 데요ㅠㅠ 제가 독해 실력이 부족해서 해석좀 부탁드릴께요