Глава 4,
В которой Иа теряет хвост, а Пух находит один = его
THE Old Grey Donkey, Eeyore, stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest (Старый Серый Ослик Иа стоял один-одинешенек в заросшем чертополохом углу леса; thistle — чертополох), his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things (/его/ передние лапы очень врозь = широко расставлены, /его/ голова набок, и думал о вещах = о чем-то). Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” (иногда он думал печально про себя: почему?) and sometimes he thought, “Wherefore?” (а иногда он думал: по какой причине?) and sometimes he thought, “Inasmuch as which?” (а иногда он думал: ввиду чего то, что / поскольку то, то что?; inasmuch as — поскольку, так как, ввиду того, что) —and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about (а иногда он совсем не знал, о чем он думает). So when Winnie-the-Pooh came stumping along (поэтому когда притопал: «пришел топоча» Винни-Пух), Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little (Иа был очень рад, /что/ может перестать думать на некоторое время; to be able to V — мочь, быть в состоянии), in order to say “How do you do?” in a gloomy manner to him (для того чтобы сказать ему в мрачной манере: как /ты/ поживаешь?).
Eeyore [J'jL], donkey ['dONkI], thistly ['TIslI]
THE Old Grey Donkey, Eeyore, stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” and sometimes he thought, “Wherefore?” and sometimes he thought, “Inasmuch as which?”—and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about. So when Winnie-the-Pooh came stumping along, Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little, in order to say “How do you do?” in a gloomy manner to him.
“And how are you?” said Winnie-the-Pooh (а как ты? — спросил Винни-Пух).
Eeyore shook his head from side to side (Иа покачал /своей/ головой из стороны в сторону; to shake — трясти).
“Not very how,” he said (не очень как, — сказал он). “I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time (мне кажется, я не чувствовал себя совсем как на протяжении долгого времени = уже давно; to feel — чувствовать).”
“Dear, dear,” said Pooh (ах-ах-ах, — сказал Пух), “I'm sorry about that (я сожалею об этом). Let's have a look at you (давай-ка посмотрим на тебя; to have a look — посмотреть).” So Eeyore stood there, gazing sadly at the ground (так Иа стоял там, уставившись грустно на землю; to gaze — пристально глядеть; вглядываться; уставиться), and Winnie-the-Pooh walked all round him once (а Винни-Пух обошел один раз полностью вокруг него).
“Why, what's happened to your tail?” he said in surprise (ой, что случилось с твоим хвостом? — спросил он в удивлении = удивленно).
how [hau], sorry ['sOrI], walk [wLk]
“And how are you?” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
Eeyore shook his head from side to side.
“Not very how,” he said. “I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”
“Dear, dear,” said Pooh, “I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.” So Eeyore stood there, gazing sadly at the ground, and Winnie-the-Pooh walked all round him once.
“Why, what's happened to your tail?” he said in surprise.
“What has happened to it?” said Eeyore (/а/ что с ним случилось? — спросил Иа).
“It isn't there (его там нет)!”
“Are you sure (ты уверен)?”
“Well, either a tail is there or it isn't there (ну, либо хвост есть /там/, либо его нет /там/). You can't make a mistake about it (ты не можешь = невозможно ошибиться в этом). And yours isn't there (а твоего нет /там/)!”
“Then what is (тогда что есть / что там)?”
“Nothing (ничего).”
sure [Suq], either ['aIDq], nothing ['nATIN]
“What has happened to it?” said Eeyore.
“It isn't there!”
“Are you sure?”
“Well, either a tail is there or it isn't there You can't make a mistake about it. And yours isn't there!”
“Then what is?”
“Nothing.”
“Let's have a look,” said Eeyore (давай посмотрим, — сказал Иа), and he turned slowly round to the place where his tail had been a little while ago (и он медленно повернулся кругом до того места, где его хвост был недавно: «маленькое время назад»), and then, finding that he couldn't catch it up (а потом, обнаружив, что он не может его догнать), he turned round the other way (он повернулся = стал поворачиваться кругом в другую сторону), until he came back to where he was at first (пока он /не/ вернулся туда, где он был сначала), and then he put his head down and looked between his front legs (и тогда он опустил /свою/ голову и посмотрел между передних ног; to put down — опускать), and at last he said, with a long, sad sigh (и наконец он сказал с долгим, грустным вздохом), “I believe you're right (я полагаю, что ты прав).”
“Of course I'm right,” said Pooh (конечно, я прав, — сказал Пух).
slowly ['slqulI], ago [q'gqu], course [kLs]
“Let's have a look,” said Eeyore, and he turned slowly round to the place where his tail had been a little while ago, and then, finding that he couldn't catch it up, he turned round the other way, until he came back to where he was at first, and then he put his head down and looked between his front legs, and at last he said, with a long, sad sigh, “I believe you're right.”
“Of course I'm right,” said Pooh.
“That accounts for a Good Deal,” said Eeyore gloomily (это Многое объясняет, — сказал мрачно Иа; to account for — объяснять; deal — некоторое количество). “It explains Everything (это разъясняет Все). No Wonder (неудивительно: «не чудо»).”
“You must have left it somewhere,” said Winnie-the-Pooh (ты, наверное, оставил его где-то, — сказал Винни-Пух; to leave — оставлять, покидать).
“Somebody must have taken it,” said Eeyore (кто-то, наверное, взял его, — сказал Иа; to take — брать, взять).
“How Like Them,” he added, after a long silence (как Похоже на Них, — добавил он после долгого молчания). Pooh felt that he ought to say something helpful about it (Пух чувствовал, что ему следует сказать что-то полезное /то, что могло бы помочь/ об этом = по этому поводу; to help — помогать), but didn't quite know what (но он не совсем знал что).
account [q'kaunt], silence ['saIlqns], know [nqu]
“That accounts for a Good Deal,” said Eeyore gloomily. “It explains Everything. No Wonder.”
“You must have left it somewhere,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
“Somebody must have taken it,” said Eeyore.
“How Like Them,” he added, after a long silence. Pooh felt that he ought to say something helpful about it, but didn't quite know what.
So he decided to do something helpful instead (поэтому он решил вместо /этого/ сделать что-нибудь полезное).
“Eeyore,” he said solemnly (Иа, — сказал он торжественно), “I, Winnie-the-Pooh, will find your tail for you (я, Винни-Пух, найду твой хвост для тебя = найду тебе твой хвост).”
“Thank you, Pooh,” answered Eeyore (спасибо, Пух, — ответил Иа). “You're a real friend,” said he (ты настоящий друг, — сказал он). “Not like Some,” he said (не подобно Некоторым = не то что Некоторые, — сказал он).
So Winnie-the-Pooh went off to find Eeyore's tail (и Винни-Пух ушел найти = на поиски хвоста Иа-Иа).
decide [dI'saId], solemnly ['sOlqmlI], real [rIql]
So he decided to do something helpful instead.
“Eeyore,” he said solemnly, “I, Winnie-the-Pooh, will find your tail for you.”
“Thank you, Pooh,” answered Eeyore. “You're a real friend,” said he. “Not like Some,” he said.
So Winnie-the-Pooh went off to find Eeyore's tail.
It was a fine spring morning in the forest as he started out (в лесу было прекрасное весеннее утро, когда он выступил в путь; to start out — отправиться в путь). Little soft clouds played happily in a blue sky (маленькие мягкие облачка играли счастливо в голубом небе), skipping from time to time in front of the sun as if they had come to put it out (проскакивая время от времени перед солнцем, словно они пришли погасить его), and then sliding away suddenly so that the next might have his turn (а затем неожиданно ускользали, так чтобы следующие могли получить свою очередь = чтобы дошла очередь до следующих; to slide — скользить). Through them and between them the sun shone bravely (сквозь них и между ними смело светило солнце; to shine — светить), and a copse which had worn its firs all the year round (а роща, которая носила свои ели круглый год; to wear — носить /об одежде/) seemed old and dowdy now beside the new green lace which the beeches had put on so prettily (казалась старой и некрасивой сейчас рядом с новыми зелеными кружевами, которые так красиво надели буки; dowdy — без блеска, щегольства, убого одетый). Through copse and spinney marched Bear (через рощу и лесок шагал Медведь); down open slopes of gorse and heather, over rocky beds of streams (вниз по открытым склонам утесника и вереска, через скалистые русла ручьев), up steep banks of sandstone into the heather again (вверх по крутым насыпям песчаника снова в вереск); and so at last, tired and hungry, to the Hundred Acre1Wood(и так наконец усталый и голодный /он пришел/ в Сто-Акровый Лес). For it was in the Hundred Acre Wood that Owl lived (так как это = именно в Сто-Акровом Лесу жил Филин).
worn [wLn], dowdy ['daudI], prettily ['prItIlI]
It was a fine spring morning in the forest as he started out. Little soft clouds played happily in a blue sky, skipping from time to time in front of the sun as if they had come to put it out, and then sliding away suddenly so that the next might have his turn. Through them and between them the sun shone bravely, and a copse which had worn its firs all the year round seemed old and dowdy now beside the new green lace which the beeches had put on so prettily. Through copse and spinney marched Bear; down open slopes of gorse and heather, over rocky beds of streams, up steep banks of sandstone into the heather again; and so at last, tired and hungry, to the Hundred Acre Wood. For it was in the Hundred Acre Wood that Owl lived.
“And if anyone knows anything about anything (и если кто-нибудь знает что-нибудь о чем-нибудь),” said Bear to himself (сказал Мишка себе), “it's Owl who knows something about something,” he said (так это Филин, который знает кое-что о кое-чем, — сказал он), “or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh,” he said (или мое имя не Винни-Пух = или меня зовут не Винни-Пух). “Which it is,” he added (которое этим является = а меня так зовут). “So there you are (так-то вот).”
Owl lived at The Chestnuts, and old-world residence of great charm (Филин жил в «Каштанах», старинной резиденции огромного обаяния), which was grander than anybody else's, or seemed so to Bear (которая была больше, чем чья либо другая, или казалась таковой Медведю), because it had both a knocker and a bell-pull (потому что она имела = на ней был и дверной молоток, и шнурок колокольчика). Underneath the knocker there was a notice which said (под дверным молотком было объявление, которое гласило):
anyone ['enIwAn], who [hH], knocker ['nOkq]
“And if anyone knows anything about anything,” said Bear to himself, “it's Owl who knows something about something,” he said, “or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh,” he said. “Which it is,” he added. “So there you are.”
Owl lived at The Chestnuts, and old-world residence of great charm, which was grander than anybody else's, or seemed so to Bear, because it had both a knocker and a bell-pull. Underneath the knocker there was a notice which said:
PLES RING IF AN RNSER IS REQIRD (пАжалуста звАните, если требуИЦа Атвет = требуИЦа Аткрыть дверь).
Underneath the bell-pull there was a notice which said (под шнурком колокольчика было объявление, которое гласило):
PLEZ CNOKE IF AN RNSR IS NOT REQID (пАжалуста стучитИ, если Атвет не требуИЦа = не требуИЦа Аткрыть дверь).
These notices had been written by Christopher Robin, who was the only one in the forest who could spell (эти объявления были написаны Кристофером Робином, который был единственным в лесу, кто умел писать /буквы/); for Owl, wise though he was in many ways, able to read and write and spell his own name WOL (так как Филин, несмотря на то, что был мудр во многом, умел читать и писать и сказать по буквам свое собственное имя ХВИЛЕН), yet somehow went all to pieces over delicate words like MEASLES and BUTTEREDTOAST (тем не менее как-то полностью ломался над / совершенно столбенел перед /такими/ щекотливыми словами, как КРАСНУХА и ТОСТСМАСЛОМ; to go to pieces — обанкротиться, пропасть: «развалиться на кусочки»).
owl [aul], piece [pJs], delicate ['delIkIt]
PLES RING IF AN RNSER IS REQIRD.
Underneath the bell-pull there was a notice which said:
PLEZ CNOKE IF AN RNSR IS NOT REQID.
These notices had been written by Christopher Robin, who was the only one in the forest who could spell; for Owl, wise though he was in many ways, able to read and write and spell his own name WOL, yet somehow went all to pieces over words like MEASLES and BUTTEREDTOAST.
Winnie-the-Pooh read the two notices very carefully (Винни-Пух прочел оба объявления очень внимательно), first from left to right, and afterwards, in case he had missed some of it, from right to left (сначала слева направо, а после, на тот случай, если он пропустил что-то из этого, справа налево). Then, to make quite sure, he knocked and pulled the knocker (потом, /чтобы/ совершенно наверняка / на всякий-превсякий случай, он постучал и подергал молоток = постучал молотком и подергал его; to make sure — убедиться, удостовериться, на всякий случай), and he pulled and knocked the bell-rope (и он подергал шнурок колокольчика и постучал по нему), and he called out in a very loud voice (и он позвал очень громким голосом), “Owl! I require an answer (Филин, я требую ответа = открой дверь)! It's Bear speaking (это говорит Медведь).” And the door opened, and Owl looked out (и дверь открылась, и выглянул Филин).
“Hallo, Pooh,” he said (привет, Пух, — сказал он). “How's things (как дела)?”
read [red], require [rI'kwaIq], notice ['nqutIs]
Winnie-the-Pooh read the two notices very carefully, first from left to right, and afterwards, in case he had missed some of it, from right to left. Then, to make quite sure, he knocked and pulled the knocker, and he pulled and knocked the bell-rope, and he called out in a very loud voice, “Owl! I require an answer! It's Bear speaking.” And the door opened, and Owl looked out.
“Hallo, Pooh,” he said. “How's things?”
“Terrible and Sad,” said Pooh (Ужасно и Печально, — сказал Пух), “because Eeyore, who is a friend of mine, has lost his tail (потому что Иа, /который/ мой друг, потерял свой хвост). And he's Moping about it (и он Хандрит об этом = по этому поводу). So could you very kindly tell me how to find it for him (поэтому не мог бы ты так любезно = будь так любезен, скажи мне как найти его = хвост для него)?”
“Well,” said Owl (ну, — сказал Филин), “the customary procedure in such cases is as follows (основанная на обычае процедура в таких случаях следующая).”
“What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?” said Pooh (что значит Ось-набыченная Процент-дура? — спросил Пух). “For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me (ведь я Мишка с Очень Маленьким Умишком, и длинные слова Донимают меня; to bother — надоедать; беспокоить, докучать, донимать).”
customary ['kAstqmrI], procedure [prq'sJGq], follow ['fOlqu]
“Terrible and Sad,” said Pooh, “because Eeyore, who is a friend of mine, has lost his tail. And he's Moping about it. So could you very kindly tell me how to find it for him?”
“Well,” said Owl, “the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.”
“What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?” said Pooh. “For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.”
“It means the Thing to Do (это значит, Что /нужно/ Делать).”
“As long as it means that, I don't mind,” said Pooh humbly (пока оно значит это, я не возражаю, — сказал Пух смиренно; humble — смиренный).
“The thing to do is as follows (/а/ сделать нужно следующее; as follows — следующее). First, Issue a Reward (сначала назначь вознаграждение; to issue — вытекать, выходить; издавать /приказ/; назначать /вознаграждение/). Then— (затем)”
“Just a moment,” said Pooh, holding up his paw (секундочку, — сказал Пух, поднимая /свою/ лапу). “What do we do to this—what you were saying (что мы сделаем с этим — что ты говорил)? You sneezed just as you were going to tell me (ты чихнул1как раз, когда /ты/ собирался сказать мне).”
“I didn't sneeze (я не чихал).”
“Yes, you did, Owl (да = нет2, ты чихнул, Филин).”
mind [maInd], humbly ['hAmblI], issue ['ISH]
“It means the Thing to Do.”
“As long as it means that, I don't mind,” said Pooh humbly.
“The thing to do is as follows. First, Issue a Reward. Then—”
“Just a moment,” said Pooh, holding up his paw. “What do we do to this—what you were saying? You sneezed just as you were going to tell me.”
“I didn't sneeze.”
“Yes, you did, Owl.”
“Excuse me, Pooh, I didn't (извини меня, Пух, но я не делал = не чихал). You can't sneeze without knowing it (ты не можешь чихнуть = нельзя чихнуть, не зная об этом = и не знать об этом).”
“Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed (ну, нельзя знать об этом, если кто-то не чихнул).”
“What I said was, 'First Issue a Reward' (то, что я сказал, было = так это: сначала назначь вознаграждение).”
“You're doing it again,” said Pooh sadly (ты снова делаешь это = чихаешь, — сказал Пух печально).
“A Reward!” said Owl very loudly (вознаграждение! — сказал Филин очень громко). “We write a notice to say (мы напишем объявление, в котором будет сказано: «сказать») that we will give a large something to anybody who finds Eeyore's tail (что мы дадим что-то обильное тому, кто найдет хвост Иа-Иа; large — большой, крупный).”
sneeze [snJz], without [wI'Daut], large [lRG]
“Excuse me, Pooh, I didn't. You can't sneeze without knowing it.”
“Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed.”
“What I said was, 'First Issue a Reward'.”
“You're doing it again,” said Pooh sadly.
“A Reward!” said Owl very loudly. “We write a notice to say that we will give a large something to anybody who finds Eeyore's tail.”
“I see, I see,” said Pooh, nodding his head (я вижу = понятно, понятно, — сказал Пух, кивая /своей/ головой). “Talking about large somethings,” he went on dreamily (сказать об обильных что-тах, — продолжил он мечтательно), “I generally have a small something about now—about this time in the morning (я обычно имею = принимаю / съедаю маленькое = необильное что-то приблизительно в это время: «около сейчас»),” and he looked wistfully at the cupboard in the corner of Owl's parlour (и он поглядел с тоской на буфет в углу гостиной Филина; wistfully — тоскуя, страстно желая); “just a mouthful of condensed milk or whatnot, with perhaps a lick of honey— (лишь немножко сгущенного молока или чего-нибудь, возможно, с маленькой порцией = глоточком меда; to lick — лизать, облизывать)”
“Well, then,” said Owl (ну, тогда, — сказал Филин), “we write out this notice, and we put it up all over the Forest (мы переписываем это объявление, и /мы/ вывешиваем его по всему лесу; to put up a notice — вывешивать объявление).”
“A lick of honey,” murmured Bear to himself (глоточек меда, — прошептал Медведь себе), “or—or not, as the case may be (или — или нет, как уж получится: «какой случай может быть»; as the case may be — в зависимости от обстоятельств).” And he gave a deep sigh, and tried very hard to listen to what Owl was saying (и он издал глубокий вздох и очень старался слушать /то/, что говорил Филин).
talk [tLk], dreamily ['drJmIlI], parlour ['pRlq]
“I see, I see,” said Pooh, nodding his head. “Talking about large somethings,” he went on dreamily, “I generally have a small something about now—about this time in the morning,” and he looked wistfully at the cupboard in the corner of Owl's parlour; “just a mouthful of condensed milk or whatnot, with perhaps a lick of honey—”
“Well, then,” said Owl, “we write out this notice, and we put it up all over the Forest.”
“A lick of honey,” murmured Bear to himself, “or—or not, as the case may be.” And he gave a deep sigh, and tried very hard to listen to what Owl was saying.
But Owl went on and on, using longer and longer words (но Филин продолжал и продолжал, пользуясь более длинными и более длинными словами = все более длинными словами), until at last he came back to where he started (пока наконец он /не/ вернулся туда, откуда /он/ начал), and he explained that the person to write out this notice was Christopher Robin (и он объяснил, что особа, которая будет переписывать это объявление, был = это Кристофер Робин).
“It was he who wrote the ones on my front door for me (это был он, который написал = именно он написал таковые = те, что на моей входной двери для меня). Did you see them, Pooh (ты видел их, Пух)?”
For some time now Pooh had been saying “Yes” and “No” in turn (некоторое время теперь Пух говорил «да» и «нет» по очереди), with his eyes shut, to all that Owl was saying (с /его/ закрытыми глазами, на все, что говорил Филин), and having said, “Yes, yes,” last time, he said “No, not at all,” (и сказав «да, да» в последний раз, он сказал «нет, ничуть») now, without really knowing what Owl was talking about (теперь /уже/ действительно не зная, о чем говорит Филин)? “Didn't you see them?” said Owl, a little surprised (разве ты не видел их? — спросил Филин, немного удивленный). “Come and look at them now (идем посмотрим на них сейчас).”
explain [Iks'pleIn], start [stRt], person ['pWsqn]
But Owl went on and on, using longer and longer words, until at last he came back to where he started, and he explained that the person to write out this notice was Christopher Robin.
“It was he who wrote the ones on my front door for me. Did you see them, Pooh?”
For some time now Pooh had been saying “Yes” and “No” in turn, with his eyes shut, to all that Owl was saying, and having said, “Yes, yes,” last time, he said “No, not at all,” now, without really knowing what Owl was talking about? “Didn't you see them?” said Owl, a little surprised. “Come and look at them now.”
So they went outside (и они вышли наружу). And Pooh looked at the knocker and the notice below it (и Пух посмотрел на дверной молоток и объявление под ним), and he looked at the bell-rope and the notice below it (и он посмотрел на шнурок колокольчика и объявление под ним), and the more he looked at the bell-rope (и чем больше он смотрел на шнурок колокольчика), the more he felt that he had seen something like it (тем больше он чувствовал, что он /уже/ видел нечто похожее на него), somewhere else, sometime before (где-то в другом месте, когда-то раньше).
“Handsome bell-rope, isn't it?” said Owl (красивый шнурочек, не так ли? — спросил Филин).
Pooh nodded (Пух кивнул).
“It reminds me of something,” he said (он мне что-то напоминает, — сказал он), “but I can't think what (но я не могу вспомнить что; to think — помнить, вспоминать, восстанавливать в памяти). Where did you get it (где ты его достал / взял)?”
outside ['aut'saId], below [bI'lqu], more [mL]
So they went outside. And Pooh looked at the knocker and the notice below it, and he looked at the bell-rope and the notice below it, and the more he looked at the bell-rope, the more he felt that he had seen something like it, somewhere else, sometime before.
“Handsome bell-rope, isn't it?” said Owl.
Pooh nodded.
“It reminds me of something,” he said, “but I can't think what. Where did you get it?”
“I just came across it in the Forest (я просто наткнулся на него в Лесу; to come across — наткнуться). It was hanging over a bush, and I thought at first somebody lived there, so I rang it (он свисал с куста, и я подумал сначала, /что/ там кто-то живет, поэтому я позвонил /в него/), and nothing happened, and then I rang it again very loudly (и ничего /не/ случилось, и тогда я позвонил снова очень громко), and it came off in my hand, and as nobody seemed to want it, I took it home, and (и он оторвался в мою руку, и так как, казалось, что он никому не нужен: «кто-либо нуждается в нем», я взял его домой, и)”
“Owl,” said Pooh solemnly, “you made a mistake (Филин, — сказал торжественно Пух, — ты совершил ошибку). Somebody did want it (кое-кому он был нужен).”
“Who (кому)?”
“Eeyore (Иа). My dear friend Eeyore (моему дорогому другу Иа). He was—he was fond of it (он — он любил его; to be fond of — любить; fond — испытывающий нежные чувства, привязанный /к кому-либо, чему-либо/).”
“Fond of it (любил его)?”
“Attached to it,” said Winnie-the-Pooh sadly (/был/ привязан к нему, — сказал Винни-Пух грустно; to attach — привязывать).
across [q'krOs], friend [frend], attached [q'txCt]
“I just came across it in the Forest. It was hanging over a bush, and I thought at first somebody lived there, so I rang it, and nothing happened, and then I rang it again very loudly, and it came off in my hand, and as nobody seemed to want it, I took it home, and”
“Owl,” said Pooh solemnly, “you made a mistake. Somebody did want it.”
“Who?”
“Eeyore. My dear friend Eeyore. He was—he was fond of it.”
“Fond of it?”
“Attached to it,” said Winnie-the-Pooh sadly.
So with these words he unhooked it, and carried it back to Eeyore (и с этими словами он отцепил его и понес его обратно Иа; hook — крюк); and when Christopher Robin had nailed it on its right place again (а когда Кристофер Робин прибил его гвоздиком на /его/ нужное место снова; to nail — прибивать гвоздями; nail — гвоздь), Eeyore frisked about the forest, waving his tail so happily (Иа поскакал по лесу, размахивая своим хвостом так счастливо; to frisk — скакать, прыгать; резвиться) that Winnie-the-Pooh came over all funny, and had to hurry home for a little snack of something to sustain him (что Винни-Пух почувствовал себя очень странно, и /ему/ пришлось поспешить домой за маленьким кусочком чего-нибудь, /чтобы/ подкрепить его = подкрепиться; snack — легкая закуска). And wiping his mouth half an hour afterwards (и вытерев /свой/ рот полчаса спустя), he sang to himself proudly (он гордо пропел себе; to sing):
unhook ['An'huk], mouth [mauT], half [hRf]
So with these words he unhooked it, and carried it back to Eeyore; and when Christopher Robin had nailed it on its right place again, Eeyore frisked about the forest, waving his tail so happily that Winnie-the-Pooh came over all funny, and had to hurry home for a little snack of something to sustain him. And wiping his mouth half an hour afterwards, he sang to himself proudly:
Who found the Tail (кто нашел Хвост)?
“I,” said Pooh (я, — сказал Пух),
“At a quarter to two (без четверти два)
(Only it was quarter to eleven really (только на самом деле было без четверти одиннадцать)),
I found the Tail (я нашел Хвост)!”
found [faund], quarter ['kwLtq], only ['qunlI]
Who found the Tail?
“I,” said Pooh,
“At a quarter to two
(Only it was quarter to eleven really),
I found the Tail!”
Chapter 5,
IN WHICH PIGLET MEETS A HEFFALUMP