Английский язык с Р. Киплингом. Истории просто так - [16]

) and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows (и полосатых, пятнистых, крапчатых теней; stripe — полоса; speck — пятно), and there they hid (и там они спрятались; to hide — прятаться): and after another long time (и спустя еще долгое время), what with standing half in the shade and half out of it (от стояния наполовину в тени, а наполовину вне ее), and what with the slippery-slidy shadows of the trees falling on them (и от скользящих теней деревьев, падающих на них), the Giraffe grew blotchy (Жираф стал пятнистым), and the Zebra grew stripy (а Зебра стала полосатой), and the Eland and the Koodoo grew darker (а Канна и Куду стали темнее), with little wavy grey lines on their backs like bark on a tree trunk (с маленькими волнистыми серыми линиями на их спинах, похожих на кору на древесном стволе); and so, though you could hear them and smell them (и таким образом, хотя вы могли услышать их и учуять их), you could very seldom see them (вы очень редко могли увидеть их), and then only when you knew precisely where to look (и только тогда, когда вы точно знали, куда смотреть).

giraffe [GI'rRf], shadow ['Sxdqu], half [hRf]

After a long time — things lived for ever so long in those days — they learned to avoid anything that looked like a Leopard or an Ethiopian; and bit by bit — the Giraffe began it, because his legs were the longest — they went away from the High Veldt. They scuttled for days and days and days till they came to a great forest, ‘sclusively full of trees and bushes and stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows, and there they hid: and after another long time, what with standing half in the shade and half out of it, and what with the slippery-slidy shadows of the trees falling on them, the Giraffe grew blotchy, and the Zebra grew stripy, and the Eland and the Koodoo grew darker, with little wavy grey lines on their backs like bark on a tree trunk; and so, though you could hear them and smell them, you could very seldom see them, and then only when you knew precisely where to look.

They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows of the forest (они прекрасно проводили время в ‘сключительно крапчато-рассыпчатых тенях леса), while the Leopard and the Ethiopian ran about over the ‘sclusively greyish-yellowish-reddish High Veldt outside (в то время как Леопард и Эфиоп бегали по ‘сключительно серовато-желтовато-рыжеватому Высокому Вельду), wondering where all their breakfasts and their dinners and their teas had gone (спрашивая себя, куда подевались все их завтраки, и обеды, и ужины). At last they were so hungry (наконец они так проголодались) that they ate rats and beetles and rock-rabbits (что они стали есть крыс, и жуков, и сеноставок[39]), the Leopard and the Ethiopian (Леопард и Эфиоп), and then they had the Big Tummy-ache, both together (а потом у них обоих вместе Сильно разболелись Животики); and then they met Baviaan — the dog-headed, barking Baboon (а потом они встретили Павиана — собакоголового лающего Бабуина), who is Quite the Wisest Animal in All South Africa (который Действительно Наимудрейшее Животное во Всей Южной Африке[40]).

beautiful ['bjHtIful], wonder ['wAndq], animal ['xnImql]

They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows of the forest, while the Leopard and the Ethiopian ran about over the ‘sclusively greyish-yellowish-reddish High Veldt outside, wondering where all their breakfasts and their dinners and their teas had gone. At last they were so hungry that they ate rats and beetles and rock-rabbits, the Leopard and the Ethiopian, and then they had the Big Tummy-ache, both together; and then they met Baviaan — the dog-headed, barking Baboon, who is Quite the Wisest Animal in All South Africa.

Said Leopard to Baviaan (спросил Леопард Павиана) (and it was a very hot day (а это был очень жаркий день)), ‘Where has all the game gone (куда делась вся дичь)?’

And Baviaan winked (а Павиан подмигнул). He knew (он знал).

Said the Ethiopian to Baviaan (спросил Эфиоп Павиана), ‘Can you tell me the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna (ты можешь сообщить мне нынешнее место распространения туземной Фауны)?’ (That meant just the same thing (это означало то же самое; to mean — значить, означать), but the Ethiopian always used long words (но Эфиоп всегда пользовался длинными словами). He was a grown-up (он был взрослый).)

And Baviaan winked (а Павиан подмигнул). He knew (он знал).

knew [njH], habitat ['hxbItxt], fauna ['fLnq]

Said Leopard to Baviaan (and it was a very hot day), ‘Where has all the game gone?’

And Baviaan winked. He knew.

Said the Ethiopian to Baviaan, ‘Can you tell me the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna?’ (That meant just the same thing, but the Ethiopian always used long words. He was a grown-up.)

And Baviaan winked. He knew.

Then said Baviaan (тогда сказал Павиан), ‘The game has gone into other spots (дичь ушла в другие места[41] /поиграть в пятнашки/); and my advice to you, Leopard (и мой совет тебе, Леопард), is to go into other spots as soon as you can (уйти в другие места /поиграть в пятнашки/, как можно скорее).’