Дом на Пуховом углу - [36]

Pooh said "Oh!" and they all began to think again. "I've got an idea!" cried Christopher Robin suddenly. "Listen to this, Piglet," said Eeyore, "and then you'll know what we're trying to do."

"I'll take off my tunic and we'll each hold a corner, and then Roo and Tigger can jump into it, and it will be all soft and bouncy for them, and they won't hurt themselves."

"Getting Tigger down," said Eeyore, "and Not hurting anybody. Keep those two ideas in your head, Piglet, and you'll be all right."

But Piglet wasn't listening (но Пятачок не слушал), he was so agog at the thought of seeing Christopher Robin's blue braces again (он так сгорал от нетерпения при мысли о том, что он снова увидит синие подтяжки Кристофера Робина; agog — возбужденный, сгорающийотнетерпения / любопытства). He had only seen them once before (он их видел всего один раз прежде), when he was much younger (когда он был гораздо моложе), and, being a little over-excited by them (и будучи немного перевозбужден = инемногоперевозбудившисьотних), had had to go to bed half an hour earlier than usual (ему пришлось идти спать на полчаса раньше обычного); and he had always wondered since (и с тех пор он постоянно интересовался) if they were really as blue and as bracing as he had thought them (в самом ли деле они такие синие и бодряжно-подтяжные, какими он их считал; bracing — бодрящий, подтягивающий). So when Christopher Robin took his tunic off (поэтому, когда Кристофер Робин снял свою блузу), and they were (и они оказались /такими/), he felt quite friendly to Eeyore again (он почувствовал себя опять вполне дружелюбным по отношению к Иа), and held the corner of the tunic next to him (и держал край блузы рядом с ним) and smiled happily at him (и счастливо = сосчастливымвидом улыбнулся ему). And Eeyore whispered back (а Иа прошептал ему в ответ): "I'm not saying there won't be an Accident now, mind you (заметь, я не говорю, что сейчас не будет Несчастного Случая). They're funny things, Accidents (Несчастные Случаи — забавные штуки). You never have them till you're having them (они никогда не происходят с тобой, пока ты не попадешь в них)."

agog [q'gOg], usual ['jHZuql], friendly ['frendlI]

But Piglet wasn't listening, he was so agog at the thought of seeing Christopher Robin's blue braces again. He had only seen them once before, when he was much younger, and, being a little over-excited by them, had had to go to bed half an hour earlier than usual; and he had always wondered since if they were really as blue and as bracing as he had thought them. So when Christopher Robin took his tunic off, and they were, he felt quite friendly to Eeyore again, and held the corner of the tunic next to him and smiled happily at him. And Eeyore whispered back: "I'm not saying there won't be an Accident now, mind you. They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them."

When Roo understood what he had to do (когда Ру понял, что ему нужно делать), he was wildly excited (он дико разволновался), and cried out (и завопил): "Tigger, Tigger, we're going to jump (Тигер, Тигер, мы будем прыгать)! Look at me jumping, Tigger (посмотри, как я прыгаю, Тигер)! Like flying, my jumping will be (подобен полету будет мой прыжок). Can Tiggers do it (Тигеры умеют это /делать/)?" And he squeaked out (и он пропищал): "I'm coming, Christopher Robin (я иду, Кристофер Робин)!" and he jumped — straight into the middle of the tunic (и он прыгнул прямо в середину блузы). And he was going so fast (и он летел так быстро) that he bounced up again almost as high as (что он подпрыгнул снова почти так же высоко = почтинатужевысоту) where he was before (где = накоторой он был прежде) — and went on bouncing and saying (и он продолжал подпрыгивать и говорить), "Oo!" for quite a long time (у-у! довольно долго) — and then at last he stopped and said, "Oo, lovely (а потом он наконец остановился и сказал: у-у, здорово)!" And they put him on the ground (и /они/ его поставили на землю).

"Come on, Tigger (давай, Тигер)," he called out (крикнул он). "It's easy (это легко)."

wildly ['waIldlI], almost ['Llmqust], ground [graund]

When Roo understood what he had to do, he was wildly excited, and cried out: "Tigger, Tigger, we're going to jump! Look at me jumping, Tigger! Like flying, my jump­ing will be. Can Tiggers do it?" And he squeaked out: "I'm coming, Christopher Robin!" and he jumped-straight into the middle of the tunic. And he was going so fast that he bounced up again almost as high as where he was before — and went on bouncing and saying, "Oo!" for quite a long time — and then at last he stopped and said, "Oo, lovely!" And they put him on the ground.

"Come on, Tigger," he called out. "It's easy."

But Tigger was holding on to the branch and saying to himself (но Тигер держался за ветку и говорил себе): "It's all very well for Jumping Animals like Kangas (это все очень хорошо для Прыгающих Животных — таких, как Кенга), but it's quite different for Swimming Animals like Tiggers (но это совсем другое /дело/ для Плавающих Животных — таких, как Тигеры)." And he thought of himself floating on his back down a river (и он представил себя плывущим на спине вниз по течению реки), or striking out from one island to another (или направляющимся от одного острова к другому;