Английский язык с Марком Твеном. Принц и нищий / Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper

Tom slept again (Том заснул снова), and after a time he had this pleasant dream (и спустя некоторое время он увидел этот = следующий приятный сон). He thought it was summer and he was playing (он думал, что стояло лето и он играл), all alone (совсем один), in the fair meadow (на красивом лугу) called Goodman's Fields (называемом Поля Гудмена), when a dwarf only a foot high (когда карлик высотой всего лишь в фут), with long red whiskers and a humped back (с длинными рыжими усами и горбатой спиной), appeared to him suddenly (показался ему внезапно) and said (и сказал), 'Dig, by that stump (копай у этого пня).' He did so (он сделал так), and found twelve bright new pennies (и нашел двенадцать блестящих новеньких пенни; to find — находить) — wonderful riches (удивительные сокровища)! Yet this was not the best of it (и это было не самое лучшее); for the dwarf said (ибо карлик сказал):

'I know thee (я знаю тебя). Thou art a good lad and deserving (ты хороший мальчик и достойный); thy distresses (твои беды) shall end (закончатся), for the day of thy reward is come (ибо день твоего вознаграждения пришел). Dig here every seventh day (копай здесь каждый седьмой день), and thou shalt find always the same treasure (и ты найдешь всегда то же самое сокровище), twelve bright new pennies (двенадцать ярких новых пенсов). Tell none — keep the secret (не говори никому — храни эту тайну).'

treasure [`treZq], bright [braıt], suddenly [`sAdənlı]

TOWARD daylight of the same morning, Tom Canty stirred out of a heavy sleep and opened his eyes in the dark. He lay silent a few moments, trying to analyze his confused thoughts and impressions, and get some sort of meaning out of them, then suddenly he burst out in a rapturous but guarded voice:

'I see it all, I see it all! Now God be thanked, I am, indeed, awake at last! Come, joy! vanish, sorrow! Ho, Nan! Bet! kick off your straw and hie ye hither to my side, till I do pour into your unbelieving ears the wildest madcap dream that ever the spirits of night did conjure up to astonish the soul of man withal!.. Ho, Nan, I say! Bet!.. '

A dim form appeared at his side, and a voice said:

'Wilt deign to deliver thy commands?'

'Commands?.. Oh, woe is me, I know thy voice! Speak, thou — who am I?'

'Thou? In sooth, yesternight wert thou the Prince of Wales, to-day art thou my most gracious liege, Edward, king of England.'

Tom buried his head among his pillows, murmuring plaintively:

'Alack, it was no dream! Go to thy rest, sweet sir — leave me to my sorrows.'

Tom slept again, and after a time he had this pleasant dream. He thought it was summer and he was playing, all alone, in the fair meadow called Goodman's Fields, when a dwarf only a foot high, with long red whiskers and a humped back, appeared to him suddenly and said, 'Dig, by that stump.' He did so, and found twelve bright new pennies — wonderful riches! Yet this was not the best of it; for the dwarf said:

'I know thee. Thou art a good lad and deserving; thy distresses shall end, for the day of thy reward is come. Dig here every seventh day, and thou shalt find always the same treasure, twelve bright new pennies. Tell none — keep the secret.'