The Rabbit Listened / Cori Doerrfeld (★★★★★)

인간중심상담 수업시간에 교수님께서 소개해 주신 책인데, 짧지만 강렬하게 공감, 이해 그리고 경청의 중요성을 깨닫게 해 준다.

Texas Children's Hospital의 행사(?) 자료에 영문판이 있어서 읽어 보았다. 번역판은 '가만히 들어주었어'라는 제목으로 2019년에 출판되었다.

The Rabbit Listened_Texas Children-s Hospital.pdf

One day, Taylor decided to build something.

Something new.

Something special.

Something amazing.

Taylor was so proud.

But then, out of nowhere...

things came crashing down.

The chicken was the first to notice.

"Cluck, cluck! What a shame! I'm so sorry, sorry this happened!"

"Let's talk, talk, talk about it! Cluck, Cluck!"

But Taylor didn't feel like talking.

So the chicken left.

Next came the bear.

"Grarr! Rarr! How horrible! I bet you feel so angry!

Let's shout about it! Garr! RARRR! GRAAAAR!"

But Tayor didn't feel liking shouting.

So the bear left.

The elephant knew just what to do.

"Trumpa-da! I can fix this!

We just need to remember exactly the way thins were."

But Taylor didn't feel like remembering.

So the elephant also left.

One by one, they came.

The hyena: "Hee-hee! Let's laugh about it!"

The ostrich: "Gulp! Let's hide and pretend nothing happened!"

The kangaroo: "Tsk tsk. What a mess! Let's throw it all away!"

And the snake: "Shhhhh. Let'ssss go knock down someone else'sss."

But Taylor didn't feel like doing anything with anybody.

So eventually they all left...

until Taylor was alone.

In the quiet, Taylor didn't even notice the rabbit.

But it moved closer, and closer.

Until Taylor could feel its warm body.

Together they sat in silence until Taylor said, "Please stay with me."

The rabbit listened.

The rabbit listened as Taylor talked.

The rabbit listened as Taylor shouted.

The rabbit listened as Taylor remembered...

and laughed.

The rabbit listened to Taylor's plans to hide...

to throw everything away...

to ruin things for someone else.

Through it all, the rabbit never left.

And when the time was right, the rabbit listened to Taylor's plan to build again.

"I can't wait," Taylor said.

"It's going to be amazing."

Sometimes hugs say more than words

The Rabbit Listened_Texas Children-s Hospital.pdf

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