Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

That’s how (вот как) they all came to start (все они отправились в путь), jogging off from the inn (двигаясь медленно от таверны; to jog — трясти; тащиться) one fine morning (одним прекрасным утром) just before May (как раз перед /началом/ мая), on laden ponies (на груженных пони); and Bilbo was wearing a dark-green hood (и Бильбо был одет в темно-зеленый капюшон) (a little weather-stained (немного выцветший от солнца; weather — погода; непогода; stain — пятно) and a dark-green cloak (и темно-зеленый плащ) borrowed from Dwalin (позаимствованный у Двалина). They were too large for him (они были слишком велики для него), and he looked rather comic (и он выглядел достаточно комично). What his father Bungo (что бы его отец, Банго) would have thought of him (подумал бы о нем), I daren’t think (я не осмеливаюсь подумать). His only comfort was (его единственным утешением было то) he couldn’t be mistaken for a dwarf (что его не могли спутать по ошибке с гномом), as he had no beard (так как у него не было бороды).

They had not been riding very long (они скакали не очень долго) when up came Gandalf (когда /их/ нагнал Гэндальф) very splendid on a white horse (/очень/ великолепный на белом коне). He had brought a lot of pocket — handkerchiefs (он привез кучу носовых платков), and Bilbo’s pipe and tobacco (и трубку, и табак Бильбо). So after that (итак, после этого) the party went along very merrily (группа продолжила путь очень весело), and they told stories (и они рассказывали истории) or sang songs (или пели песни) as they rode forward all day (пока они ехали вперед весь день), except of course when they stopped for meals (за исключением, конечно же, когда они останавливались для принятия пищи).

weather-stained ['wedstend] mistaken [m'stekn] merrily ['merl]

That’s how they all came to start, jogging off from the inn one fine morning just before May, on laden ponies; and Bilbo was wearing a dark-green hood (a little weather-stained) and a dark-green cloak borrowed from Dwalin. They were too large for him, and he looked rather comic. What his father Bungo would have thought of him, I daren’t think. His only comfort was he couldn’t be mistaken for a dwarf, as he had no beard.

They had not been riding very long when up came Gandalf very splendid on a white horse. He had brought a lot of pocket-handkerchiefs, and Bilbo’s pipe and tobacco. So after that the party went along very merrily, and they told stories or sang songs as they rode forward all day, except of course when they stopped for meals.

These didn’t come quite as often (это случалось не так часто; to come — идти, приходить, наступать) as Bilbo would have liked them (как того хотелось бы Бильбо), but still he began to feel (но, все равно, он начинал чувствовать) that adventures were not so bad after all (что приключения были не так уж и плохи, в конце-то концов).