Английский язык с Р. Киплингом. Истории просто так

This is Wise Baviaan, the dog-headed Baboon, Who is Quite the Wisest Animal in All South Africa. I have drawn him from a statue that I made up out of my own head, and I have written his name on his belt and on his shoulder and on the thing he is sitting on. I have written it in what is not called Coptic and Hieroglyphic and Cuneiformic and Bengalic and Burmic and Hebric, all because he is so wise. He is not beautiful, but he is very wise; and I should like to paint him with paint-box colours, but I am not allowed. The umbrellaish thing about his head is his Conventional Mane.

THIS is the picture, of the Leopard and the Ethiopian (это изображение Леопарда и Эфиопа) after they had taken Wise Baviaan’s advice (после того как они последовали совету Мудрого Павиана) and the Leopard had gone into other spots (и Леопард покрылся пятнами) and the Ethiopian had changed his skin (а Эфиоп сменил свою кожу). The Ethiopian was really a negro (Эфиоп был действительно негр), and so his name was Sambo (и поэтому его звали Самбо[56]). The Leopard was called Spots (Леопарда назвали Пятнистым), and he has been called Spots ever since (и с тех пор его всегда зовут Пятнистым). They are out hunting in the spickly-speckly forest (они вышли на охоту в пятнисто-пятнастом лесу), and they are looking for Mr. One-Two-Three-Where’s-your-Breakfast (и они ищут мистера Раз-два-три-Где-ваш-Завтрак-/посмотри/). If you look a little (если вы немного приглядитесь) you will see Mr. One-Two-Three not far away (недалеко вы увидите мистера Раз-два-три). The Ethiopian has hidden behind a splotchy-blotchy tree (Эфиоп спрятался за пятночно-мазочным деревом) because it matches his skin (потому что оно соответствует его коже), and the Leopard is lying beside a spickly-speckly bank of stones (а Леопард лежит возле пятнасто-пятнистого каменистого берега) because it matches his spots (потому что он подходит к его пятнам). Mr. One-Two-Three-Where’s-your-Breakfast is standing up eating leaves from a tall tree (мистер Раз-два-три-Где-ваш-Завтрак-посмотри стоит и объедает листья с высокого дерева). This is really a puzzle-picture like ‘Find the Cat’ (это действительно загадочная картинка, как «найди Кота»[57]).

negro ['nJgrqu], leave [lJv], puzzle [pAzl]

THIS is the picture, of the Leopard and the Ethiopian after they had taken Wise Baviaan’s advice and the Leopard had gone into other spots and the Ethiopian had changed his skin. The Ethiopian was really a negro, and so his name was Sambo. The Leopard was called Spots, and he has been called Spots ever since. They are out hunting in the spickly-speckly forest, and they are looking for Mr. One-Two-Three-Where’s-your-Breakfast. If you look a little you will see Mr. One-Two-Three not far away. The Ethiopian has hidden behind a splotchy-blotchy tree because it matches his skin, and the Leopard is lying beside a spickly-speckly bank of stones because it matches his spots. Mr. One-Two-Three-Where’s-your-Breakfast is standing up eating leaves from a tall tree. This is really a puzzle-picture like ‘Find the Cat.’

THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD

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