Английский язык c дружелюбным скелетом. Легенды североамериканских индейцев - [30]
But the girls would take no meat (но девушки не захотели взять мясо), and went home sorrowful (и ушли домой печальные = в печали).
village [`vIlIG], probably [`prOb(q)blI], return [rI`tWn], labor [`leIbq]
"We do this to one another," taunted the false friend, as the tree shot up; and taking the wood, and the deer which Kahp-too-óo-yoo had killed, he went to the village. There the sisters met him, and asked:
"Where is our brother?"
"Truly I know not, for he went northwest and I southwest; and though I waited long at the meeting-place, he did not come. Probably he will soon return. But take of this deer which I killed, for sisters should share the labors of brothers."
But the girls would take no meat, and went home sorrowful.
Time went on (время шло; to go on — продолжать идти), and still there was no Kahp-too-óo-yoo (но Кахп-ту-ó-йу все еще не появился: «но все еще не было…»). His sisters and his old parents wept always (его сестры и его престарелые родители все время плакали; to weep), and all the village was sad (и вся деревня была несчастна; sad — грустный, печальный). And soon the crops grew yellow in the fields (и вскоре всходы пожелтели на полях; to grow yellow), and the springs failed (и ручьи/источники пересохли; to fail — не сбываться, обманывать ожидания, не удаваться; зд. исчезать, затихать, умирать; ослабевать, выйти из строя, перестать действовать), and the animals walked like weary shadows (и звери ходили, словно усталые тени); for Kahp-too-óo-yoo, he who had the power of the clouds (ведь Кахп-ту-ó-йу, который обладал властью над облаками), was gone (исчез; to be gone — исчезнуть, пропасть, уйти, уехать), and there was no rain (и дождя не было). And then perished all that is green (и затем погибло все, что было зеленого = вся зелень); the animals fell in the brown fields (звери погибали в опаленных полях; to fall — падать; погибать /в результате насилия, на поле битвы, из-за болезни и т. п./; brown — коричневый; бурый); and the gaunt people (и страждущие люди; gaunt — голодный; жаждущий, страждущий; /уст./ сухопарый; худой, костлявый) who sat to warm themselves in the sun (которые садились обогреться на солнце; to sit) began to die there where they sat (начинали умирать там, где они сидели). At last the poor old man said to his daughters (наконец, несчастный старик сказал дочерям):
parents [`peqr(q)nts], weary [`weqrI], cloud [klaud], shadow [`Sxdqu], perish [`perIS], gaunt [gO:nt]
Time went on, and still there was no Kahp-too-óo-yoo. His sisters and his old parents wept always, and all the village was sad. And soon the crops grew yellow in the fields, and the springs failed, and the animals walked like weary shadows; for Kahp-too-óo-yoo, he who had the power of the clouds, was gone, and there was no rain. And then perished all that is green; the animals fell in the brown fields; and the gaunt people who sat to warm themselves in the sun began to die there where they sat. At last the poor old man said to his daughters:
"Little daughters (доченьки; little — маленький), prepare food (приготовьте еду), for again we will go to look for your brother (потому что мы снова пойдем искать вашего брата)."
The girls made cakes of the blue corn-meal for the journey (девушки испекли для похода лепешки из голубой кукурузной муки); and on the fourth day they started (и на четвертый день они отправились в путь). Old-Black-Cane hobbled to the south (Старый Черный тростник пошел, хромая, на юг; to hobble — хромать), his wife to the east (его жена — на восток), the elder girl to the north (старшая девушка — на север), and the younger to the west (младшая — на запад).
prepare [prI`peq], meal [mJl], journey [`Gq:nI], fourth [fO:T], south [sauT]
"Little daughters, prepare food, for again we will go to look for your brother."
The girls made cakes of the blue corn-meal for the journey; and on the fourth day they started. Old-Black-Cane hobbled to the south, his wife to the east, the elder girl to the north, and the younger to the west.
For a great distance they traveled (огромное расстояние они прошли); and at last Blue-Corn-Maiden, who was in the north (и, наконец, Голубая Кукуруза, которая пошла на север), heard a far, faint song (услышала отдаленную, слабую песнь; to hear; faint — слабый, ослабевший; вялый). It was so little that she thought it must be imaginary (та была такой слабой, что она подумала, она должна быть воображаемой); but she stopped to listen (но она остановилась послушать), and softly, softly it came again (и постепенно, постепенно, она послышалась вновь: «пришла снова»; softly — мягко, нежно; тихо, спокойно; постепенно; приглушенно, смягченно):
Old-Black-Cane (Старый-Черный-Тростник)
My father is called (зовется мой отец);
Corn-Woman (Кукуруза)
My mother is called (зовется моя мать).
distance [`dIst(q)ns], heard [hWd], imaginary [I`mxGIn(q)rI], listen [lIsn]
For a great distance they traveled; and at last Blue-Corn-Maiden, who was in the north, heard a far, faint song. It was so little that she thought it must be imaginary; but she stopped to listen, and softly, softly it came again:
