Дом на Пуховом углу - [65]

"Well," said Rabbit, after a long silence in which nobody thanked him for this nice walk they were having, "we'd better get on, I suppose. Which way shall we try?"

"How would it be?" said Pooh slowly, "if, as soon as we're out of sight of this Pit, we try to find it again?"

"What's the good of that?" said Rabbit.

"Well," said Pooh (ну, — сказал Пух), "we keep looking for Home and not finding it (мы продолжаем искать = всеищем Дом и не находим его), so I thought (поэтому я подумал) that if we looked for this Pit (что если бы мы искали Ямку), we'd be sure not to find it (мы бы наверняка не нашли бы ее), which would be a Good Thing (что было бы Здорово), because then we might find something (потому что тогда мы, возможно, нашли бы что-то) that we weren't looking for (что мы не ищем), which might be just (что, возможно, было бы как раз тем) what we were looking for, really (что мы искали на самом деле)."

"I don't see much sense in that (не вижу в этом особого смысла)," said Rabbit (сказал Кролик).

"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't (/нет/, его там и нет, — сказал Пух кротко). But there was going to be when I began it (но он собирался появиться, когда я начал это). It's just that something happened to it on the way (просто по дороге с ним что-то случилось)."

keep [kJp], sense [sens], humbly ['hAmblI]

"Well," said Pooh, "we keep looking for Home and not finding it, so I thought that if we looked for this Pit, we'd be sure not to find it, which would be a Good Thing, because then we might find something that we weren't looking for, which might be just what we were looking for, really."

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.

"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it on the way."

"If I walked away from this Pit (если бы я ушел от этой ямки), and then walked back to it (а потом пошел бы обратно к ней), of course I should find it (я, конечно, нашел бы ее)."

"Well, I thought perhaps you wouldn't (ну, я подумал, что, возможно, ты не нашел бы ее)," said Pooh (сказал Пух). "I just thought (я просто подумал)."

"Try," said Piglet suddenly (попробуй, — сказал вдруг Пятачок). "We'll wait here for you (мы подождем тебя здесь)."

Rabbit gave a laugh to show (Кролик хохотнул, чтобы показать) how silly Piglet was (какой глупый Пятачок), and walked into the mist (и ушел в туман). After he had gone a hundred yards (после того как он прошел сотню ярдов), he turned and walked back again (он повернул и пошел снова назад) ... and after Pooh and Piglet had waited twenty minutes for him (и после этого Пух и Пятачок прождали его двадцать минут). Pooh got up (Пух встал).

"I just thought (я просто подумал)," said Pooh (сказал Пух). "Now then, Piglet, let's go home (ну, а теперь, Пятачок, пошли домой)."

away [q'weI], perhaps [pq'hxps], hundred ['hAndrqd]

"If I walked away from this Pit, and then walked back to it, of course I should find it."

"Well, I thought perhaps you wouldn't," said Pooh. "I just thought."

"Try," said Piglet suddenly. "We'll wait here for you."

Rabbit gave a laugh to show how silly Piglet was, and walked into the mist. After he had gone a hundred yards, he turned and walked back again ... and after Pooh and Piglet had waited twenty minutes for him. Pooh got up.

"I just thought," said Pooh. "Now then, Piglet, let's go home."

"But, Pooh," cried Piglet, all excited (но, Пух, — воскликнул Пятачок, очень взволнованный), "do you know the way (ты знаешь дорогу)?"

"No," said Pooh (нет, — сказал Пух). "But there are twelve pots of honey in my cupboard (но в моем буфете двенадцать горшков меда), and they've been calling to me for hours (и они взывают ко мне уже несколько часов). I couldn't hear them properly before (я не мог слышать их хорошо раньше; properly — хорошо, прекрасно, превосходно) because Rabbit would talk (потому что Кролик разговаривал), but if nobody says anything except those twelve pots (но если никто ничего не будет говорить, кроме этих двенадцати горшков), I think, Piglet, I shall know where they're coming from (я думаю, Пятачок, я узнаю, откуда доносятся они = ихголоса). Come on (пошли)."

cupboard ['kAbqd], hour [auq], those [Dquz]

"But, Pooh," cried Piglet, all excited, "do you know the way?"

"No," said Pooh. "But there are twelve pots of honey in my cupboard, and they've been calling to me for hours. I couldn't hear them properly before because Rabbit would talk, but if nobody says anything except those twelve pots, I think, Piglet, I shall know where they're coming from. Come on."

They walked off together (они пошли вместе); and for a long time Piglet said nothing (и долгое время Пятачок ничего /не/ говорил), so as not to interrupt the pots (чтобы не перебивать горшки); and then suddenly he made a squeaky noise (а потом вдруг он издал писклявый звук = писк) ... and an oo-noise (и возглас «у»)... because now he began to know where he was (потому что теперь он начал понимать, где он находится); but he still didn't dare to say so out loud (но все еще он не осмеливался высказать это громко), in case he wasn't (на тот случай, если это не так). And just when he was getting so sure of himself (и как раз, когда он стал так уверен в себе) that it didn't matter (что его не волновало) whether the pots went on calling or not (продолжают ли горшки взывать или нет), there was a shout from in front of them (спереди перед ними =