‘O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy and Mother of my Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘take a strand of the wire that you are spinning and tie it to your spinning-whorl and drag it along the floor, and I will show you a magic that shall make your Baby laugh as loudly as he is now crying.’
‘I will do so,’ said the Woman, ‘because I am at my wits’ end; but I will not thank you for it.’
She tied the thread to the little clay spindle-whorl and drew it across the floor (она привязала нить к маленькому глиняному веретену и потянула его по полу), and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels (а Кот побежал за ним и похлопал по нему своими лапками и перекатился кубарем;
thread [Tred], shoulder ['Squldq], pounce [pauns]
She tied the thread to the little clay spindle-whorl and drew it across the floor, and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels, and tossed it backward over his shoulder and chased it between his hind-legs and pretended to lose it, and pounced down upon it again, till the Baby laughed as loudly as it had been crying, and scrambled after the Cat and frolicked all over the Cave till it grew tired and settled down to sleep with the Cat in its arms.
‘Now,’ said the Cat (теперь, — сказал Кот), ‘I will sing the Baby a song that shall keep him asleep for an hour (я спою Малышу песню, которая усыпит: «сохранит его спящим» на час).’ And he began to purr (и он начал мурлыкать), loud and low, low and loud (громко и тихо =
That very minute and second, Best Beloved (в ту же самую минуту и секунду, Самые Любименькие), the smoke of the fire at the back of the Cave came down in clouds from the roof (дым от огня в задней части Пещеры спустился клубами с потолка;
hour [auq], purr [pW], clear [klIq]