Performance Audiobook - Could You Wait a Moment? (M4. Monster Dog)

M4. Monster Dog

This work explores the importance of understanding and patience.

It tells the story of healing relationships and fostering communication through efforts to understand others' pain and wounds, as well as recognizing moments when patience is needed.

Focusing on the message of perseverance and empathy that the protagonist, Hani, learns through her experiences with her mother and a monstrous dog, the narrative depicts the process of reaching out to one another and opening their hearts.

The work aims to convey the themes of understanding and patience in a way that is both familiar and touching for children.

Performance Audiobook Script

Min-guk:     (cutting her off) Hey, guys! Wanna do something really, really fun?
Hani:     (eagerly) Yeah! What is it?
Min-guk:     Let’s…

Min-guk suddenly puts on a scary face.

Min-guk:    Let’s go see the monster dog!
Dae-hwan:    No way! "My mom said it’s too dangerous to go there
Hani:     Monster dog?
Dae-hwan:    You don’t know about the monster dog that lives at the junkyard?
Hani:    (shaking her head) No, I don’t.

Dae-hwan and Min-guk exchange glances, silently agreeing to scare Hani.

Min-guk:    (exaggerating) Over there at the junkyard, there’s a super scary monster dog, and every night it takes away kids who don’t listen!
Hani:     (gasping) Really?

Min-guk glances at Dae-hwan, signaling him to keep going as he sees Hani looking scared.

Dae-hwan:    Yeah, that’s right! There was this kid next door… uh, Song Ji-hoon, or something… Anyway, he got bitten by the monster dog because he threw his bowl at his mom when he wouldn’t eat his spinach! And it’s taken a few other kids too! My mom saw it!
Hani:     … I don’t like spinach either…

Dae-hwan and Min-guk exchange a look of triumph, realizing they’ve succeeded, and continue to tease Hani.

Music play