Английский язык с Р. Киплингом. Истории просто так
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Then the Bat — the little upside-down Bat — that hung in the mouth of the Cave said (тогда Летучая Мышь — маленькая Летучая Мышь — которая висела вверх тормашками у входа в Пещеру сказала), ‘O my Hostess and Wife of my Host and Mother of my Host’s Son (О моя Хозяйка и Жена моего Хозяина и Мать Сына моего Хозяина), a Wild Thing from the Wild Woods is most beautifully playing with your Baby (Дикая Тварь из Диких Дебрей очень красиво играет с твоим Малышом).’
‘A blessing on that Wild Thing whoever he may be (благословение на эту Дикую Тварь, кем бы она ни была),’ said the Woman (сказала Женщина), straightening her back (выпрямляя спину = выпрямляясь), ‘for I was a busy woman this morning and he has done me a service (ибо
hostess ['hqustIs], host [hqust], straighten ['streItn]
Then the Bat — the little upside-down Bat — that hung in the mouth of the Cave said, ‘O my Hostess and Wife of my Host and Mother of my Host’s Son, a Wild Thing from the Wild Woods is most beautifully playing with your Baby.’
‘A blessing on that Wild Thing whoever he may be,’ said the Woman, straightening her back, ‘for I was a busy woman this morning and he has done me a service.’
The very minute and second, Best Beloved (в ту же самую минуту и секунду, Самые Любименькие), the dried horse-skin Curtain (Занавес из высушенной лошадиной шкуры) that was stretched tail-down at the mouth of the Cave (который был натянут хвостом вниз у входа в Пещеру) fell down — woosh! — (упал — со свистом: фьюить!; whoosh — свист, пронестись со свистом) because it remembered the bargain she had made with the Cat (потому что он вспомнил сделку, которую она заключила с Котом), and when the Woman went to pick it up (и когда Женщина пошла поднять его) — lo and behold (смотрите и слушайте)! — the Cat was sitting quite comfy inside the Cave (Кот сидел очень уютно внутри Пещеры).
stretch [streC], whoosh [wHS], comfy ['kAmfI]
The very minute and second, Best Beloved, the dried horse-skin Curtain that was stretched tail-down at the mouth of the Cave fell down — woosh! — because it remembered the bargain she had made with the Cat, and when the Woman went to pick it up — lo and behold! — the Cat was sitting quite comfy inside the Cave.
‘O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy and Mother of my Enemy (О мой Враг и Жена моего Врага и Мать моего Врага),’ said the Cat (сказал Кот), ‘it is I: for you have spoken a word in my praise (это я — ибо ты сказала слово похвалы в мой адрес), and now I can sit within the Cave for always and always and always (и теперь я могу сидеть внутри Пещеры всегда и во веки веков). But still I am the Cat who walks by himself (но тем не менее я Кот, который гуляет сам по себе), and all places are alike to me (и все места одинаковы для меня).’
The Woman was very angry (Женщина была очень сердита), and shut her lips tight (и сжала плотно губы; to shut — закрывать, запирать) and took up her spinning-wheel and began to spin (и взяла свою прялку и начала прясть).
But the Baby cried (но Малыш заплакал) because the Cat had gone away (потому что Кот /уже/ ушел), and the Woman could not hush it (и Женщина не могла успокоить его), for it struggled and kicked and grew black in the face (так как он бился и лягался, и он стал побагровевшим: «черным» в лице = и лицо у него побагровело; black in the face — побагровевший /от гнева, злости, усилий и т. д./).
within [wI'DIn], shut [SAt], struggle [strAgl]
‘O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy and Mother of my Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘it is I: for you have spoken a word in my praise, and now I can sit within the Cave for always and always and always. But still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.’
The Woman was very angry, and shut her lips tight and took up her spinning-wheel and began to spin.
But the Baby cried because the Cat had gone away, and the Woman could not hush it, for it struggled and kicked and grew black in the face.
‘O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy and Mother of my Enemy (О
‘I will do so (я сделаю так),’ said the Woman (сказала Женщина), ‘because I am at my wits’ end (потому что я не знаю, что делать; to be at one’s wits’ end — стать в тупик; не знать, что делать; wit(s) — разум, ум); but I will not thank you for it (но я не поблагодарю тебя за это).’
whorl [wWl], loudly ['laudlI], thank [TxNk]
‘O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy and Mother of my Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘take a strand of the wire that you are spinning and tie it to your spinning-whorl and drag it along the floor, and I will show you a magic that shall make your Baby laugh as loudly as he is now crying.’
‘I will do so,’ said the Woman, ‘because I am at my wits’ end; but I will not thank you for it.’
She tied the thread to the little clay spindle-whorl and drew it across the floor (она привязала нить к маленькому глиняному веретену и потянула его по полу), and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels (а Кот побежал за ним и похлопал по нему своими лапками и перекатился кубарем; to roll head over heels — кувыркаться в воздухе, делать сальто, лететь кубарем), and tossed it backward over his shoulder (и подбросил его назад через плечо) and chased it between his hind-legs (и загнал = пропустил его между задних ног) and pretended to lose it (и притворился, что потерял его), and pounced down upon it again (и снова набросился на него), till the Baby laughed as loudly as it had been crying (пока Малыш /не/ засмеялся так громко, как он /до этого/ плакал), and scrambled after the Cat (и /не/ пополз за Котом) and frolicked all over the Cave (и не резвился по всей Пещере) till it grew tired and settled down to sleep with the Cat in its arms (пока /он/ /не/ устал и /не/ устроился спать с Котом в объятиях; to settle down — успокаиваться, угомониться).
thread [Tred], shoulder ['Squldq], pounce [pauns]
She tied the thread to the little clay spindle-whorl and drew it across the floor, and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels, and tossed it backward over his shoulder and chased it between his hind-legs and pretended to lose it, and pounced down upon it again, till the Baby laughed as loudly as it had been crying, and scrambled after the Cat and frolicked all over the Cave till it grew tired and settled down to sleep with the Cat in its arms.