Английский язык с Р. Киплингом. Истории просто так

‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician (паях кун, — сказал Старейший Волшебник), meaning (что означало), ‘That is quite right (/это/ совершенно правильно)’; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth (и он дохнул на огромные скалы и глыбы земли) that All-the-Elephant-there-was had thrown up (которые выбросил Весь Слон, что был; to throw up — извергать; выбрасывать), and they became the great Himalayan Mountains (и они стали великими Гималайскими горами; to become — становиться), and you can look them out on the map (и вы можете отыскать их на карте; to look out — увидеть, высмотреть).

North [nLT], earth [WT], breathe [brJD]

He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him.

‘Kun?’ said All-the-Elephant-there-was, meaning, ‘Is this right?’

‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician, meaning, ‘That is quite right’; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that All-the-Elephant-there-was had thrown up, and they became the great Himalayan Mountains, and you can look them out on the map.

He went East (он пошел на восток), and he found All-the-Cow-there-was feeding in the field (и он нашел Всю Корову, что была, пасущейся на поле) that had been made ready for her (которое было приготовлено для нее), and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time (и она охватила своим языком целый лес за раз: «лизнула своим языком вокруг целого леса за раз»), and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud (и проглотила его и села жевать свою жвачку).

‘Kun?” said All-the-Cow-there-was (кун? — спросила Вся Корова, что была).

‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician (паях кун, — сказал Старейший Волшебник); and be breathed upon the bare patch (и он дохнул на голый участок земли) where she had eaten (где она поела), and upon the place where she had sat down (и на место, куда она села), and one became the great Indian Desert (и одно стало великой Индийской пустыней), and the other became the Desert of Sahara (а другое стало пустыней Сахарой), and you can look them out on the map (и ты можешь отыскать их на карте).

field [fJld], swallow ['swOlqu], chew [CH]

He went East, and he found All-the-Cow-there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud.

‘Kun?” said All-the-Cow-there-was.

‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician; and be breathed upon the bare patch where she had eaten, and upon the place where she had sat down, and one became the great Indian Desert, and the other became the Desert of Sahara, and you can look them out on the map.

He went West (он пошел на запад), and he found All-the-Beaver-there-was making a beaver-dam across the mouths of broad rivers (и он нашел Всего Бобра, что был, делающим бобровую плотину через устья широких рек) that had been got ready for him (которые были приготовлены для него).

‘Kun?” said All-the-Beaver-there-was (кун? — спросил Весь Бобер, что был).

‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician (паях кун, — сказал Старейший Волшебник); and he breathed upon the fallen trees and the still water (и он дохнул на поваленные деревья и неподвижную воду), and they became the Everglades in Florida (и они стали Болотистыми Низменностями[132] во Флориде; everglade — болотистая низменность, местами поросшая высокой травой), and you may look them out on the map (и ты можешь отыскать их на карте).

broad [brLd], fallen [fLlqn], everglade ['evqgleId]