Today Morning
by John
Today morning, I saw a strange scene. One grandfather was playing the
guitar and two boys were dancing. Grandfather didn’t play the guitar well but it
made me happy. When his music was finished, two boys cried and
hugged.
“Sorry, I was wrong. Can you forgive me?” the boy
said.
“No. I was wrong. Let’s not fight again. Boohoo…” another boy
said.
“Put your most useless thing on here,” said
grandfather.
“This toy, we fought because of this toy,” said the
boys.
“Hahaha. Alright. Good bye guys,” said
grandfather.
‘What a strange grandfather.’ I
thought.
I was late for school because of this strange grandfather. I was punished
during first block. Nobody minds even though I get punished so much. I also
don’t mind either, because I’m an outcast. Students don’t like me. I don’t know
why they don’t like me but almost all of outcasts don’t have any reasons. I was
always bullied by strong girls, and I already adjusted
it.
“Have you ever heard about Guitar man? When he plays the guitar, people
become happy and hopeful,” one girl said to her
friend.
“Oh, I heard about him. People said he is really handsome,” another girl
said.
‘What? Handsome?’ Then I thought the Guitar man that they are talking
about is not a grandfather who I saw in this morning. He was really
ugly.
“He can solve any problems!” said the
girl.
‘Solve any problem? If he can solve any problem, he should be able to
solve my problem.’ I thought. After the school, I found the grandfather. I
didn’t believe them. I thought, talking with him wouldn’t hurt me, so let me try
to talk to him.
“Are you the guitar man?” I
asked.
“I’m whatever you are thinking,” he
replied.
“What are you talking about?” I asked
again.
“You are lonely,” he
said.
“How did you know?” I
asked.
“There are so many rocks on your shoulders,” he
said.
“Can you lighten these rocks?” I
asked.
“Give me the most useless thing you have,” he
said.
“Hoo…You are a hopeless adult,” I said and gave him the money, “Can you
solve my problem with your music?” I
asked.
“Money…you don’t have feeling…” he
said.
“Anyways!!!”I shouted and continued, “Actually, I don’t need money. If I
have money, other strong students will
steal.”
“What’s your problem then?” he
asked.
“I’m an outcast. My father lost his job and he doesn’t do anything now.
My mother is always crying. My younger brother is always fighting and smoking.
Families don’t mind anything about me... Boohoo…” Suddenly, I
cried.
“What’s your name?” he
asked.
“Ji young,”
I replied.
“Go. I’m
sleepy,”he said.
“Anyways, thank you for listening. Please help me solve my problem,” I
said and went back to home.
“What a pity girl,” Guitar man said, “let’s go to concert
hall.”
I’m 50 years old man. I lost my job. I couldn’t find any jobs. I wanted
to die but I couldn’t, because I have
families.
“Hey, listen,” one old man
said.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“Whatever…”he said and played
guitar.
I was surprised. His music was not good but I felt comfortable. Suddenly,
I woke up.
“Hmmm…What did I do? Let me go back to home,” I said and went to
home.
I opened the door.
“Hello. I came back,” I
said.
“Prepare to eat dinner,” my wife
said.
“I resumed my seat in my company,” I
said.
“Really? How?” families
asked.
“Boss said that I could work there again, so I bought chicken and pizza
to celebrate it,” I said.
“Wow thank you father,” daughter
said.
We ate food deliciously and so we were so happy. However suddenly my wife
fainted.
“Mother! Mother! Why are you fainting!” my daughter was surprised and
cried.
“Sorry, my daughter, I actually couldn’t get back to my seat again, but I
didn’t want to die alone. You guys will be sad if I die alone so I’m sorry.
Boohoo…” I cried.
“But father…” Then, all my families
fainted.
I also tried to die. Suddenly, the phone
rung.
“Hello,”I answered.
“Mr. Kim, you are back your seat. We need professionals for some
projects. We will reward about firing you before,” Boss
said.
I was shocked. I killed my families. I called the emergency services.
Emergency services came and carried
families.
“Are you regretting?” Suddenly, one person
asked.
“What?”I asked.
He hit me and I woke up again. One grandfather was in front of
me.
“Give me the most useless thing you have,” he
said.
I put poison in his cap and went back to
home.
I’m 50 years old woman. My husband has lost his job. We don’t have money.
I always cried. When I get married to him, I thought I would be a happy person,
but it turned out to be no. I’m regretting. Why I married
him…
“Hello, unlucky woman,” Guitar man said on the
roof.
When he started to play the guitar, many women appeared around me. They
were my aunt, my mother’s mother, grandmother’s
mother…
“Were you happy?” I asked
them.
“Happy? Hahaha… nobody can be happy. My husband lost all money and ran
away,” old aunt answered.
“My husband died when I bear my son. Haha,” other woman
said.
“But, my daughter, we don’t regret. At least we raised our own son and
daughter.” my mother said.
“Yes, yes!! I should not regret. At least, my husband is trying now…
Boohoo,” I said.
“How was this illusion?” Guitar man said, “I didn’t know whether it would
be helpful. Give me the most useless thing to
you.”
“I don’t have any useless thing,” I hopefully
said.
“Hmmm…Alright. Mother should not have any useless thing. I will not get
anything,” guitar man said.
I’m 16 years old. Everything is too boring. I don’t want to follow adults
and I am thinking about running away from
home.
“Hey, boy, do you want to run away from your home? I think you will,”
guitar man said.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“Whatever,”He replied and started to play the
guitar.
His guitar made me fall asleep. When I woke up, I was on the
ship.
“Hey number 16, go to room and bring net,” one man
said.
“Where is here? Who are you?” I
asked.
“Ha…almost all of them are just like you on this ship. You should follow
us until you die,” he then said, “or you should avoid us well.
Hahaha!”
I was surprised. I should get out of here, but I couldn’t. We were in the
middle of sea.
“Is adult easy?” one grandfather said, “You should not be full of
self-confidence. Almost all of adults are stronger than you. Nobody wants to
listen to your inside story. Only your parents can hear you. Don’t run away from
them.”
I woke up.
“You know me. Give me the most useless thing to you,” grandfather who was
in my dream said.
I gave all cigarettes that I had and ran back to the home, and opened the
door. My father, mother, only they can understand me. I hugged
them.
“Haha…Are you hungry?” father
asked.
“Yes…Boohoo,” I cried.
“Okay, let’s eat chicken!” father said, “Can you call your sister and
request her to buy a bottle of juice?” father
asked.
“Yes,”I replied.
“Hello,”Ji young said.
“Can you buy a bottle of juice when you come back home?” I
asked.
“Okay,”she replied.
“How was it?” Suddenly, Guitar man appeared and said to Ji
young.
“I think my families have changed,” she
said.
“That’s nice…” he said.
“But…you didn’t solve my problem,” Ji young said
sadly.
“I know one thing. All school problems are because of the troubles with
your family,” he said.
“Anyway, you always say ‘give me the most useless thing to you’. That
means I can bring useful thing I gave you. Right? Can I have my money back?” she
asked.
“You are a thief,” he
said.
“Whatever. Haha,” She said, “What’s your
name?”
“Whatever,”he replied.
Since then, people didn’t hear about the guitar man
again.