One dark evening he came back to all his dear families (одним темным вечером он вернулся ко всем своим дорогим семействам), and he coiled up his trunk and said (и он свернул кольцом свой хобот и сказал;
‘Pooh,’ said the Elephant’s Child (тьфу, — сказал Слоненок). ‘I don’t think you peoples know anything about spanking (не думаю, что вы, родственнички, знаете что-нибудь о шлепаньи =
Then he uncurled his trunk (тогда он раскрутил свой хобот) and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels (и врезал двум из своих дорогих братцев так, что они полетели кубарем: «ударил двух из своих дорогих братьев кубарем»;
evening ['JvnIN], immediately [I'mJdIqtlI], brother ['brADq]
One dark evening he came back to all his dear families, and he coiled up his trunk and said, ‘How do you do?’ They were very glad to see him, and immediately said, ‘Come here and be spanked for your ‘satiable curtiosity.’
‘Pooh,’ said the Elephant’s Child. ‘I don’t think you peoples know anything about spanking; but
Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.
‘O Bananas!’ said they (ух ты! — сказали они), ‘Where did you learn that trick (где ты научился этому приемчику;
‘I got a new one from the Crocodile (я достал новый у Крокодила =
‘It looks very ugly (он выглядит очень уродливо),’ said his hairy uncle, the Baboon (сказал его волосатый дядюшка Бабуин).
‘It does,’ said the Elephant’s Child (да, — сказал Слоненок). ‘But it’s very useful (но он очень полезный),’ and he picked up his hairy uncle, the Baboon (и он поднял своего волосатого дядюшку Бабуина), by one hairy leg (за одну волосатую ногу), and hove him into a hornets’ nest (и зашвырнул его в осиное гнездо;
ugly ['AglI], useful ['jHsful], hornet ['hLnIt]
‘O Bananas!’ said they, ‘Where did you learn that trick, and what have you done to your nose?’
‘I got a new one from the Crocodile on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River,’ said the Elephant’s Child. ‘I asked him what he had for dinner, and he gave me this to keep.’
‘It looks very ugly,’ said his hairy uncle, the Baboon.
‘It does,’ said the Elephant’s Child. ‘But it’s very useful,’ and he picked up his hairy uncle, the Baboon, by one hairy leg, and hove him into a hornets’ nest.