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

The lightning splinters on the peaks, and rocks shiver, and great crashes split the air and go rolling and tumbling into every cave and hollow; and the darkness is filled with overwhelming noise and sudden light. Bilbo had never seen or imagined anything of the kind. They were high up in a narrow place, with a dreadful fall into a dim valley at one side of them. There they were sheltering under a hanging rock for the night, and he lay beneath a blanket and shook from head to toe. When he peeped out in the lightning-flashes, he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the darkness where they smashed among the trees far below, or splintered into little bits with a bang.

Then came a wind and a rain (затем поднялся ветер и дождь), and the wind whipped the rain and the hail about in every direction (и ветер хлестал дождем и градом во всех направлениях), so that an overhanging rock (так, что нависающая гора) was no protection at all (совсем и не была защитой). Soon they were getting drenched (вскоре они все промокли насквозь) and their ponies were standing (и их пони стояли) with their heads down (с опущенными головами) and their tails between their legs (и хвостами между ног = поджав хвосты), and some of them were whinnying with fright (и некоторые из них тихо ржали от испуга). They could hear the giants guffawing (они могли слышать, как великаны грубо хохотали) and shouting all over the mountainsides (и кричали по всем склонам горы).

“This won’t do at all (так совсем не пойдет)!” said Thorin. “If we don’t get blown off (если нас и не сдует; to blow (blew, blown) — дуть) or drowned (или не затопит), or struck by lightning (или не ударит молнией), we shall be picked up by some giant (то нас подхватит какой-нибудь великан: «мы будем подхвачены…») and kicked sky-high for a football (и пнет нас ногой в самое небо заместо футбольного мяча). ”

drench [drent] whinny ['wn] fright [frat] guffaw ['f:]

Then came a wind and a rain, and the wind whipped the rain and the hail about in every direction, so that an overhanging rock was no protection at all. Soon they were getting drenched and their ponies were standing with their heads down and their tails between their legs, and some of them were whinnying with fright. They could hear the giants guffawing and shouting all over the mountainsides.

“This won’t do at all!” said Thorin. “If we don’t get blown off or drowned, or struck by lightning, we shall be picked up by some giant and kicked sky — high for a football. ”