1. school, with about 200 students.
2. "Each grade has 5 classes - Mae, Ran, Kook, Song, Juk."
3. Plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, pine, bamboo
1. "One 'Moh-ran' is chosen for each grade at the May flower festival."
2. "Then each Moh-ran picks 5 Do-hwa sub-leaders as her aides."
1. "oh!"
1. "Ah."
1. The rest of the students are called 'so-hwa' and they can then support the do-hwa they wish to.
1. "support the do-hwa they wish to."
1. "Madam,"
1. "I hear there will be a special feature story about Sunhee School for Girls."
1. "Yes, I've heard from Mokran."
2. "Such good news, wouldn't you say?"
1. "I've heard they won 1st place because of Mokran's conducting the choir."
1. "It's not a matter to get excited over."
1. "Oh, but it is!"
1. "How proud you must be that Mokran is such a talented young lady!"
1. "My Dohee had hoped to go up to the finals with Mokran, so that is unfortunate, though."
1. "Yes, that is unfortunate."
1. "Th, thankfully,"
2. "it seems Mokran is very caring of Dohee."
3. "She still seems quite fond of her"
1. "even after all these years."
1. It's a shame they cannot go to the national competition together this time, but when they
2. graduate and the two debut to society together,
3. still just as close as sisters,
1. "as sisters..."
2. "Wouldn't that be grand, Madam?"
1. "A new pot of tea, as well."
1. The class that will go on to the national competition
2. this year is the first grade Mae class that I am in.
1. "The final round was between Kook class and us, but"
2. "their choice of song was not quite fitting the occasion"
1. and so our Mae class was chosen by a slight margin.
1. What was the song that Kook class had picked?
1. "'Spring Song' by Maestro Chae Gyu-yeop."
1. "The national competition is being hosted by..."
2. "the Governor-General, so you understand why that would be a problem."
3. Japanese colonial government occupying Korea.
1. "That class' singing was quite good,"
1. "but it seems they forgot there are other songs more suited to the occasion."
1. "Though they are admirable for thinking of our homeland."
1. "How ironic and unjust, that we cannot sing our own song in our own nation."
2. "Yes, indeed."
1. "That must be our accompanist in the choir room."
1. "Would you like to meet her?"
1. "It seems that freely fraternizing"
1. "between two women of similar age is in vogue."
2. "Yes, I've heard similar."
1. "There are so-called 'Modern Girls' all proud about it,"
2. "but I feel such is not quite for me."
1. "Of course, there's talk that it's better than fraternizing with a man."
2. "Getting caught with a questionable man that turns out to be already attached would be quite the trouble..."
1. "But I think-"
1. "Oh dear, the handle must have slipped."
1. "Forgive me Madam, I will brew some more tea."
1. "No, it's alright. There must be sharp pieces, take care as you clean it up."
1. "you clean it up."
2. "I apologize"
3. "for their blunder."
1. "As you were saying. It seems such is in vogue"
1. but whatever their thinking,
1. "it wouldn’t be a problem as long as they don’t upset other people, no?"