The House at Pooh Corner

Английский язык с Винни-Пухом Часть II

A. MilneThe House at Pooh Corner

Дом на Пуховом Углу Книгу адаптировал Олег ДьяконовМетод чтения Ильи Франка

Dedication

(Посвящение)

You gave me Christopher Robin, and then (Ты подарила мне Кристорфера Робина, а потом)

You breathed new life in Pooh (ты вдохнула новую жизнь в Пуха).

Whatever of each has left my pen (что бы ни вышло из под моего пера: «что бы ни покинуло мое перо»)

Goes homing back to you (возвращается домой к тебе).

My book is ready, and comes to greet (моя книга готова и приходит приветствовать)

The mother it longs to see (мать, которую она страстно хочет увидеть) —

It would be my present to you, my sweet (она была бы моим подарком тебе, моя любимая),

If it weren’t your gift to me (если бы она не была твоим подарком мне).

CONTRADICTION

(Противоречие[1])

An Introduction is to introduce people (Введение должно представлять /людей/), but Christopher Robin and his friends, who have already been introduced to you (но Кристофер Робин и его друзья, которые уже были представлены вам), are now going to say Good-bye (собираются сказать «до свидания»; to say good-bye — сказать «до свидания», попрощаться). So this is the opposite (поэтому это противоположное / наоборот). When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was (когда мы спросили Пуха, что противоположно Введению), he said "The what of a what (он сказал = спросил: что чего)?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped (что не помогло нам так: «так много», как мы надеялись), but luckily Owl kept his head (но, к счастью, Филин сохранял спокойствие) and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction (и сказал нам, что Противоположным Введению), my dear Pooh, was Contradiction (мой дорогой Пух, является Противоречие = Антивведение); and, as he is very good at long words (а так как он очень хорош = силен в длинных словах / в ладах с длинными словами), I am sure that that's what it is (я уверен, что так оно и есть).

introduce ["Intrq'djHs], head [hed], sure [Suq]

An Introduction is to introduce people, but Christopher Robin and his friends, who have already been introduced to you, are now going to say Good-bye. So this is the opposite. When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

Why we are having a Contradiction is (мы имеем = занимаемся /сейчас/ Антивведением) because last week when Christopher Robin said to me (потому что на прошлой неделе, когда Кристофер Робин сказал мне), "What about that story you were going to tell me about what happened to Pooh when — (что насчет той истории, /которую/ ты собирался рассказать мне о том, что случилось с Пухом, когда)" I happened to say very quickly (мне посчастливилось очень быстро сказать[2]), "What about nine times a hundred and seven (а как насчет 9 умножить на 107)?" And when we had done that one (и когда мы сделали этот один = решили этот пример; to do — решить, выполнить), we had one about cows going through a gate at two a minute (у нас был = нам попался один = задача о коровах, проходящих через ворота по две в минуту), and there are three hundred in the field (а в поле /их/ триста), so how many are left after an hour and a half (поэтому сколько останется /коров/ через полтора часа: «один час и половина»)? We find these very exciting (мы находим эти = их очень захватывающими), and when we have been excited quite enough (и когда мы наволновались вполне достаточно; excited — взволнованный, возбужденный; взвинченный, напряженный), we curl up and go to sleep (мы свертываемся /в клубочек/ и засыпаем; to curl up — скручивать(ся))... and Pooh, sitting wakeful a little longer on his chair by our pillow (а Пух, сидящий бодро еще некоторое время на своем стуле у нашей подушки), thinks Grand Thoughts to himself about Nothing (думает про себя Великие Думы о Ничем = Ни о Чем), until he, too, closes his eyes and nods his head (пока он тоже /не/ закрывает /свои/ глаза и /не/ кивает /своей/ головой), and follows us on tiptoe into the Forest (и /не/ следует за нами на цыпочках в Лес). There, still, we have magic adventures (там все еще мы имеем = с нами происходят волшебные приключения), more wonderful than any I have told you about (/еще/ более удивительные, чем те, о которых я вам рассказывал); but now, when we wake up in the morning (но теперь, когда мы просыпаемся утром), they are gone before we can catch hold of them (они уходят / исчезают = забываются до того, как мы можем узнать их = как мы успеваем их запомнить; to catch hold of — хватать, узнавать). How did the last one begin (как начиналось последнее)? "One day when Pooh was walking in the Forest (однажды когда Пух гулял по Лесу), there were one hundred and seven cows on a gate... (у ворот было сто семь коров)"

hour [auq], half [hRf], adventure [qd'venCq]

Why we are having a Contradiction is because last week when Christopher Robin said to me, "What about that story you were going to tell me about what happened to Pooh when-" I happened to say very quickly, "What about nine times a hundred and seven?" And when we had done that one, we had one about cows going through a gate at two a minute, and there are three hundred in the field, so how many are left after an hour and a half? We find these very exciting, and when we have been excited quite enough, we curl up and go to sleep ... and Pooh, sitting wakeful a little longer on his chair by our pillow, thinks Grand Thoughts to himself about Nothing, until he, too, closes his eyes and nods his head, and follows us on tiptoe into the Forest. There, still, we have magic adventures, more wonderful than any I have told you about; but now, when we wake up in the morning, they are gone before we can catch hold of them. How did the last one begin? "One day when Pooh was walking in the Forest, there were one hundred and seven cows on a gate..."

No, you see, we have lost it (нет, видите ли, мы лишились его; to lose — терять, лишаться). It was the best, I think (мне кажется, это было лучшее /приключение/). Well, here are some of the other ones (ну, вот некоторые из остальных), all that we shall remember now (все, которые мы сейчас вспомним). But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye (но, конечно, это не на самом деле Прощание), because the Forest will always be there (потому что Лес будет всегда /там/)... and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it (и любой, кто Дружелюбен к Медведям, может найти его).

A. M. (Алан Александр Милн)

other ['ADq], course [kLs], always ['Llwqz]

No, you see, we have lost it. It was the best, I think. Well, here are some of the other ones, all that we shall remember now. But, of course, it isn't really Good-bye, because the Forest will always be there... and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.

А. A. M.

Chapter IIN WHICH A HOUSE IS BUILT AT POOH CORNER FOR EEYORE

Глава 1В которой для Иа на Пуховом углу строится дом

One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do (однажды, когда Медведю Пуху нечего было больше делать), he thought he would do something (он подумал, что /все-таки/ сделает что-нибудь), so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing (и он пошел к дому Пятачка, чтобы выяснить, что делает = чем занимается Пятачок). It was still snowing as he stumped over the white forest track (все еще шел снег, когда он поковылял через белую лесную дорожку), and he expected to find Piglet warming his toes in front of his fire (и он ожидал, что застанет Пятачка, греющим /свои/ копытца перед /его/ камином), but to his surprise he saw that the door was open (но, к его удивлению, он увидел, что дверь открыта), and the more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there (и чем больше он смотрел = вглядывался вовнутрь, тем больше Пятачка не было там).

nothing ['nATIN], expect [Iks'pekt], warm [wLm]

One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing. It was still snowing as he stumped over the white forest track, and he expected to find Piglet warming his toes in front of his fire, but to his surprise he saw that the door was open, and the more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

"He's out," said Pooh sadly (его нет, — сказал грустно Пух; to be out — не быть дома). "That's what it is (вот в чем дело). He's not in (его нет внутри = дома; to be in — быть дома). I shall have to go a fast Thinking Walk by myself (мне придется пойти одному на быстро Думательную Прогулку). Bother (эх / вот незадача)!"

But first he thought that he would knock very loudly (но сначала он подумал, что он громко постучит; to think — думать) just to make quite sure (просто, чтобы полностью убедиться)... and while he waited for Piglet not to answer (а пока он ждал, когда не ответит Пятачок), he jumped up and down to keep warm (он подпрыгивал, чтобы согреться: «сохранять тепло / сохраняться теплым»), and a hum came suddently into his head (и внезапно ему в голову пришла хмыкалка; hum — хмыканье, мурлыканье, напевание без слов), which seemed to him a Good Hum (которая показалась ему Хорошей Хмыкалкой), such as is Hummed Hopefully to Others (такой, которую Напевают, Будем Надеяться, Другим = которую, Будем Надеяться, можно Пропеть Другим).

fast [fRst], thought [TLt], quite [kwaIt]

"He's out," said Pooh sadly. "That's what it is. He's not in. I shall have to go a fast Thinking Walk by myself. Bother!"

But first he thought that he would knock very loudly just to make quite sure ... and while he waited for Piglet not to answer, he jumped up and down to keep warm, and a hum came suddently into his head, which seemed to him a Good Hum, such as is Hummed Hopefully to Others.

The more it snows (чем больше снег идет)

(Tiddely pom[3]), The more it goes (чем больше продолжает он)

(Tiddely pom), The more it goes (чем больше продолжает он)

(Tiddely pom) On snowing (идти; to go on — продолжать).

And nobody knows (и никто /не/ знает)

(Tiddely pom),

How cold my toes (какими холодными мои пальцы ног)

(Tiddely pom),

How cold my toes (какими холодными мои пальцы ног)

(Tiddely pom),

Are growing (становятся; to grow — расти; становиться).

more [mL], goes [gquz], know [nqu]

The more it snows

(Tiddely pom), The more it goes

(Tiddely pom), The more it goes

(Tiddely pom) On snowing.

And nobody knows

(Tiddely pom),

How cold my toes

(Tiddely pom),

How cold my toes

(Tiddely pom),

Are growing.

"So what I'll do (/так/ вот что я сделаю)," said Pooh, "is I'll do this (сказал Пух, — я сделаю это = следующее). I'll just go home first and see what the time is (я просто сначала пойду домой и узнаю, который час), and perhaps I'll put a muffler round my neck (и, возможно, я замотаю шею теплым шарфом), and then I'll go and see Eeyore and sing it to him (а потом я пойду проведать Иа и спою ему ее = хмыкалку)."

He hurried back to his own house (он поспешил обратно к своему /собственному/ дому); and his mind was so busy on the way with the hum that he was getting ready for Eeyore that (и его ум был так занят по дороге хмыкалкой, которую он готовил для Иа, что), when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair (когда он неожиданно увидел Пятачка, сидящего в его лучшем кресле), he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in (он только мог стоять /там/, почесывая /свою/ голову и спрашивать себя, в чьем доме он оказался).

perhaps [pq'hxps], round [raund], busy ['bIzI]

"So what I'll do," said Pooh, "is I'll do this. I'll just go home first and see what the time is, and perhaps I'll put a muffler round my neck, and then I'll go and see Eeyore and sing it to him."

He hurried back to his own house; and his mind was so busy on the way with the hum that he was getting ready for Eeyore that, when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.

"Hallo, Piglet," he said (привет, Пятачок, — сказал он). "I thought you were out (я думал, тебя нет дома)."

"No," said Piglet (нет, — сказал Пятачок), "it's you who were out, Pooh (это тебя не было дома, Пух)."

"So it was," said Pooh (так и было, — сказал Пух). "I knew one of us was (я знал, /что/ одного из нас нет дома)."

He looked up at his clock (он посмотрел на /свои/ часы), which had stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago (которые остановились на без пяти одиннадцать несколько недель назад).

"Nearly eleven o'clock," said Pooh happily (почти одиннадцать часов, — сказал счастливо = радостно Пух). "You're just in time for a little smackerel[4] of something (ты /пришел/ как раз вовремя для малюсенького кусочка чего-нибудь; smack — небольшое количество еды, кусочек)," and he put his head into the cupboard (и он засунул свою голову в буфет). "And then we'll go out, Piglet (а потом мы пойдем наружу = на улицу, Пятачок), and sing my song to Eeyore (и споем мою песенку Иа)."

"Which song, Pooh (какую песню, Пух)?"

"The one we're going to sing to Eeyore," explained Pooh (ту, которую мы собираемся спеть Иа, — объяснил Пух).

who [hH], knew [njH], eleven [I'levn]

"Hallo, Piglet," he said. "I thought you were out."

"No," said Piglet, "it's you who were out, Pooh."

"So it was," said Pooh. "I knew one of us was."

He looked up at his clock, which had stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago.

"Nearly eleven o'clock," said Pooh happily. "You're just in time for a little smackerel of something," and he put his head into the cupboard. "And then we'll go out, Piglet, and sing my song to Eeyore."

"Which song, Pooh?"

"The one we're going to sing to Eeyore," explained Pooh.

The clock was still saying five minutes to eleven (часы все еще показывали без пяти минут одиннадцать) when Pooh and Piglet set out on their way half an hour later (когда Пух и Пятачок отправились в путь полчаса спустя; to set out — отправляться). The wind had dropped, and the snow (ветер утих, и снег; to drop — прекращаться, уменьшаться), tired of rushing round in circles trying to catch itself up (уставший носиться кругами, пытаясь догнать себя; to catch up — догнать, нагнать), now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest (перепархивал = спускался теперь мягко вниз, пока не находил место, на котором /можно/ отдохнуть; to find — находить), and sometimes the place was Pooh's nose and sometimes it wasn't (и иногда этим местом был нос Пуха, а иногда нет), and in a little while Piglet was wearing a white muffler round his neck (и вскоре Пятачок носил = у Пятачка вокруг шеи был белый теплый шарф) and feeling more snowy behind the ears than he had ever felt before (и он ощущал у себя за ушами больше снега, чем когда либо прежде; snowy — снежный, заснеженный, покрытый снегом; to feel — чувствовать (себя), ощущать).

minute ['mInIt], sometimes ['sAmtaImz], behind [bI'haInd]

The clock was still saying five minutes to eleven when Pooh and Piglet set out on their way half an hour later. The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing round in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest, and sometimes the place was Pooh's nose and sometimes it wasn't, and in a little while Piglet was wearing a white muffler round his neck and feeling more snowy behind the ears than he had ever felt before.

"Pooh," he said at last, and a little timidly (Пух, — сказал он наконец и немного робко), because he didn't want Pooh to think he was Giving In (потому что он не хотел, чтобы Пух подумал, что он Уступает; to give in — уступать, соглашаться, сдаваться), "I was just wondering (я просто хотел спросить). How would it be if we went home now and practised your song (а что если бы мы сейчас пошли домой и поупражнялись /петь/ твою песенку; to practise — практиковаться, упражняться, тренироваться), and then sang it to Eeyore tomor-row-or-or the next day (а потом мы бы пропели ее Иа завтр-р-ра или на следующий день; to sing — петь), when we happen to see him (когда нам случится встретиться с ним)?"

"That's a very good idea, Piglet," said Pooh (это очень хорошая мысль, Пятачок, — сказал Пух). "We'll practise it now as we go along (мы поупражняемся /петь/ ее сейчас, когда будем идти; to go along — двигаться вперед (обычно по дороге, по улице и т.п.), продвигаться). But it's no good going home to practise it (но нет смысла идти домой, чтобы попрактиковаться /петь/ ее), because it's a special Outdoor Song which Has To Be Sung In The Snow (потому что это специальная Уличная Песня, которую Нужно Петь В Снегопад)."

"Are you sure (ты уверен)?" asked Piglet anxiously (спросил обеспокоенно Пятачок).

timidly ['tImIdlI], wonder ['wAndq], special ['speSl]

"Pooh," he said at last, and a little timidly, because he didn't want Pooh to think he was Giving In, "I was just wondering. How would it be if we went home now and practised your song, and then sang it to Eeyore tomor-row-or-or the next day, when we happen to see him?"

"That's a very good idea, Piglet," said Pooh. "We'll practise it now as we go along. But it's no good going home to practise it, because it's a special Outdoor Song which Has To Be Sung In The Snow."

"Are you sure?" asked Piglet anxiously.

"Well, you'll see, Piglet, when you listen (ну, ты увидишь, Пятачок, когда ты послушаешь). Because this is how it begins (потому что она начинается вот так). The more it snows, tiddely pom — (чем больше снег идет, тирли-бом)"

"Tiddely what?" said Piglet (тирли что? — спросил Пятачок).

"Pom," said Pooh (бом, — сказал Пух). "I put that in to make it more hummy (я вставил это в нее, чтобы сделать ее более хмыкательной). The more it goes, tiddely pom, the more — (чем больше он продолжает, тирли-бом, чем больше)"

"Didn't you say snows (разве ты не говорил «снег идет»)?"

"Yes, but that was before (да, но это было прежде)."

"Before the tiddely pom (прежде «тирли-бом»)?"

"It was a different tiddely pom (это был другой «тирли-бом»)," said Pooh, feeling rather muddled now (сказал Пух, чувствуя себя довольно запутанным). "I'll sing it to you properly and then you'll see (я спою ее тебе как надо, и тогда ты увидишь).

So he sang it again (и он спел ее опять).

listen [lIsn], before [bI'fL], again [q'gen]

"Well, you'll see, Piglet, when you listen. Because this is how it begins. The more it snows, tiddely pom — "

"Tiddely what?" said Piglet.

"Pom," said Pooh. "I put that in to make it more hummy. The more it goes, tiddely pom, the more — "

"Didn't you say snows?"

"Yes, but that was before."

"Before the tiddely pom?"

"It was a different tiddely pom," said Pooh, feeling rather muddled now. "I'll sing it to you properly and then you'll see.

So he sang it again.

The more it (чем больше)

SNOWS-tiddely-pom (снег идет-тирли-бом),

The more it (чем больше)

GOES-tiddely-pom (продолжает он-тирли-бом)

The more it (тем больше он)

GOES-tiddely-pom (продолжает-тирли-бом)

On

Snowing (идти).

And nobody (и никто)

KNOWS-tiddely-pom (/не/ знает-тирли-бом),

How cold my (какими холодными мои)

TOES-tiddely-pom (пальцы ног-тирли-бом)

How cold my (какими холодными мои)

TOES-tiddely-pom (пальцы ног-тирли-бом)

Are

Growing (становятся).

The more it

SNOWS-tiddely-pom,

The more it

GOES-tiddely-pom

The more it

GOES-tiddely-pom

On

Snowing.

And nobody

KNOWS-tiddely-pom,

How cold my

TOES-tiddely-pom

How cold my

TOES-tiddely-pom

Are

Growing.

He sang it like that (он пропел ее так), which is much the best way of singing it (что гораздо лучший способ ее пения = и так ее петь оказалось лучше всего), and when he had finished (и когда он закончил), he waited for Piglet to say (он ждал, что Пятачок скажет) that, of all the Outdoor Hums for Snowy Weather he had ever heard, this was the best (что из всех Уличных Хмыкалок для Снежной Погоды, которые он когда-либо слышал, эта — самая лучшая). And, after thinking the matter out carefully, Piglet said (и после тщательного обдумывания /предмета/ Пятачок сказал):

"Pooh," he said solemnly (Пух, — сказал он торжественно), "it isn't the toes so much as the ears (не столько пальцы ног, как уши)."

weather ['weDq], ever ['evq], solemnly ['sOlqmlI]

He sang it like that, which is much the best way of singing it, and when he had finished, he waited for Piglet to say that, of all the Outdoor Hums for Snowy Weather he had ever heard, this was the best. And, after thinking the matter out carefully, Piglet said:

"Pooh," he said solemnly, "it isn't the toes so much as the ears."

By this time they were getting near Eeyore's Gloomy Place (к этому времени они подходили к Угрюмому Месту Иа), which was where he lived (которое находилось там, где он жил), and as it was still very snowy behind Piglet's ears (и так как за ушами Пятачка все еще было очень снежно), and he was getting tired of it (и он уставал от этого = и ему это начинало надоедать), they turned into a little pine-wood (они свернули в маленький сосновый лес = соснячок), and sat down on the gate which led into it (и сели на ворота, которые вели в него; to lead). They were out of the snow now (они были вне снега теперь = теперь на них не попадал снег), but it was very cold (но было очень холодно), and to keep themselves warm (и /чтобы/ согреться) they sang Pooh's song right through six times (они пропели песню Пуха полностью шесть раз), Piglet doing the tidde-ly-poms and Pooh doing the rest of it (Пятачок делал тирли-бомы = тирли-бомкал, а Пух делал остальное = пел остальное), and both of them thumping on the top of the gate with pieces of stick at the proper places (и они оба стучали по верхней части ворот кусками палки = палочками в нужных местах). And in a little while they felt much warmer, and were able to talk again (и вскоре они почувствовали себя = почувствовали, что им стало гораздо теплее, и /они/ снова смогли говорить).

warm [wLm], both [bquT], piece [pJs]

By this time they were getting near Eeyore's Gloomy Place, which was where he lived, and as it was still very snowy behind Piglet's ears, and he was getting tired of it, they turned into a little pine-wood, and sat down on the gate which led into it. They were out of the snow now, but it was very cold, and to keep themselves warm they sang Pooh's song right through six times, Piglet doing the tiddely-poms and Pooh doing the rest of it, and both of them thumping on the top of the gate with pieces of stick at the proper places. And in a little while they felt much warmer, and were able to talk again.

"I've been thinking," said Pooh (я думал, — сказал Пух), "and what I've been thinking is this (и вот о чем я думал). I've been thinking about Eeyore (я думал об Иа)."

"What about Eeyore (что об Иа)?"

"Well, poor Eeyore has nowhere to live (ну, /что/ бедному Иа негде жить)."

"Nor he has," said Piglet (тоже нет = негде, — сказал Пятачок).

"You have a house, Piglet (у тебя есть дом, Пятачок), and I have a house (и у меня есть дом), and they are very good houses (и это очень хорошие дома). And Christopher Robin has a house (и у Кристофера Робина есть дом), and Owl and Kanga and Rabbit have houses (и у Филина и Кенги и Кролика есть дома), and even Rabbit's friends and relations have houses or somethings (и даже у друзей и родственников Кролика есть дома или что-нибудь), but poor Eeyore has nothing (а у бедного Иа /нет/ ничего). So what I've been thinking is: Let's build him a house (и вот, что я надумал: давай построим ему дом)."

poor [puq], house [haus], houses ['hauzIz]

"I've been thinking," said Pooh, "and what I've been thinking is this. I've been thinking about Eeyore."

"What about Eeyore?"

"Well, poor Eeyore has nowhere to live."

"Nor he has," said Piglet.

"You have a house, Piglet, and I have a house, and they are very good houses. And Christopher Robin has a house, and Owl and Kanga and Rabbit have houses, and even Rabbit's friends and relations have houses or somethings, but poor Eeyore has nothing. So what I've been thinking is: Let's build him a house."

"That," said Piglet, "is a Grand Idea (это, — сказал Пятачок, — Грандиозная Идея). Where shall we build it (/и/ где мы его построим)?"

"We will build it here," said Pooh (мы построим его здесь, — сказал Пух), "just by this wood, out of the wind (как раз у этого леса, не на ветру), because this is where I thought of it (потому что именно здесь я это придумал). And we will call this Pooh Corner (и мы назовем это /место/ Пуховым Углом). And we will build an Eeyore House with sticks at Pooh Comer for Eeyore (и мы построим Дом Иа с = из палок на Пуховом Углу для Иа)."

"There was a heap of sticks on the other side of the wood," said Piglet (на другой стороне леса была куча палок, — сказал Пятачок). "I saw them (я видел их). Lots and lots (много-много). All piled up (все нагромождены кучей; to pile up — нагромождать)."

build [bIld], wood [wud], wind [wInd]

"That," said Piglet, "is a Grand Idea. Where shall we build it?"

"We will build it here," said Pooh, "just by this wood, out of the wind, because this is where I thought of it. And we will call this Pooh Corner. And we will build an Eeyore House with sticks at Pooh Comer for Eeyore."

"There was a heap of sticks on the other side of the wood," said Piglet. "I saw them. Lots and lots. All piled up."

"Thank you, Piglet," said Pooh (спасибо, Пятачок, — сказал Пух). "What you have just said will be a Great Help to us (то, что ты только что сказал, будет нам Великой Помощью = окажет нам Великую Помощь), and because of it I could call this place Poohandpiglet Corner (и из-за этого я мог бы назвать это место Пухопятачковым Углом) if Pooh Corner didn't sound better (если бы Пухов Угол не звучал лучше), which it does, being smaller and more like a corner (который = как он звучит, будучи меньше и более похожим на угол). Come along (пошли)."

So they got down off the gate (и они слезли с ворот) and went round to the other side of the wood to fetch the sticks (и пошли вокруг на другую сторону леса за палками: «чтобы принести палки»).

call [kLl], sound [saund], along [q'lON]

"Thank you, Piglet," said Pooh. "What you have just said will be a Great Help to us, and because of it I could call this place Poohandpiglet Corner if Pooh Corner didn't sound better, which it does, being smaller and more like a corner. Come along."

So they got down off the gate and went round to the other side of the wood to fetch the sticks.

* * *

Christopher Robin had spent the morning indoors going to Africa and back (Кристофер Робин провел утро дома, путешествуя в Африку и обратно), and he had just got off the boat (и он только что сошел с корабля) and was wondering what it was like outside (и спрашивал себя, как там на улице; outside — снаружи, извне), when who should come knocking at the door but Eeyore (когда к нему в дверь постучался не кто иной, как Иа).

knock [nOk] should [Sud]

Christopher Robin had spent the morning indoors going to Africa and back, and he had just got off the boat and was wondering what it was like outside, when who should come knocking at the door but Eeyore.

"Hallo, Eeyore," said Christopher Robin (привет, Иа, — сказал Кристофер Робин), as he opened the door and came out (когда он открыл дверь и вышел). "How are you (как /ты/ поживаешь)?"

"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily (все еще идет снег, — сказал Иа угрюмо).

"So it is (да)."

"And freezing (и морозит)."

"Is it (неужели)?"

"Yes," said Eeyore (да, — сказал Иа). "However," he said, brightening up a little (однако, — сказал он, немного наполняясь радостью; bright — светлый; to brighten up — проясняться; наполнять(ся) радостью), "we haven't had an earthquake lately (в последнее время у нас не было землетрясений)."

"What's the matter, Eeyore (что случилось: «в чем дело», Иа)?"

door [dL], however [hau'evq], earthquake ['WTkweIk]

"Hallo, Eeyore," said Christopher Robin, as he opened the door and came out. "How are you?"

"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.

"So it is."

"And freezing."

"Is it?"

"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."

"What's the matter, Eeyore?"

"Nothing, Christopher Robin (ничего, Кристофер Робин). Nothing important (ничего существенного). I suppose you haven't seen a house or what-not anywhere about (я полагаю, ты не видел дома или чего-нибудь наподобие этого где-нибудь поблизости; to suppose — предполагать)?"

"What sort of a house (какого дома)?"

"Just a house (просто дома)."

"Who lives there (кто там = в нем живет)?"

"I do (я). At least I thought I did (по крайней мере, я думал, что я). But I suppose I don't (но /я/ допускаю, что не я = это не так). After all, we can't all have houses (в конце концов, не могут быть дома у всех нас)."

"But, Eeyore, I didn't know — I always thought (но, Иа, я не знал — я всегда думал) — "

important [Im'pLtqnt], can't [kRnt], all [Ll]

"Nothing, Christopher Robin. Nothing important. I suppose you haven't seen a house or what-not anywhere about?"

"What sort of a house?"

"Just a house."

"Who lives there?"

"I do. At least I thought I did. But I suppose I don't. After all, we can't all have houses."

"But, Eeyore, I didn't know — I always thought — "

"I don't know how it is, Christopher Robin (я не знаю, как это так, Кристофер Робин), but what with all this snow and one thing and another (но со всем этим снегом и то одним, то другим), not to mention icicles and such-like (не говоря уже о сосульках и тому подобном), it isn't so Hot in my field about three o'clock in the morning (не так уж Жарко на моем поле около трех часов утра) as some people think it is (как считают некоторые /люди/). It isn't Close (не удушливо), if you know what I mean — not so as to be uncomfortable (если ты понимаешь, что я имею в виду — не так, чтобы чувствовать себя стесненно; to know — понимать, осознавать). It isn't Stuffy (не душно). In fact, Christopher Robin," he went on in a loud whisper (по сути, Кристофер Робин, продолжил он громким шепотом), "quite-between-ourselves-and-don't-tell-anybody, it's Cold (только-между-нами-и-не-говори-никому, Холодно)."

"Oh, Eeyore (ах, Иа)!"

icicle ['aIsIkl], field [fJld], mention [menSn]

"I don't know how it is, Christopher Robin, but what with all this snow and one thing and another, not to mention icicles and such-like, it isn't so Hot in my field about three o'clock in the morning as some people think it is. It isn't Close, if you know what I mean — not so as to be uncomfortable. It isn't Stuffy. In fact, Christopher Robin," he went on in a loud whisper, "quite-between-ourselves-and-don't-tell-anybody, it's Cold."

"Oh, Eeyore!"

"And I said to myself (и я сказал себе): The others will be sorry if I'm getting myself all cold (остальным будет жаль, если я совсем замерзну). They haven't got Brains, any of them (у них нет Мозгов, ни у кого из них), only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake (только серый пух, который вдули в их головы по ошибке), and they don't Think, but if it goes on snowing for another six weeks or so (и они не Думают, но если снег будет продолжать идти еще шесть недель или около того), one of them will begin to say to himself (один из них начнет говорить себе): 'Eeyore can't be so very much too Hot about three o'clock in the morning (не может быть, чтобы Иа было так уж слишком очень Жарко около трех часов утра).' And then it will Get About (и тогда это = эта весть Распространится). And they'll be Sorry (и им станет Жаль)."

"Oh, Eeyore (ах, Иа)!" said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин), feeling very sorry already (уже испытывая большое сожаление: «чувствуя очень сожалеющим»).

said [sed], blown [blqun], another [q'nADq]

"And I said to myself: The others will be sorry if I'm getting myself all cold. They haven't got Brains, any of them, only grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mis­take, and they don't Think, but if it goes on snowing for another six weeks or so, one of them will begin to say to himself: 'Eeyore can't be so very much too Hot about three o'clock in the morning.' And then it will Get About. And they'll be Sorry."

"Oh, Eeyore!" said Christopher Robin, feeling very sorry already.

"I don't mean you, Christopher Robin (я не имею в виду тебя, Кристофер Робин). You're different (ты другой). So what it all comes to is that I built myself a house down by my little wood (итак, все это означает, что я сам построил дом возле моего маленького леса = леска / рощицы; to come to — означать, касаться)."

"Did you really (в самом деле)? How exciting (как волнующе)!"

"The really exciting part," said Eeyore in his most melancholy voice (действительно волнующая часть, — сказал Иа своим самым меланхоличным голосом), "is that when I left it this morning it was there (заключается в том, что когда я оставил = вышел из него сегодня утром, он был там), and when I came back it wasn't (а когда я вернулся, его /уже/ не было). Not at all, very natural (вовсе /не было/, вполне естественно), and it was only Eeyore's house (/а/ это был лишь = всего-навсего дом Иа). But still I just wondered (но, тем не менее, я просто удивился)."

melancholy ['melqnkqlI], morning ['mLnIN], natural ['nxCrql]

"I don't mean you, Christopher Robin. You're different. So what it all comes to is that I built myself a house down by my little wood."

"Did you really? How exciting!"

"The really exciting part," said Eeyore in his most melancholy voice, "is that when I left it this morning it was there, and when I came back it wasn't. Not at all, very natural, and it was only Eeyore's house. But still I just wondered."

Christopher Robin didn't stop to wonder (Кристофер Робин не колебался, чтобы удивиться = не стал тратить время на удивление / на ахи и охи; to stop — останавливаться; колебаться, пребывать в нерешительности). He was already back in his house (он уже был снова в своем доме), putting on his waterproof hat (надевая свою непромокаемую шапку), his waterproof boots (свои непромокаемые ботинки), and his waterproof macintosh as fast as he could (и свое непромокаемое пальто / свой макинтош[5] так быстро, как /он/ /только/ мог).

"We'll go and look for it at once (мы сейчас же пойдем и поищем его = на его поиски; to look for — искать)," he called out to Eeyore (крикнул он Иа).

"Sometimes," said Eeyore (иногда, — сказал Иа), "when people have quite finished taking a person’s house (когда /люди/ полностью закончили уносить = унесли чей-то дом; person — человека, персона, лицо, личность), there are one or two bits which they don't want (остается один-два = пара кусочков, которые /им/ не нужны) and are rather glad for the person to take back (и /они/ довольно рады, когда эта личность заберет их назад), if you know what I mean (если ты знаешь = понимаешь, что я имею в виду / хочу сказать). So I thought if we just went (поэтому я подумал, если бы мы просто пошли) — "

waterproof ['wLtqprHf], mac(k)intosh ['mxkIntOS], person [pWsn]

Christopher Robin didn't stop to wonder. He was already back in his house, putting on his waterproof hat, his waterproof boots, and his waterproof macintosh as fast as he could.

"We'll go and look for it at once," he called out to Eeyore.

"Sometimes," said Eeyore, "when people have quite finished taking a person’s house, there are one or two bits which they don't want and are rather glad for the person to take back, if you know what I mean. So I thought if we just went — "

"Come on," said Christopher Robin (идем, — сказал Кристофер Робин), and off they hurried (и они поспешили /прочь/), and in a very little time they got to the corner of the field (и очень скоро они добрались до угла поля) by the side of the pine-wood, where Eeyore's house wasn't any longer (у края сосняка, где больше не было дома Иа).

"There!" said Eeyore (ну вот! — сказал Иа). "Not a stick of it left (не осталось ни одной палочки)! Of course, I've still got all this snow to do what I like with (конечно, у меня все еще есть весь этот снег, с которым я могу сделать что угодно). One mustn't complain (нельзя жаловаться)."

But Christopher Robin wasn't listening to Eeyore (но Кристофер Робин не слушал Иа), he was listening to something else (он прислушивался к чему-то другому).

"Can you hear it?" he asked (ты слышишь /это/? — спросил он).

"What is it (что /это/)? Somebody laughing (кто-то смеется)?"

"Listen (послушай)."

course [kLs], mustn't [mAsnt], laugh [lRf]

"Come on," said Christopher Robin, and off they hurried, and in a very little time they got to the corner of the field by the side of the pine-wood, where Eeyore's house wasn't any longer.

"There!" said Eeyore. "Not a stick of it left! Of course, I've still got all this snow to do what I like with. One mustn't complain."

But Christopher Robin wasn't listening to Eeyore, he was listening to something else.

"Can you hear it?" he asked.

"What is it? Somebody laughing?"

"Listen."

They both listened (они оба прислушались)... and they heard a deep gruff voice saying in a singing voice (и они услышали низкий грубый голос, говорящий певческим голосом = поющий), that the more it snowed the more it went on snowing (что чем больше идет снег, тем больше он продолжает идти), and a small high voice tiddely-pom-ming in between (и тоненький высокий голосок, тирли-бомкающий в промежутках).

"It's Pooh," said Christopher Robin excitedly (это Пух, — сказал взволнованно Кристофер Робин)...

"Possibly," said Eeyore (возможно, — сказал Иа).

"And Piglet!" said Christopher Robin excitedly (и Пятачок! — сказал взволнованно Кристофер Робин).

"Probably," said Eeyore (вероятно, — сказал Иа). "What we want is a Trained Bloodhound (что нам нужно, так это Обученная Ищейка)."

The words of the song changed suddenly (слова песни внезапно изменились).

between [bI'twJn], probably ['prObqblI], bloodhound ['blAdhaund]

They both listened ... and they heard a deep gruff voice saying in a singing voice that the more it snowed the more it went on snowing, and a small high voice tiddely-pom-ming in between.

"It's Pooh," said Christopher Robin excitedly...

"Possibly," said Eeyore.

"And Piglet!" said Christopher Robin excitedly.

"Probably," said Eeyore. "What we want is a Trained Bloodhound."

The words of the song changed suddenly.

"We've finished our HOUSE!" sang the gruff voice (мы закончили наш ДОМ! — пел грубый голос).

"Tiddely pom!" sang the squeaky one (тирли-бом! — пел писклявый /голос/).

"It's a beautiful HOUSE (это красивый ДОМ)... "

"The House at Pooh Corner (дом на Пуховом Углу)..."

"Tiddely pom (тирли-бом)... "

"I wish it were MINE (я желаю, чтобы он был МОИМ = жаль, что он не МОЙ)... "

"Tiddely pom (тирли-бом)..."

"Pooh!" shouted Christopher Robin (Пух! — закричал Кристофер Робин)...

beautiful ['bjHtIful], squeaky ['skwJkI], were [wW]

"We've finished our HOUSE!" sang the gruff voice.

"Tiddely pom!" sang the squeaky one.

"It's a beautiful HOUSE... "

"The House at Pooh Corner..."

"Tiddely pom... "

"/ wish it were MINE... "

"Tiddely pom..."

"Pooh!" shouted Christopher Robin...

The singers on the gate stopped suddenly (певцы на воротах вдруг остановились = замолчали).

"It's Christopher Robin!" said Pooh eagerly (это Кристофер Робин! — сказал Пух радостно; eagerly — страстно желающий, стремящийся).

"He's round by the place (он где-то около того места) where we got all those sticks from," said Piglet (откуда мы взяли = принесли все эти палки, — сказал Пятачок).

"Come on," said Pooh (идем, — сказал Пух).

They climbed down their gate and hurried round the corner of the wood (они слезли со /своих/ ворот и поспешили за угол леса), Pooh making welcoming noises all the way (при этом Пух всю дорогу издавал приветственные звуки; welcoming — гостеприимный).

suddenly ['sAdnlI], eagerly ['JgqlI], round [raund]

The singers on the gate stopped suddenly.

"It's Christopher Robin!" said Pooh eagerly.

"He's round by the place where we got all those sticks from," said Piglet.

"Come on," said Pooh.

They climbed down their gate and hurried round the cor­ner of the wood, Pooh making welcoming noises all the way.

"Why, here is Eeyore," said Pooh (да ведь тут Иа, — сказал Пух), when he had finished hugging Christopher Robin (когда он закончил обнимать Кристофера Робина), and he nudged Piglet, and Piglet nudged him (и он подтолкнул локтем Пятачка, а Пятачок толкнул локтем его), and they thought to themselves (и они подумали про себя) what a lovely surprise they had got ready (какой прекрасный сюрприз они приготовили). "Hallo, Eeyore (привет, Иа)."

"Same to you, Pooh Bear (и тебе того же, Медведь Пух), and twice on Thursdays (и дважды по четвергам)," said Eeyore gloomily (сказал угрюмо Иа).

Before Pooh could say: "Why Thursdays (прежде чем Пух смог спросить: почему по четвергам)?" Christopher Robin began to explain the sad story of Eeyore's Lost House (Кристофер Робин начал разъяснять печальную историю о Потерявшемся Доме Иа). And Pooh and Piglet listened (и Пух и Пятачок слушали), and their eyes seemed to get bigger and bigger (а их глаза, казалось, становились все больше и больше).

nudge [nAG], lovely ['lAvlI], ready ['redI]

"Why, here is Eeyore," said Pooh, when he had finished hugging Christopher Robin, and he nudged Piglet, and Piglet nudged him, and they thought to themselves what a lovely surprise they had got ready. "Hallo, Eeyore."

"Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays," said Eeyore gloomily.

Before Pooh could say: "Why Thursdays?" Christopher Robin began to explain the sad story of Eeyore's Lost House. And Pooh and Piglet listened, and their eyes seemed to get bigger and bigger.

"Where did you say it was?" asked Pooh (где ты сказал, он был? — спросил Пух).

"Just here," said Eeyore (как раз здесь, — сказал Иа).

"Made of sticks (сделанный из палок)?"

"Yes (да)."

"Oh!" said Piglet (ой! — сказал Пятачок).

"What?" said Eeyore (что? — спросил Иа).

"I just said 'Oh (я просто сказал ой)!'" said Piglet nervously (сказал нервно Пятачок). And so as to seem quite at ease he hummed tiddely-pom once or twice (и чтобы казаться совершенно непринужденным, он протирли-бомкал пару раз) in a what-shall-we-do-now kind of way (в что-мы-сейчас-будем-делательной манере).

was [wOz], nervously ['nWvqslI], once [wAns]

"Where did you say it was?" asked Pooh.

"Just here," said Eeyore.

"Made of sticks?"

"Yes."

"Oh!" said Piglet.

"What?" said Eeyore.

"I just said 'Oh!'" said Piglet nervously. And so as to seem quite at ease he hummed tiddely-pom once or twice in a what-shall-we-do-now kind of way.

"You're sure it was a house?" said Pooh (ты уверен, что это был дом? — спросил Пух). "I mean (я хочу сказать), you're sure the house was just here (ты уверен, что дом был именно здесь)?"

"Of course I am," said Eeyore (конечно, — сказал Иа). And he murmured to himself (и он проворчал про себя), "No brain at all, some of them (совершенно никаких мозгов, у некоторых из них)."

"Why, what's the matter, Pooh (а в чем дело, Пух)?" asked Christopher Robin (спросил Кристофер Робин).

"Well," said Pooh (ну, — сказал Пух)... "The fact is" said Pooh (дело в том, — сказал Пух)... "Well, the fact is," said Pooh (ну, дело в том, — сказал Пух)... "You see," said Pooh (видишь ли, — сказал Пух)... "It's like this," said Pooh (так вот, — сказал Пух), and something seemed to tell him that he wasn't explaining very well (и что-то, казалось, подсказало ему, что он объясняет не очень здорово), and he nudged Piglet again (и он снова толкнул локтем Пятачка).

murmur ['mWmq], matter ['mxtq], ask [Rsk]

"You're sure it was a house?" said Pooh. "I mean, you're sure the house was just here?"

"Of course I am," said Eeyore. And he murmured to himself, "No brain at all, some of them."

"Why, what's the matter, Pooh?" asked Christopher Robin.

"Well," said Pooh... "The fact is" said Pooh... "Well, the fact is," said Pooh... "You see," said Pooh... "It's like this," said Pooh, and something seemed to tell him that he wasn't explaining very well, and he nudged Piglet again.

"It's like this," said Piglet quickly (так вот, — сказал быстро Пятачок)... "Only warmer," he added after deep thought (только теплее, — добавил он после глубокой мысли).

"What's warmer (что теплее)?"

"The other side of the wood (другая сторона леса), where Eeyore's house is (где находится = стоит дом Иа)."

"My house?" said Eeyore (мой дом? — спросил Иа). "My house was here (мой дом был здесь)."

"No," said Piglet firmly (нет, — сказал решительно Пятачок). "The other side of the wood (на другой стороне леса)."

"Because of being warmer," said Pooh (потому что она = там теплее, — сказал Пух).

"But I ought to know (но я должен знать) — '

"Come and look (идем, посмотришь)," said Piglet simply, and he led the way (сказал просто Пятачок и /он/ возглавил шествие; to lead — вести, возглавлять).

quickly ['kwIklI], firmly ['fWmlI], ought [Lt]

"It's like this," said Piglet quickly... "Only warmer," he added after deep thought.

"What's warmer?"

"The other side of the wood, where Eeyore's house is."

"My house?" said Eeyore. "My house was here."

"No," said Piglet firmly. "The other side of the wood."

"Because of being warmer," said Pooh.

"But I ought to know — "

"Come and look," said Piglet simply, and he led the way.

"There wouldn't be two houses," said Pooh (/там/ не было бы двух домов = не может быть, чтобы было два дома, — сказал Пух). "Not so close together (не так близко друг к другу; together — вместе, друг с другом)."

They came round the corner (они завернули за угол), and there was Eeyore's house, looking as comfy as anything (и там был дом Иа, выглядевший таким уютненьким — до невозможности; as anything — страшно, очень, чрезвычайно).

"There you are," said Piglet (ну вот /и он/, — сказал Пятачок).

"Inside as well as outside (внутри /так же хорош/, как и снаружи)," said Pooh proudly (сказал гордо Пух).

Eeyore went inside ... and came out again (Иа вошел вовнутрь и вышел /наружу/ снова).

two [tH], close [klqus], comfy ['kAmfI]

"There wouldn't be two houses," said Pooh. "Not so close together."

They came round the corner, and there was Eeyore's house, looking as comfy as anything.

"There you are," said Piglet.

"Inside as well as outside," said Pooh proudly.

Eeyore went inside ... and came out again.

"It's a remarkable thing," he said (поразительная вещь = поразительно, — сказал он). "It is my house (это мой дом), and I built it where I said I did (и я построил его там, где я сказал, /что я сделал/), so the wind must have blown it here (значит, наверное, ветер перенес его сюда; to blow — дуть, гнать). And the wind blew it right over the wood (и ветер перенес его прямо через лес), and blew it down here (и принес его сюда), and here it is as good as ever (и вот он /здесь/ — такой же хороший, как и прежде). In fact, better in places (в сущности, местами лучше)."

"Much better," said Pooh and Piglet together (гораздо лучше, — сказали Пух и Пятачок вместе).

"It just shows (это просто показывает / демонстрирует) what can be done by taking a little trouble (что можно сделать, немного постаравшись / приложив немного труда; trouble — труд, усилие, заботы, хлопоты; to take much trouble — очень стараться)," said Eeyore (сказал Иа). "Do you see, Pooh (видишь, Пух)? Do you see, Piglet (видишь, Пятачок)? Brains first and then Hard Work (сначала Мозги, а потом Тяжелый Труд). Look at it (посмотри на это)! That's the way to build a house," said Eeyore proudly (вот так строят дом: «то способ строить дом», — сказал гордо Иа).

remarkable [rI'mRkqbl], trouble [trAbl], done [dAn]

"It's a remarkable thing," he said. "It is my house, and I built it where I said I did, so the wind must have blown it here. And the wind blew it right over the wood, and blew it down here, and here it is as good as ever. In fact, better in places."

"Much better," said Pooh and Piglet together.

"It just shows what can be done by taking a little trouble," said Eeyore. "Do you see, Pooh? Do you see, Piglet? Brains first and then Hard Work. Look at it! That's the way to build a house," said Eeyore proudly.

* * *

So they left him in it (и они оставили его в нем); and Christopher Robin went back to lunch with his friends Pooh and Piglet (а Кристофер Робин вернулся к обеду со своими друзьями Пухом и Пятачком), and on the way they told him of the Awful Mistake (и по дороге они рассказали ему об Ужасной Ошибке) they had made (которую они совершили). And when he had finished laughing (а когда он закончил смеяться), they all sang the Outdoor Song for Snowy Weather the rest of the way home (они все запели Уличную Песню для Снежной Погоды /и пели ее/ на протяжении остального пути домой), Piglet, who was still not quite sure of his voice, putting in the tiddely-poms again (/при этом/ Пятачок, который все еще был не совсем уверен в своем голосе, снова вставлял тирли-бомы).

"And I know it seems easy," said Piglet to himself (и я знаю, /что/ это кажется легко, — сказал Пятачок про себя), "but it isn't every one who could do it (но не всякий мог бы сделать это)."

lunch [lAnC], awful ['Lful], outdoor ["aut'dL]

So they left him in it; and Christopher Robin went back to lunch with his friends Pooh and Piglet, and on the way they told him of the Awful Mistake they had made. And when he had finished laughing, they all sang the Outdoor Song for Snowy Weather the rest of the way home, Piglet, who was still not quite sure of his voice, putting in the tiddely-poms again.

"And I know it seems easy," said Piglet to himself, "but it isn't every one who could do it."

Chapter IIIN WHICH TIGGER COMES TO THE FOREST AND HAS BREAKFAST

Глава 2В которой Тигер приходит в лес и завтракает

Winnie-the-Pooh woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and listened (Винни-Пух проснулся внезапно среди ночи и прислушался; to wake up — просыпаться). Then he got out of bed (затем он выбрался из постели), and lit his candle (и зажег свечу; to light — зажигать), and stumped across the room to see (и протопал через комнату, чтобы выяснить) if anybody was trying to get into his honey-cupboard (/не/ пытается ли кто-нибудь забраться в его буфет с медом), and they weren't (но никто не пытался: «а они не были»), so he stumped back again (и он снова приковылял назад), blew out his candle (задул /свою/ свечу), and got into bed (и забрался / лег в постель). Then he heard the noise again (потом он снова услышал /этот/ шум).

night [naIt], cupboard ['kAbqd], blew [blH]

Winnie-the-Pooh woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and listened. Then he got out of bed, and lit his candle, and stumped across the room to see if anybody was trying to get into his honey-cupboard, and they weren't, so he stumped back again, blew out his candle, and got into bed. Then he heard the noise again.

"Is that you, Piglet?" he said (это ты, Пятачок? — спросил он).

But it wasn't (но это не был = был не Пятачок).

"Come in, Christopher Robin," he said (входи, Кристофер Робин, — сказал он).

But Christopher Robin didn't (но Кристофер Робин не вошел).

"Tell me about it to-morrow, Eeyore (расскажи мне об этом завтра, Иа)," said Pooh sleepily (сказал сонно Пух).

But the noise went on (но шум продолжался; to go on — продолжаться).

"Worraworraworraworraworra," said Whatever-it-was (ворраворраворраворра, — сказал Кто-бы-то-ни-был), and Pooh found that he wasn't asleep after all (и Пух обнаружил, что он таки не спит; after all — в итоге, в конце концов, таки, как-никак).

piglet ['pIglqt], found [faund], asleep [q'slJp]

"Is that you, Piglet?" he said.

But it wasn't.

"Come in, Christopher Robin," he said.

But Christopher Robin didn't.

"Tell me about it to-morrow, Eeyore," said Pooh sleepily.

But the noise went on.

"Worraworraworraworraworra," said Whatever-it-was, and Pooh found that he wasn't asleep after all.

"What can it be?" he thought (что это может быть? — подумал он). "There are lots of noises in the Forest (в Лесу много звуков / шумов), but this is a different one (но это иной = не такой звук). It isn't a growl (это не рычание), and it isn't a purr (и это не мурлыканье), and it isn't a bark (и это не лай), and it isn't the noise-you-make-before-beginning-a-piece-of-poetry (и это не шум-который-ты-создаешь-перед-началом-стихотворения), but it's a noise of some kind (но это какой-то шум), made by a strange animal (производимый незнакомым животным)! And he's making it outside my door (и оно производит его снаружи /перед/ моей дверью). So I shall get up and ask him not to do it (поэтому я встану и попрошу его не делать этого)."

He got out of bed and opened his front door (он вылез из кровати и открыл /свою/ входную дверь).

"Hallo!" said Pooh (привет! — сказал Пух), in case there was anything outside (на тот случай, если снаружи кто-то был).

different ['dIfrqnt], growl [graul], animal ['xnImql]

"What can it be?" he thought. "There are lots of noises in the Forest, but this is a different one. It isn't a growl, and it isn't a purr, and it isn't a bark, and it isn't the noise-you-make-before-beginning-a-piece-of-poetry, but it's a noise of some kind, made by a strange animal! And he's making it outside my door. So I shall get up and ask him not to do it."

He got out of bed and opened his front door.

"Hallo!" said Pooh, in case there was anything outside.

"Hallo!" said Whatever-it-was (привет! — сказал Кто-бы-то-ни-был).

"Oh!" said Pooh (а! — сказал Пух). "Hallo (привет)!"

"Hallo (привет)!"

"Oh, there you are!" said Pooh (а, это ты! — сказал Пух). "Hallo (привет)!"

"Hallo!" said the Strange Animal (привет! — сказало Незнакомое Животное), wondering how long this was going on (спрашивая себя, как долго это будет продолжаться).

Pooh was just going to say "Hallo!" for the fourth time (Пух как раз собирался сказать привет в четвертый раз) when he thought that he wouldn't (когда он подумал, что он не будет = что не стоит), so he said, "Who is it?" instead (и /он/ сказал вместо этого: кто это?).

"Me," said a voice (я, — сказал голос).

"Oh!" said Pooh (а! — сказал Пух). "Well, come here (ну, иди сюда = заходи)."

whatever [wOt'evq], fourth [fLT], instead [In'sted]

"Hallo!" said Whatever-it-was.

"Oh!" said Pooh. "Hallo!"

"Hallo!"

"Oh, there you are!" said Pooh. "Hallo!"

"Hallo!" said the Strange Animal, wondering how long this was going on.

Pooh was just going to say "Hallo!" for the fourth time when he thought that he wouldn't, so he said, "Who is it?" instead.

"Me," said a voice.

"Oh!" said Pooh. "Well, come here."

So Whatever-it-was came here (и Кто-бы-то-ни-был пришел сюда = зашел), and in the light of the candle he and Pooh looked at each other (и при свете свечи он и Пух посмотрели друг на друга).

"I'm Pooh," said Pooh (я Пух, — сказал Пух).

"I'm Tigger," said Tigger (/а/ я Тигер, — сказал Тигер).

"Oh!" said Pooh, for he had never seen an animal like this before (ах! — сказал Пух, так как он никогда прежде не видел такого животного). "Does Christopher Robin know about you (Кристофер Робин знает о тебе)?"

"Of course he does," said Tigger (конечно знает, — сказал Тигер).

each [JC], never ['nevq], does [dAz]

So Whatever-it-was came here, and in the light of the candle he and Pooh looked at each other.

"I'm Pooh," said Pooh.

"I'm Tigger," said Tigger.

"Oh!" said Pooh, for he had never seen an animal like this before. "Does Christopher Robin know about you?"

"Of course he does," said Tigger.

"Well," said Pooh (ну, — сказал Пух), "it's the middle of the night (/сейчас/ середина ночи), which is a good time for going to sleep (которое = а это хорошее время, чтобы лечь поспать). And to-morrow morning we'll have some honey for breakfast (а завтра утром у нас на завтрак будет мед / мы поедим меду на завтрак). Do Tiggers like honey (Тигеры любят мед)?"

"They like everything (они любят все)," said Tigger cheerfully (сказал радостно Тигер).

"Then if they like going to sleep on the floor (тогда, если они любят спать на полу), I'll go back to bed," said Pooh (я вернусь в кровать, — сказал Пух), "and we'll do things in the morning (и мы будем делать вещи = мы займемся делами утром). Good night (спокойной ночи)." And he got back into bed and went fast asleep (и он вернулся в кровать и крепко заснул; to fall fast asleep — крепко заснуть).

When he awoke in the morning (когда он проснулся утром; to awake — проснуться), the first thing he saw was Tigger (первой вещью = первым, что он увидел, был Тигер), sitting in front of the glass and looking at himself (сидевший перед зеркалом и смотревший на себя).

"Hallo!" said Pooh (привет! — сказал Пух).

cheerfully ['CIqfulI], floor [flL], glass [glRs]

"Well," said Pooh, "it's the middle of the night, which is a good time for going to sleep. And to-morrow morning we'll have some honey for breakfast. Do Tiggers like honey?"

"They like everything," said Tigger cheerfully.

"Then if they like going to sleep on the floor, I'll go back to bed," said Pooh, "and we'll do things in the morning. Good night." And he got back into bed and went fast asleep.

When he awoke in the morning, the first thing he saw was Tigger, sitting in front of the glass and looking at himself.

"Hallo!" said Pooh.

"Hallo!" said Tigger (привет! — сказал Тигер). "I've found somebody just like me (я нашел кого-то в точности похожего на меня). I thought I was the only one of them (я думал, что я единственный из них)."

Pooh got out of bed (Пух вылез из кровати), and began to explain what a looking-glass was (и начал объяснять, что такое зеркало), but just as he was getting to the interesting part (но как раз когда он подходил к интересной части = интересному месту), Tigger said: "Excuse me a moment (Тигер сказал: извини на секундочку), but there's something climbing up your table (но что-то[6]= кто-то лезет на твой стол)," and with one loud Worraworraworraworraworra he jumped at the end of the tablecloth (и с одним громким Ворраворраворраворра он прыгнул на край скатерти), pulled it to the ground (стащил ее на землю = на пол), wrapped himself up in it three times (завернулся в нее три раза), rolled to the other end of the room (перекатился в другой конец комнаты), and, after a terrible struggle (и после ужасной борьбы), got his head into the daylight again (высунул свою голову снова на белый свет), and said cheerfully: "Have I won (и радостно спросил: я победил; to win — победить, выиграть)?"

only ['qunlI], daylight ['deIlaIt], ground [graund]

"Hallo!" said Tigger. "I've found somebody just like me. I thought I was the only one of them."

Pooh got out of bed, and began to explain what a looking-glass was, but just as he was getting to the interesting part, Tigger said: "Excuse me a moment, but there's some­thing climbing up your table," and with one loud Worraworraworraworraworra he jumped at the end of the tablecloth, pulled it to the ground, wrapped himself up in it three times, rolled to the other end of the room, and, after a terrible struggle, got his head into the daylight again, and said cheerfully: "Have I won?"

"That's my tablecloth," said Pooh (это моя скатерть, — сказал Пух), as he began to unwind Tigger (когда он начал разматывать = начиная разматывать Тигера; to begin — начать(ся)).

"I wondered what it was," said Tigger (мне было интересно, что это, — сказал Тигер).

"It goes on the table and you put things on it (она идет на = стелется на стол, и ты кладешь на нее вещи = посуду)."

"Then why did it try to bite me (тогда почему она попыталась укусить меня) when I wasn't looking (когда я не смотрел)?"

"I don't think it did," said Pooh (не думаю, что она пыталась, — сказал Пух).

"It tried," said Tigger (она пыталась, — сказал Тигер), "but I was too quick for it (но я оказался слишком быстрым для нее)."

unwind ['An'waInd], put [put], quick [kwIk]

"That's my tablecloth," said Pooh, as he began to unwind Tigger.

"I wondered what it was," said Tigger.

"It goes on the table and you put things on it."

"Then why did it try to bite me when I wasn't looking?"

"I don't think it did," said Pooh.

"It tried," said Tigger, "but I was too quick for it."

Pooh put the cloth back on the table (Пух постелил снова скатерть на стол), and he put a large honey-pot on the cloth (и /он/ поставил на скатерть большой горшок с медом), and they sat down to breakfast (и они сели завтракать). And as soon as they sat down (и как только они уселись), Tigger took a large mouthful of honey (Тигер взял большой кусок меда = набрал полный рот меда)... and he looked up at the ceiling (и посмотрел на потолок) with his head on one side (со своей головой = склонив голову набок), and made exploring noises with his tongue (и сделал = издал /своим/ языком пробующие звуки; to explore — исследовать), and considering noises (и обдумывающие звуки), and what-have-we-got-here noises (и что-это-у-нас-такойные звуки)... and then he said in a very decided voice (а потом он сказал очень решительным голосом):

"Tiggers don't like honey (Тигеры не любят мед)."

"Oh!" said Pooh (а! — сказал Пух), and tried to make it sound Sad and Regretful (и попытался придать этому /а!/ Грустное и Сожалеющее звучание). "I thought they liked everything (я думал, они любят все)."

cloth [klOT], ceiling ['sJlIN], everything ['evrITIN]

Pooh put the cloth back on the table, and he put a large honey-pot on the cloth, and they sat down to breakfast. And as soon as they sat down, Tigger took a large mouthful of honey ... and he looked up at the ceiling with his head on one side, and made exploring noises with his tongue, and considering noises, and what-have-we-got-here noises ... and then he said in a very decided voice:

"Tiggers don't like honey."

"Oh!" said Pooh, and tried to make it sound Sad and Regretful. "I thought they liked everything."

"Everything except honey," said Tigger (все кроме меда, — сказал Тигер).

Pooh felt rather pleased about this (Пух чувствовал себя очень довольным по этому поводу), and said that, as soon as he had finished his own breakfast (и сказал, что как только он закончит свой завтрак), he would take Tigger round to Piglet's house (он поведет Тигера домой к Пятачку), and Tigger could try some of Piglet's haycorns (и Тигер сможет попробовать жУлудей[7] Пятачка; acorn — желудь).

"Thank you, Pooh," said Tigger (спасибо, Пух, — сказал Тигер), "because haycorns is really what Tiggers like best (потому что жУлудЯ — это действительно то, что Тигеры любят больше всего)."

acorn ['eIkLn], except [Ik'sept], some [sAm]

"Everything except honey," said Tigger.

Pooh felt rather pleased about this, and said that, as soon as he had finished his own breakfast, he would take Tigger round to Piglet's house, and Tigger could try some of Piglet's haycorns.

"Thank you, Pooh," said Tigger, "because haycorns is really what Tiggers like best."

So after breakfast they went round to see Piglet (и после завтрака они зашли проведать Пятачка), and Pooh explained (и Пух объяснил) as they went (когда они шли = по дороге) that Piglet was a Very Small Animal who didn't like bouncing (что Пятачок — Очень Маленькое Животное, которое не любит, /когда/ наскакивают), and asked Tigger not to be too Bouncy just at first (и попросил Тигера не быть слишком Наскакливым только = хотя бы сначала; bouncy — живой, подвижный; to bounce — подпрыгивать; вламываться /в какое-либо помещение/; бесцеремонно входить куда-либо). And Tigger, who had been hiding behind trees (а Тигер, который прятался за деревьями) and jumping out on Pooh's shadow when it wasn't looking (и выпрыгивал на тень Пуха, когда она не смотрела), said that Tiggers were only bouncy before breakfast (сказал, что Тигеры наскакливы лишь до завтрака), and that as soon as they had had a few haycorns (и что как только они съедят немного жУлудей) they became Quiet and Refined (они становятся Тихими и Изысканными). So by-and-by they knocked at the door of Piglet's house (так вскоре они постучали в дверь дома Пятачка).

bouncy ['baunsI], shadow ['Sxdqu], quiet ['kwaIqt]

So after breakfast they went round to see Piglet, and Pooh explained as they went that Piglet was a Very Small Animal who didn't like bouncing, and asked Tigger not to be too Bouncy just at first. And Tigger, who had been hiding behind trees and jumping out on Pooh's shadow when it wasn't looking, said that Tiggers were only bouncy before breakfast, and that as soon as they had had a few haycorns they became Quiet and Refined. So by-and-by they knocked at the door of Piglet's house.

"Hallo, Pooh," said Piglet (привет, Пух, — сказал Пятачок).

"Hallo, Piglet (привет, Пятачок). This is Tigger (это Тигер)."

"Oh, is it?" said Piglet (ах, да? — сказал Пятачок), and he edged round to the other side of the table (и он подвинулся к другому краю стола). "I thought Tiggers were smaller than that (я думал, Тигеры поменьше /чем это/)."

"Not the big ones," said Tigger (/только/ не большие Тигеры, — сказал Тигер).

"They like haycorns," said Pooh (они любят жОлуди, — сказал Пух), "so that's what we've come for (вот ради чего мы пришли), because poor Tigger hasn't had any breakfast yet (потому что бедный Тигер еще /совсем/ не завтракал)."

edge [eG], because [bI'kOz], breakfast ['brekfqst]

"Hallo, Pooh," said Piglet.

"Hallo, Piglet. This is Tigger."

"Oh, is it?" said Piglet, and he edged round to the other side of the table. "I thought Tiggers were smaller than that."

"Not the big ones," said Tigger.

"They like haycorns," said Pooh, "so that's what we've come for, because poor Tigger hasn't had any breakfast yet."

Piglet pushed the bowl of haycorns towards Tigger (Пятачок подвинул миску жУлудей к Тигеру), and said, "Help yourself (и сказал: угощайся)," and then he got close up to Pooh and felt much braver (а потом он подвинулся поближе к Пуху и почувствовал себя гораздо смелее), and said, "So you're Tigger (и сказал: так ты Тигер)? Well, well!" in a careless sort of voice (ну, ну! — беспечным голосом). But Tigger said nothing (но Тигер /не/ сказал ничего) because his mouth was full of haycorns (потому что его рот был полон жУлудей)...

After a long munching noise he said (после долгого чавкающего звука он сказал):

"Ee-ers o i a-ors (иэы и юят Ууей)."

And when Pooh and Piglet said "What (и когда Пух и Пятачок спросили: что)?" he said "Skoos ee (он сказал: зиите ия)," and went outside for a moment (и вышел на минутку наружу = из дома).

When he came back he said firmly (когда он вернулся, он твердо сказал):

"Tiggers don't like haycorns (Тигеры не любят жУлудей)."

towards [tq'wLdz], yourself [jL'self], careless ['kFqlIs]

Piglet pushed the bowl of haycorns towards Tigger, and said, "Help yourself," and then he got close up to Pooh and felt much braver, and said, "So you're Tigger? Well, well!" in a careless sort of voice. But Tigger said nothing because his mouth was full of haycorns...

After a long munching noise he said:

"Ee-ers o i a-ors."

And when Pooh and Piglet said "What?" he said "Skoos ee," and went outside for a moment.

When he came back he said firmly:

"Tiggers don't like haycorns."

"But you said they liked everything except honey," said Pooh (но ты говорил, что они любят все, кроме меда, — сказал Пух).

"Everything except honey and haycorns (все кроме меда и жУлудей)," explained Tigger (пояснил Тигер).

When he heard this, Pooh said, "Oh, I see (когда он = Пух услышал это, Пух = он сказал: а, понятно)!" and Piglet, who was rather glad (а Пятачок, который был довольно рад) that Tiggers didn't like haycorns (что Тигеры не любят жУлудей), said, "What about thistles (сказал: а как насчет чертополоха)?"

"Thistles," said Tigger (чертополох, — сказал Тигер), "is what Tiggers like best (это то, что Тигеры любят больше всего)."

"Then let's go along and see Eeyore," said Piglet (тогда давайте пойдем /и/ навестим Иа, — сказал Пятачок).

explain [Iks'pleIn], thistle [TIsl], along [q'lON]

"But you said they liked everything except honey," said Pooh.

"Everything except honey and haycorns," explained Tigger.

When he heard this, Pooh said, "Oh, I see!" and Piglet, who was rather glad that Tiggers didn't like haycorns, said, "What about thistles?"

"Thistles," said Tigger, "is what Tiggers like best."

"Then let's go along and see Eeyore," said Piglet.

So the three of them went (и они пошли втроем); and after they had walked and walked and walked (и после того как они шли и шли и шли), they came to the part of the Forest where Eeyore was (они пришли в ту часть Леса, где был = жил Иа).

"Hallo, Eeyore!" said Pooh (привет, Иа! — сказал Пух). "This is Tigger (это Тигер)."

"What is?" said Eeyore (что = кто? — спросил Иа).

"This," explained Pooh and Piglet together (это, — пояснили Пух и Пятачок вместе), and Tigger smiled his happiest smile and said nothing (а Тигер улыбнулся своей самой счастливой улыбкой и ничего /не/ сказал).

Eeyore walked all round Tigger one way (Иа обошел вокруг Тигера с одной стороны), and then turned and walked all round him the other way (а затем повернул и обошел вокруг него с другой стороны).

three [TrJ], walk [wLk], turn [tWn]

So the three of them went; and after they had walked and walked and walked, they came to the part of the Forest where Eeyore was.

"Hallo, Eeyore!" said Pooh. "This is Tigger."

"What is?" said Eeyore.

"This," explained Pooh and Piglet together, and Tigger smiled his happiest smile and said nothing.

Eeyore walked all round Tigger one way, and then turned and walked all round him the other way.

"What did you say it was?" he asked (кто это, вы сказали? — спросил он).

"Tigger (Тигер)."

"Ah!" said Eeyore (а! — сказал Иа).

"He's just come," explained Piglet (он только что пришел, — объяснил Пятачок).

"Ah!" said Eeyore again (а! — сказал снова Иа).

He thought for a long time and then said (он долго думал, а потом сказал):

"When is he going (/а/ когда он уходит)?"

just [GAst], come [kAm], long [lON]

"What did you say it was?" he asked.

"Tigger."

"Ah!" said Eeyore.

"He's just come," explained Piglet.

"Ah!" said Eeyore again.

He thought for a long time and then said:

"When is he going?"

Pooh explained to Eeyore (Пух объяснил Иа) that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin's (что Тигер большой друг Кристофера Робина), who had come to stay in the Forest (который = и он обосновался в Лесу; to come to stay — утвердиться, укорениться), and Piglet explained to Tigger that he mustn't mind what Eeyore said (а Пятачок объяснил Тигеру, что он не должен обращать внимания на то, что говорит Иа) because he was always gloomy (потому что он всегда угрюмый); and Eeyore explained to Piglet (а Иа объяснил Пятачку) that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful this morning (что, напротив, он чувствует себя особенно радостно сегодня утром); and Tigger explained to anybody who was listening (а Тигер объяснил всем, кто слушал) that he hadn't had any breakfast yet (что он еще совсем не завтракал).

great [greIt], friend [frend], particularly [pq'tIkjulqlI]

Pooh explained to Eeyore that Tigger was a great friend of Christopher Robin's, who had come to stay in the Forest, and Piglet explained to Tigger that he mustn't mind what Eeyore said because he was always gloomy; and Eeyore explained to Piglet that, on the contrary, he was feeling particularly cheerful this morning; and Tigger explained to anybody who was listening that he hadn't had any breakfast yet.

"I knew there was something," said Pooh (я знал, что есть кое-что = кой-какое дело). "Tiggers always eat thistles (Тигеры всегда едят чертополох), so that was why we came to see you, Eeyore (вот почему мы пришли к тебе, Иа)."

"Don't mention it, Pooh (ничего / не стоит благодарности, Пух: «не упоминай это»)."

"Oh, Eeyore, I didn't mean (ах, Иа, я не имел в виду) that I didn't want to see you (что я не хочу проведать тебя) — "

"Quite-quite (действительно-действительно). But your new stripy friend — naturally, he wants his breakfast (но твой новый полосатый друг — естественно, /он/ хочет /получить/ свой завтрак; stripe — полоска). What did you say his name was (как, ты сказал, его зовут)?"

"Tigger (Тигер)."

"Then come this way, Tigger (тогда иди сюда, Тигер)."

want [wOnt], always ['Llwqz], naturally ['nxCrqlI]

"I knew there was something," said Pooh. "Tiggers always eat thistles, so that was why we came to see you, Eeyore."

"Don't mention it, Pooh."

"Oh, Eeyore, I didn't mean that I didn't want to see you — "

"Quite-quite. But your new stripy friend — naturally, he wants his breakfast. What did you say his name was?"

"Tigger."

"Then come this way, Tigger."

Eeyore led the way to the most thistly-looking patch of thistles that ever was (Иа пошел впереди = проводил /Тигера/ к самому колючему участку чертополоха, который только был; to lead — вести; patch — клочок, лоскут, обрывок; небольшой участок земли), and waved a hoof at it (и махнул копытом на него).

"A little patch I was keeping for my birthday," he said (маленький участок, /который/ я берег на свой день рождения, — сказал он); "but, after all, what are birthdays (но в конце-концов что такое дни рождения)? Here to-day and gone tomorrow (сегодня здесь, а завтра уж нет). Help yourself, Tigger (угощайся, Тигер)."

Tigger thanked him (Тигер поблагодарил его) and looked a little anxiously at Pooh (и немного встревоженно посмотрел на Пуха).

"Are these really thistles?" he whispered (это действительно чертополох? — прошептал он).

"Yes," said Pooh (да, — сказал Пух).

thistly [TIslI], patch [pxC], anxiously ['xNkSqslI]

Eeyore led the way to the most thistly-looking patch of thistles that ever was, and waved a hoof at it.

"A little patch I was keeping for my birthday," he said; "but, after all, what are birthdays? Here to-day and gone tomorrow. Help yourself, Tigger."

Tigger thanked him and looked a little anxiously at Pooh.

"Are these really thistles?" he whispered.

"Yes," said Pooh.

"What Tiggers like best (тот, что Тигеры любят больше всего)?"

"That's right," said Pooh (верно, — сказал Пух).

"I see," said Tigger (понятно, — сказал Тигер).

So he took a large mouthful (и он отхватил большой кусок), and he gave a large crunch (и издал сильный хруст).

"Ow!" said Tigger (ай! — сказал Тигер).

He sat down and put his paw in his mouth (он сел и засунул /свою/ лапу в /свой/ рот).

"What's the matter?" asked Pooh (что случилось? — спросил Пух).

"Hot!" mumbled Tigger (острый = печет! — пробормотал Тигер).

large [lRG], paw [pL], matter ['mxtq]

"What Tiggers like best?"

"That's right," said Pooh.

"I see," said Tigger.

So he took a large mouthful, and he gave a large crunch.

"Ow!" said Tigger.

He sat down and put his paw in his mouth.

"What's the matter?" asked Pooh.

"Hot!" mumbled Tigger.

"Your friend," said Eeyore (твой друг, — сказал Иа), "appears to have bitten on a bee (кажется, вгрызся в пчелу = проглотил пчелу; to bite on — вгрызаться во что-то)."

Pooh's friend stopped shaking his head to get the prickles out (друг Пуха перестал трясти головой, чтобы вытрясти колючки), and explained that Tiggers didn't like thistles (и объяснил, что Тигеры не любят чертополох).

"Then why bend a perfectly good one?" asked Eeyore (тогда зачем /было/ гнуть превосходный один = экземпляр).

"But you said," began Pooh (но ты говорил, — начал Пух), " — you said that Tiggers liked everything except honey and haycorns (ты говорил, что Тигеры любят все кроме меда и жУлудей)."

appear [q'pIq], bitten ['bItn], perfectly ['pWfIktlI]

"Your friend," said Eeyore, "appears to have bitten on a bee."

Pooh's friend stopped shaking his head to get the prickles out, and explained that Tiggers didn't like thistles.

"Then why bend a perfectly good one?" asked Eeyore.

"But you said," began Pooh, " — you said that Tiggers liked everything except honey and haycorns."

"And thistles," said Tigger (и чертополох, — сказал Тигер), who was now running round in circles with his tongue hanging out (который теперь бегал кругами[8] с высунутым языком; to hang out — высунуться, вывесить).

Pooh looked at him sadly (Пух грустно посмотрел на него).

"What are we going to do (что будем делать)?" he asked Piglet (спросил он Пятачка).

Piglet knew the answer to that (Пятачок знал на это ответ), and he said at once that they must go and see Christopher Robin (и он сказал, что они сейчас же должны пойти к Кристоферу Робину; to go to see smb. — пойти к кому-нибудь, навестить / проведать кого-либо).

circle [sWkl], answer ['Rnsq], tongue [tAN]

"And thistles," said Tigger, who was now running round in circles with his tongue hanging out.

Pooh looked at him sadly.

"What are we going to do?" he asked Piglet.

Piglet knew the answer to that, and he said at once that they must go and see Christopher Robin.

"You'll find him with Kanga," said Eeyore (вы найдете его у Кенги, — сказал Иа). He came close to Pooh (он подошел близко к Пуху), and said in a loud whisper (и сказал громким шепотом):

"Could you ask your friend to do his exercises somewhere else (ты не мог бы попросить твоего друга делать свои упражнения где-нибудь в другом месте)? I shall be having lunch directly (я скоро буду обедать = у меня скоро /будет/ обед), and don't want it bounced on just before I begin (и не хочу, чтобы по нему прыгали как раз перед тем, как я начну = примусь за него). A trifling matter, and fussy of me (пустячное дело, и суетливо = напрасное беспокойство с моей стороны), but we all have our little ways (но у нас у всех свои маленькие слабости)."

Pooh nodded solemnly and called to Tigger (Пух торжественно кивнул и крикнул Тигеру).

"Come along and we'll go and see Kanga (идем, и /мы/ навестим Кенгу). She's sure to have lots of breakfast for you (у нее наверняка есть куча завтраков для тебя)."

whisper ['wIspq], exercise ['eksqsaIz], directly [dI'rektlI]

"You'll find him with Kanga," said Eeyore. He came close to Pooh, and said in a loud whisper:

"Could you ask your friend to do his exercises some­where else? I shall be having lunch directly, and don't want it bounced on just before I begin. A trifling matter, and fussy of me, but we all have our little ways."

Pooh nodded solemnly and called to Tigger.

"Come along and we'll go and see Kanga. She's sure to have lots of breakfast for you."

Tigger finished his last circle (Тигер закончил свой последний круг) and came up to Pooh and Piglet (и подошел = подбежал к Пуху и Пятачку).

"Hot!" he explained with a large and friendly smile (печет! — объяснил он с широкой и дружелюбной улыбкой). "Come on!" and he rushed off (пошли! — и он бросился /вперед/).

Pooh and Piglet walked slowly after him (Пух и Пятачок медленно шли за ним). And as they walked Piglet said nothing (и когда они шли = и по дороге Пятачок ничего /не/ говорил), because he couldn't think of anything (потому что он ничего не мог придумать), and Pooh said nothing, because he was thinking of a poem (а Пух ничего не говорил, потому что он сочинял стих). And when he had thought of it he began (и когда он его сочинил, он начал):

friendly ['frendlI], nothing ['nATIN], poem ['pquIm]

Tigger finished his last circle and came up to Pooh and Piglet.

"Hot!" he explained with a large and friendly smile. "Come on!" and he rushed off.

Pooh and Piglet walked slowly after him. And as they walked Piglet said nothing, because he couldn't think of anything, and Pooh said nothing, because he was thinking of a poem. And when he had thought of it he began:

What shall we do about poor little Tigger (что делать нам с бедным маленьким Тигером)?

If he never eats nothing he'll never get bigger (если он никогда /не/ будет ничего есть, он никогда /не/ станет больше).

He doesn't like honey and haycorns and thistles (он не любит мед и жОлуди и чертополох)

Because of the taste and because of the bristles (из-за вкуса и из-за иголок).

And all the good things which an animal likes (и все хорошее, что любит животное = любят животные)

Have the wrong sort of swallow or too many spikes (не так глотаются или имеют слишком много шипов).

taste [teIst], bristle [brIsl], swallow ['swOlqu]

What shall we do about poor little Tigger?

If he never eats nothing he'll never get bigger.

He doesn't like honey and haycorns and thistles

Because of the taste and because of the bristles.

And all the good things which an animal likes

Have the wrong sort of swallow or too many spikes.

Как нам с бедным крошкой Тигером быть?[9]

Если совсем не кушать, крупным ему не быть.

Не любит мед он и жОлуди, и чем для него так плох

Оказался любимый Осликом свежий чертополох?

И все что еды касается, которая вкусной считается,

Она то не так глотается, то вкус не тот, то кусается.

"He's quite big enough anyhow," said Piglet (он и так довольно большой, — сказал Пятачок).

"He isn't really very big (на самом деле он не очень большой)."

"Well, he seems so (ну, он кажется таким)."

Pooh was thoughtful when he heard this (Пух был погружен в размышления, когда услышал это), and then he murmured to himself (и тогда он пробормотал про себя):

But whatever his weight in pounds, shillings, and ounces (но каким бы ни был его вес в фунтах, шиллингах и унциях[10]),

He always seems bigger because of his bounces (он всегда кажется больше из-за своих прыжков).

enough [I'nAf], thoughtful ['TLtful], ounce [auns]

"He's quite big enough anyhow," said Piglet.

"He isn't really very big."

"Well, he seems so"

Pooh was thoughtful when he heard this, and then he murmured to himself:

But whatever his weight in pounds, shillings, and ounces,

He always seems bigger because of his bounces.

"And that's the whole poem," he said (и это весь стих, — сказал он). "Do you like it, Piglet (он тебе нравится, Пятачок)?"

"All except the shillings," said Piglet (все, кроме шиллингов, — сказал Пятачок). "I don't think they ought to be there (не думаю, что им следует быть там)."

"They wanted to come in after the pounds," explained Pooh (они захотели войти за фунтами, — пояснил Пух), "so I let them (и я разрешил им). It is the best way to write poetry (это самый лучший способ писать стихи), letting things come (разрешать вещам = словам влезать /в них/)."

"Oh, I didn't know," said Piglet (а, я не знал, — сказал Пятачок).

Tigger had been bouncing in front of them all this time (все это время Тигер прыгал перед ними), turning round every now and then to ask (то и дело оборачиваясь, чтобы спросить) "Is this the way (сюда: «это путь»)?" — and now at last they came in sight of Kanga's house (и вот наконец они оказались в пределах видимости дома Кенги), and there was Christopher Robin (и там был Кристофер Робин). Tigger rushed up to him (Тигер бросился к нему).

whole [hqul], pound [paund], sight [saIt]

"And that's the whole poem," he said. "Do you like it, Piglet?"

"All except the shillings," said Piglet. "I don't think they ought to be there."

"They wanted to come in after the pounds," explained Pooh, "so I let them. It is the best way to write poetry, letting things come."

"Oh, I didn't know," said Piglet.

Tigger had been bouncing in front of them all this time, turning round every now and then to ask, "Is this the way?" — and now at last they came in sight of Kanga's house, and there was Christopher Robin. Tigger rushed up to him.

"Oh, there you are, Tigger!" said Christopher Robin (а, вот ты где, Тигер! — сказал Кристофер Робин). "I knew you'd be somewhere (я знал, что ты где-нибудь будешь = объявишься)."

"I've been finding things in the Forest (я находил вещи = всякое в Лесу)," said Tigger importantly (сказал важно Тигер). "I've found a pooh and a piglet and an eeyore (я нашел пух и пятачок, и иа), but I can't find any breakfast (но я не могу найти завтрак)."

Pooh and Piglet came up and hugged Christopher Robin (Пух и Пятачок подошли и обняли Кристофера Робина), and explained what had been happening (и объяснили, что происходит).

"Don't you know what Tiggers like?" asked Pooh (разве ты не знаешь, что любят Тигеры? — спросил Пух).

"I expect if I thought very hard I should (я полагаю, что если бы я очень сильно = хорошенько подумал, я бы /вспомнил/)," said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин), "but I thought Tigger knew (но я думал, что Тигер знает)."

importantly [Im'pLtqntlI], find [faInd], hard [hRd]

"Oh, there you are, Tigger!" said Christopher Robin. "I knew you'd be somewhere."

"I've been finding things in the Forest," said Tigger importantly. "I've found a pooh and a piglet and an eeyore, but I can't find any breakfast."

Pooh and Piglet came up and hugged Christopher Robin, and explained what had been happening.

"Don't you know what Tiggers like?" asked Pooh.

"I expect if I thought very hard I should," said Christopher Robin, "but I thought Tigger knew."

"I do," said Tigger (я знаю, — сказал Тигер). "Everything there is in the world except honey and haycorns and — what were those hot things called (все, что есть на свете кроме меда и жУлудей и, как назывались, те жгучие штучки)?"

"Thistles (чертополох)."

"Yes, and those (да, и его: «те»)."

"Oh, well then, Kanga can give you some breakfast (а, ну тогда Кенга может дать тебе завтрак = накормить тебя завтраком)."

world [wWld], do [dH], those [Dquz]

"I do," said Tigger. "Everything there is in the world except honey and haycorns and-what were those hot things called?"

"Thistles."

"Yes, and those."

"Oh, well then, Kanga can give you some breakfast."

So they went into Kanga's house (и они вошли в дом Кенги), and when Roo had said (и когда Ру сказал), "Hallo, Pooh," and "Hallo, Piglet" once, and "Hallo, Tigger" twice (привет, Пух, и привет, Пятачок, по одному разу, а привет, Тигер, дважды), because he had never said it before and it sounded funny (потому что он никогда /не/ говорил этого прежде, и оно прозвучало забавно), they told Kanga what they wanted (они сказали Кенге, чего они хотят), and Kanga said very kindly (а Кенга сказала очень добродушно), "Well, look in my cupboard, Tigger dear (ну, загляни в мой буфет, Тигер, дорогой), and see what you'd like (и посмотри, чего бы ты хотел)." Because she knew at once (потому что она сразу узнала = поняла) that, however big Tigger seemed to be (что каким бы большим /ни/ казался Тигер), he wanted as much kindness as Roo (ему нужно было столько же доброты, как и Ру).

sound [saund], what [wOt], kindness ['kaIndnIs]

So they went into Kanga's house, and when Roo had said, "Hallo, Pooh," and "Hallo, Piglet" once, and "Hallo, Tigger" twice, because he had never said it before and it sounded funny, they told Kanga what they wanted, and Kanga said very kindly, "Well, look in my cupboard, Tigger dear, and see what you'd like." Because she knew at once that, however big Tigger seemed to be, he wanted as much kindness as Roo.

"Shall I look, too?" said Pooh (мне тоже посмотреть? — спросил Пух), who was beginning to feel a little eleven o'clockish (который начинал ощущать небольшие одиннадцатичасовые /позывы/). And he found a small tin of condensed milk (и он нашел маленькую банку сгущенного молока), and something seemed to tell him that Tiggers didn't like this (и что-то, кажется, сказало ему = подсказало ему, что Тигеры это не любят), so he took it into a corner by itself (поэтому он забрал ее с собой в уголок), and went with it to see that nobody interrupted it (и взялся за нее, убедившись, что никто не прервет это /занятие/).

But the more Tigger put his nose into this and his paw into that (но чем больше Тигер засовывал свой нос в это, а свою лапу в то), the more things he found which Tiggers didn't like (тем больше он находил вещей = того, чего не любят Тигеры). And when he had found everything in the cupboard (и когда он нашел все /что было/ в буфете), and couldn't eat any of it (и не мог есть ничего из этого), he said to Kanga, "'What happens now (он спросил Кенгу: /и/ что теперь произойдет = будет)?"

condensed [kqn'denst], interrupt ["Intq'rApt], happen [hxpn]

"Shall I look, too?" said Pooh, who was beginning to feel a little eleven o'clockish. And he found a small tin of condensed milk, and something seemed to tell him that Tiggers didn't like this, so he took it into a corner by itself, and went with it to see that nobody interrupted it.

But the more Tigger put his nose into this and his paw into that, the more things he found which Tiggers didn't like. And when he had found everything in the cupboard, and couldn't eat any of it, he said to Kanga, "'What happens now?"

But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing round Roo (а Кенга и Кристофер Робин и Пятачок все стояли вокруг Ру), watching him have his Extract of Malt (наблюдая за тем, как он принимает свой Экстракт Солода[11]). And Roo was saying, "Must I (а Ру говорил: очень надо / я должен)?" and Kanga was saying, "Now, Roo dear (и Кенга говорила: ну же, Ру, дорогой), you remember what you promised (ты помнишь, что ты обещал)."

"What is it?" whispered Tigger to Piglet (что это? — прошептал Тигер Пятачку).

"His Strengthening Medicine," said Piglet (его Укрепляющее Лекарство, — сказал Пятачок). "He hates it (он его ненавидит)."

watch [wOC], malt [mLlt], medicine ['medsIn]

But Kanga and Christopher Robin and Piglet were all standing round Roo, watching him have his Extract of Malt. And Roo was saying, "Must I?" and Kanga was saying, "Now, Roo dear, you remember what you promised."

"What is it?" whispered Tigger to Piglet.

"His Strengthening Medicine," said Piglet. "He hates it."

So Tigger came closer (и Тигер подошел поближе), and he leant over the back of Roo's chair (и наклонился над спинкой стула Ру; to lean over — наклоняться над), and suddenly he put out his tongue (и вдруг он высунул свой язык), and took one large golollop[12] (и сделал один большой ГЛОМТОК), and, with a sudden jump of surprise, Kanga said, "Oh (и внезапно подпрыгнув от удивления, Кенга сказала: ах)!" and then clutched at the spoon again just as it was disappearing (и потом схватилась за ложку снова, как раз когда она /уже/ исчезала), and pulled it safely back out of Tigger's mouth (и вытащила ее в сохранности назад изо рта Тигера). But the Extract of Malt had gone (но Экстракт Солода исчез).

"Tigger dear!" said Kanga (Тигер, дорогой! — сказала Кенга).

"He's taken my medicine (он выпил мое лекарство), he's taken my medicine (он выпил мое лекарство), he's taken my medicine (он выпил мое лекарство)!" sang Roo happily, thinking it was a tremendous joke (запел Ру радостно, думая, что это потрясающая шутка).

leant [lent], surprise [sq'praIz], tremendous [trI'mendqs]

So Tigger came closer, and he leant over the back of Roo's chair, and suddenly he put out his tongue, and took one large golollop, and, with a sudden jump of surprise, Kanga said, "Oh!" and then clutched at the spoon again just as it was disappearing, and pulled it safely back out of Tigger's mouth. But the Extract of Malt had gone.

"Tigger dear!" said Kanga.

"He's taken my medicine, he's taken my medicine, he's taken my medicine!" sang Roo happily, thinking it was a tremendous joke.

Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling (потом Тигер посмотрел вверх на потолок), and closed his eyes (и закрыл /свои/ глаза), and his tongue went round and round his chops (а его язык прошелся кругами по щекам; chops — челюсти, щеки), in case he had left any outside (на тот случай, если он оставил что-то снаружи = осталось что-то снаружи), and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said (и мирная = умиротворенная улыбка расплылась на его лице = морде, когда он сказал; to come over — найти, охватить, овладеть), "So that's what Tiggers like (так вот что любят Тигеры)!"

ceiling ['si:lIN], closed [klqVst], tongue [tAN]

Then Tigger looked up at the ceiling, and closed his eyes, and his tongue went round and round his chops, in case he had left any outside, and a peaceful smile came over his face as he said, "So that's what Tiggers like!"

* * *

Which explains why he always lived at Kanga's house afterwards (что объясняет, почему = причину того, что он всегда впоследствии жил в доме Кенги), and had Extract of Malt for breakfast, dinner, and tea (и принимал Экстракт Солода на завтрак, обед и ужин; tea — ужин; afternoon tea — плотный ужин с чаем; high tea — плотный ужин с чаем). And sometimes, when Kanga thought he wanted strengthening (а иногда, когда Кенга считала, что ему нужно укрепляющего), he had a spoonful or two of Roosbreakfast after meals as medicine (он принимал ложку или две Завтрака для Ру[13] после еды в качестве лекарства).

"But I think," said Piglet to Pooh (но Мне кажется, — сказал Пятачок Пуху), "that he's been strengthened quite enough (что он и так предостаточно укрепился: «стал укрепленным = его укрепили»)."

extract ['ekstrxkt], strengthen ['streNTqn], quite [kwaIt]

Which explains why he always lived at Kanga's house afterwards, and had Extract of Malt for breakfast, dinner, and tea. And sometimes, when Kanga thought he wanted strengthening, he had a spoonful or two of Roosbreakfast after meals as medicine.

"But I think," said Piglet to Pooh, "that he's been strengthened quite enough."

Chapter IIIIN WHICH A SEARCH IS ORGANIZED,AND PIGLET NEARLY MEETSTHE HEFFALUMP AGAIN

Глава 3В которой Организуется Поиск, а Пятачок чуть не встречается снова со Слонопотамом

Pooh was sitting in his house one day (однажды Пух сидел у себя в доме), counting his pots of honey (считая горшки с медом), when there came a knock on the door (когда в дверь раздался стук).

"Fourteen," said Pooh (четырнадцать, — сказал Пух). "Come in (войдите). Fourteen (четырнадцать). Or was it fifteen (или было пятнадцать)? Bother (тьфу-ты). That's muddled me (это сбило меня с толку)."

"Hallo, Pooh," said Rabbit (привет, Пух, — сказал Кролик).

"Hallo, Rabbit (привет, Кролик). Fourteen, wasn't it (четырнадцать, да)?

"What was (что было = чего /четырнадцать/)?"

"My pots of honey what I was counting (моих горшков с медом, которые я считал)."

knock [nOk], bother ['bODq], count [kaunt]

Pooh was sitting in his house one day, counting his pots of honey, when there came a knock on the door.

"Fourteen," said Pooh. "Come in. Fourteen. Or was it fifteen? Bother. That's muddled me."

"Hallo, Pooh," said Rabbit.

"Hallo, Rabbit. Fourteen, wasn't it?

"What was?"

"My pots of honey what I was counting."

"Fourteen, that's right (четырнадцать, /это/ точно)."

"Are you sure (ты уверен)?"

"No," said Rabbit (нет, — сказал Кролик). "Does it matter (это имеет значение)?"

"I just like to know," said Pooh humbly (я просто хотел бы знать, — сказал Пух кротко). "So as I can say to myself (так чтобы я мог сказать себе): 'I've got fourteen pots of honey left (у меня осталось четырнадцать горшков меда).' Or fifteen, as the case may be (или пятнадцать, как может оказаться: «как может быть случай»; as the case may be — в зависимости от обстоятельств). It's sort of comforting (это отчасти утешительно / утешает)."

"Well, let's call it sixteen," said Rabbit (ну, давай считать /что их/ шестнадцать; to call — считать, полагать). "What I came to say was (что я пришел сказать, так это = я пришел спросить вот о чем): Have you seen Small anywhere about (ты видел где-нибудь поблизости Малявку; small — маленький, мелкий; небольшой /по размеру/)?"

"I don't think so," said Pooh (я так не думаю = думаю, что нет, — сказал Пух). And then, after thinking a little more (а потом, еще немного подумав), he said: "Who is Small (он спросил: кто /такой/ Малявка)?"

right [raIt], case [keIs], anywhere ['enIwFq]

"Fourteen, that's right."

"Are you sure?"

"No," said Rabbit. "Does it matter?"

"I just like to know," said Pooh humbly. "So as I can say to myself: 'I've got fourteen pots of honey left.' Or fifteen, as the case may be. It's sort of comforting."

"Well, let's call it sixteen," said Rabbit. "What I came to say was: Have you seen Small anywhere about?"

"I don't think so," said Pooh. And then, after thinking a little more, he said: "Who is Small?"

"One of my friends-and-relations (один из моих друзей и родственников)," said Rabbit carelessly (сказал небрежно Кролик).

This didn't help Pooh much (это не очень помогло Пуху), because Rabbit had so many friends-and-relations (потому что у Кролика было так много друзей и родственников), and of such different sorts and sizes (и таких разных видов и размеров), that he didn't know (что он не знал) whether he ought to be looking for Small at the top of an oak-tree or in the petal of a buttercup (должен ли он искать = искать ли ему Малявку на верхушке дуба или в лепестке лютика).

"I haven't seen anybody to-day," said Pooh (я не видел сегодня никого, — сказал Пух), "not so as to say 'Hallo, Small!' to (не так, чтобы сказать = кому можно было бы сказать: привет, Малявка). Did you want him for anything (тебе он для чего-то понадобился)?"

"I don't want him," said Rabbit (он мне не нужен, — сказал Кролик). "But it's always useful to know (но всегда полезно знать) where a friend-and-relation is (где любой друг и родственник), whether you want him or whether you don't (нужен он тебе или нет)."

whether ['weDq], petal [petl], buttercup ['bAtqkAp]

"One of my friends-and-relations," said Rabbit carelessly.

This didn't help Pooh much, because Rabbit had so many friends-and-relations, and of such different sorts and sizes, that he didn't know whether he ought to be looking for Small at the top of an oak-tree or in the petal of a but­tercup.

"I haven't seen anybody to-day," said Pooh, "not so as to say 'Hallo, Small!' to. Did you want him for anything?"

"I don't want him," said Rabbit. "But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."

"Oh, I see," said Pooh (а, понятно, — сказал Пух). "Is he lost (он потерялся; to lose — терять)?"

"Well," said Rabbit (ну, — сказал Кролик), "nobody has seen him for a long time (никто его давно /не/ видел), so I suppose he is (поэтому я полагаю, что он /потерялся/). Anyhow," he went on importantly (как бы там ни было, — продолжал он важно), "I promised Christopher Robin I'd Organize a Search for him (я обещал Кристоферу Робину, что /я/ Организую Поиск его), so come on (так что идем)."

Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey (Пух нежно / сердечно попрощался со своими четырнадцатью горшками меда; to say good-bye — прощаться), and hoped they were fifteen (и надеялся, что их пятнадцать); and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest (и он и Кролик вышли в Лес).

"Now," said Rabbit (вот, — сказал Кролик), "this is a Search (это Поиск), and I've Organized it (и я Организовал его) —

"Done what to it?" said Pooh (сделал ему что? — спросил Пух).

promise ['prOmIs], organize ['LgqnaIz], search [sWC]

"Oh, I see," said Pooh. "Is he lost?"

"Well," said Rabbit, "nobody has seen him for a long time, so I suppose he is. Anyhow," he went on importantly, "I promised Christopher Robin I'd Organize a Search for him, so come on."

Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.

"Now," said Rabbit, "this is a Search, and I've Organized it —

"Done what to it?" said Pooh.

"Organized it (организовал его). Which means — well (что означает — ну), it's what you do to a Search (то, что ты делаешь с Поиском), when you don't all look in the same place at once (когда вы все не смотрите = ищете одновременно в одном и том же месте). So I want you, Pooh, to search by the Six Pine Trees first (поэтому я хочу, чтобы ты, Пух, поискал сначала у Шести Сосен), and then work your way towards Owl's House (а потом продвигался к Дому Филина; to work one’s way — продвигаться, пробираться), and look out for me there (и высматривал там меня; to look out for — высматривать, увидеть, подыскивать). Do you see (понятно: «ты видишь»)?"

"No," said Pooh (нет, — сказал Пух). "What (что) — "

"Then I'll see you at Owl's House in about an hour's time (тогда я увижусь / встречусь с тобой у Дома Филина приблизительно через час)."

"Is Piglet organized too (/а/ Пятачок тоже организован)?"

"We all are," said Rabbit, and off he went (мы все /организованы/, — сказал Кролик, и убежал; to go off — уходить, уезжать, убегать).

towards [tq'wLdz], hour [auq], once [wAns]

"Organized it. Which means — well, it's what you do to a Search, when you don't all look in the same place at once. So I want you, Pooh, to search by the Six Pine Trees first, and then work your way towards Owl's House, and look out for me there. Do you see?"

"No," said Pooh. "What — "

"Then I'll see you at Owl's House in about an hour's time."

"Is Piglet organized too?"

"We all are," said Rabbit, and off he went.

* * *

As soon as Rabbit was out of sight (как только Кролик исчез из виду), Pooh remembered that he had forgotten to ask who Small was (Пух вспомнил, что он забыл спросить, кто /такой/ Малявка), and whether he was the sort of friend-and-relation (и был ли он такой друг и родственник) who settled on one's nose (который садится кому-нибудь на нос: «на чей-то нос»), or the sort who got trodden on by mistake (или такой, на которого по ошибке наступаешь), and as it was Too Late Now (и так как Теперь было Слишком Поздно), he thought he would begin the Hunt by looking for Piglet (он подумал, что /он/ начнет Поиски с розыска Пятачка), and asking him what they were looking for (и спросит его, что = кого они ищут) before he looked for it (прежде чем он ищет его = станет его искать).

sight [saIt], forgotten [fq'gOtn], begin [bI'gIn]

As soon as Rabbit was out of sight, Pooh remembered that he had forgotten to ask who Small was, and whether he was the sort of friend-and-relation who settled on one's nose, or the sort who got trodden on by mistake, and as it was Too Late Now, he thought he would begin the Hunt by looking for Piglet, and asking him what they were looking for before he looked for it.

"And it's no good looking at the Six Pine Trees for Piglet (и без толку искать Пятачка у Шести Сосен)," said Pooh to himself (сказал себе Пух), "because he's been organized in a special place of his own (потому что он организован в своем особом месте). So I shall have to look for the Special Place first (поэтому мне придется сначала поискать Особое Место). I wonder where it is (интересно, где оно)." And he wrote it down in his head like this (и он записал у себя в голове следующее; like this — так: «подобно этому»):

special ['speSql], wonder ['wAndq], wrote [rqut]

"And it's no good looking at the Six Pine Trees for Piglet," said Pooh to himself, "because he's been organized in a special place of his own. So I shall have to look for the Special Place first. I wonder where it is." And he wrote it down in his head like this:

ORDER OF LOOKING FOR THINGS (порядок поиска вещей = чего-нибудь).

1. Special Place (Особое Место). (To find Piglet.) (найти Пятачка)

2. Piglet (Пятачок). (To find who Small is.) (установить, кто такой Малявка)

3. Small (Малявка). (To find Small.) (найти Малявку)

4. Rabbit (Кролик). (To tell him I've found Small.) (сказать ему, что я нашел Малявку)

5. Small Again (Снова Малявка). (To tell him I've found Rabbit.) (сказать ему, что я нашел Кролика)

order ['Ldq], look [luk], small [smLl]

ORDER OF LOOKING FOR THINGS.

1. Special Place. (To find Piglet.)

2. Piglet. (To find who Small is.)

3. Small. (To find Small.)

4. Rabbit. (To tell him I've found Small.)

5. Small Again. (To tell him I've found Rabbit.)

"Which makes it look like a bothering sort of day (что заставляет это походить на беспокойный день = из-за этого день кажется хлопотным)," thought Pooh, as he stumped along (подумал Пух, ковыляя: «когда он ковылял»).

The next moment the day became very bothering indeed (в следующую секунду день действительно стал очень хлопотным), because Pooh was so busy not looking where he was going (потому что Пух был так занят тем, что не смотрел, куда /он/ идет) that he stepped on a piece of the Forest which had been left out by mistake (что он ступил в часть Леса, которая была по ошибке исключена /из Поиска/; to leave out — пропускать, не включать, исключать); and he only just had time to think to himself (и он как раз лишь успел подумать про себя): "I'm flying (я лечу). What Owl does (что делает Филин = как Филин). I wonder how you stop (интересно, как останавливаются) — " when he stopped (когда он остановился).

Bump! (Бум!)

"Ow!" squeaked something (ой! — пискнул кто-то).

indeed [In'dJd], busy ['bIzI], how [hau]

"Which makes it look like a bothering sort of day," thought Pooh, as he stumped along.

The next moment the day became very bothering indeed, because Pooh was so busy not looking where he was going that he stepped on a piece of the Forest which had been left out by mistake; and he only just had time to think to him­self: "I'm flying. What Owl does. I wonder how you stop — " when he stopped.

Bump!

"Ow!" squeaked something.

"That's funny," thought Pooh (/это/ забавно, — подумал Пух). "I said 'Ow!' without really oo'ing (я сказал ой!, а на самом деле не ойкнул)."

"Help!" said a small, high voice (помогите! — сказал слабый высокий голосок).

"That's me again," thought Pooh (это опять я, — подумал Пух). "I've had an Accident (со мной случился Несчастный Случай), and fallen down a well (и я упал в колодец), and my voice has gone all squeaky and works (а мой голос стал очень писклявым и включается; to work — действовать, функционировать, срабатывать) before I'm ready for it (до того, как я к этому готов), because I've done something to myself inside (потому что я сделал что-то себе внутри). Bother (вот досада)!"

"Help-help (помогите-помогите)!"

without [wI'Daut], high [haI], accident ['xksIdqnt]

"That's funny," thought Pooh. "I said 'Ow!' without really oo'ing."

"Help!" said a small, high voice.

"That's me again," thought Pooh. "I've had an Accident, and fallen down a well, and my voice has gone all squeaky and works before I'm ready for it, because I've done some­thing to myself inside. Bother!"

"Help-help!"

"There you are (ну вот видите; there you are — ну, что я вам говорил?, ну вот, видите!, ну что?)! I say things when I'm not trying (я говорю /вещи/, когда /я/ не пытаюсь /говорить/). So it must be a very bad Accident (так что это, наверное, очень плохой = серьезный Несчастный Случай)." And then he thought (а потом он подумал) that perhaps when he did try to say things he wouldn't be able to (что, может быть, когда он попытается что-нибудь сказать, то он не сможет); so, to make sure, he said loudly (поэтому, чтобы убедиться, он громко сказал): "A Very Bad Accident to Pooh Bear (Очень Серьезный Несчастный Случай с Медведем Пухом)."

"Pooh!" squeaked the voice (Пух! — запищал голос).

"It's Piglet!" cried Pooh eagerly (это Пятачок! — крикнул в восторге Пух). "Where are you (где ты)?"

"Underneath," said Piglet in an underneath sort of way (под, — сказал Пятачок по-подному[14]).

"Underneath what (под чем)?"

"You," squeaked Piglet (/под/ тобой, — пропищал Пятачок). "Get up (вставай[15])!"

able [eIbl], underneath ["Andq'nJT], try [traI]

"There you are! I say things when I'm not trying. So it must be a very bad Accident." And then he thought that perhaps when he did try to say things he wouldn't be able to; so, to make sure, he said loudly: "A Very Bad Accident to Pooh Bear."

"Pooh!" squeaked the voice.

"It's Piglet!" cried Pooh eagerly. "Where are you?"

"Underneath," said Piglet in an underneath sort of way.

"Underneath what?"

"You," squeaked Piglet. "Get up!"

"Oh!" said Pooh, and scrambled up as quickly as he could (ах! — сказал Пух и вскочил как можно быстрее; to scramble — карабкаться). "Did I fall on you, Piglet (я /что/ упал на тебя, Пятачок)?"

"You fell on me," said Piglet (/да/, ты упал на меня, — сказал Пятачок) feeling himself all over (ощупывая себя со всех сторон).

"I didn't mean to," said Pooh sorrowfully (я не хотел, — сказал Пух горестно; to mean — намереваться; sorrow — горе, печаль, скорбь).

"I didn't mean to be underneath (я не хотел оказаться под)," said Piglet sadly (сказал грустно Пятачок). "But I'm all right now, Pooh (но я теперь в порядке, Пух), and I am so glad it was you (и я так рад, что это был ты)."

"What's happened?" said Pooh (что случилось? — спросил Пух). "Where are we (где мы)?"

scramble [skrxmbl], fall [fLl], sorrowfully ['sOrqfulI]

"Oh!" said Pooh, and scrambled up as quickly as he could. "Did I fall on you, Piglet?"

"You fell on me," said Piglet, feeling himself all over.

"I didn't mean to," said Pooh sorrowfully.

"I didn't mean to be underneath," said Piglet sadly. "But I'm all right now. Pooh, and I am so glad it was you."

"What's happened?" said Pooh. "Where are we?"

"I think we're in a sort of Pit (мне кажется, мы в какой-то Яме). I was walking along (я шел), looking for somebody (кого-то искал), and then suddenly I wasn't any more (а потом вдруг я уже больше не /шел и искал/), and just when I got up to see where I was (и как раз когда я встал, чтобы выяснить, где я), something fell on me (что-то свалилось на меня). And it was you (и это был ты)."

"So it was," said Pooh (так и было, — сказал Пух).

"Yes," said Piglet (да, — сказал Пятачок). "Pooh," he went on nervously (Пух, — продолжал он нервно), and came a little closer (и подошел немного ближе), "do you think we're in a Trap (ты думаешь, мы в Западне)?"

somebody ['sAmbqdI], nervously ['nWvqslI], little [lItl]

"I think we're in a sort of Pit. I was walking along, looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn't any more, and just when I got up to see where I was, something fell on me. And it was you."

"So it was," said Pooh.

"Yes," said Piglet. "Pooh," he went on nervously, and came a little closer, "do you think we're in a Trap?"

Pooh hadn't thought about it at all (Пух вообще не думал об этом), but now he nodded (но теперь он кивнул), for suddenly he remembered (так как он вдруг вспомнил) how he and Piglet had once made a Pooh Trap for Heffalumps (как он и Пятачок однажды сделали Пухову Западню для Слонопотамов), and he guessed what had happened (и он догадался, что произошло). He and Piglet had fallen into a Heffalump Trap for Poohs (он и Пятачок свалились в Слонопотамову Западню для Пухов)! That was what it was (вот что это было).

"What happens when the Heffalump comes (/а/ что будет, когда придет Слонопотам)?" asked Piglet trembling (спросил, дрожа, Пятачок), when he had heard the news (когда он услышал эту новость).

"Perhaps he won't notice you, Piglet (может быть, он не заметит тебя, Пятачок)," said Pooh encouragingly (сказал ободряюще Пух), "because you're a Very Small Animal (потому что ты Очень Маленькое Животное)."

guess [ges], news [njHz], encouragingly [In'kArIGINlI]

Pooh hadn't thought about it at all, but now he nodded, for suddenly he remembered how he and Piglet had once made a Pooh Trap for Heffalumps, and he guessed what had happened. He and Piglet had fallen into a Heffalump Trap for Poohs! That was what it was.

"What happens when the Heffalump comes?" asked Piglet trembling, when he had heard the news.

"Perhaps he won't notice you, Piglet," said Pooh encouragingly, "because you're a Very Small Animal."

"But he'll notice you, Pooh (но он заметит тебя, Пух)."

"He'll notice me, and I shall notice him (он заметит меня, а я замечу его),'" said Pooh, thinking it out (сказал Пух, добираясь до сути; to think out — додумать до конца; добраться до сути). "We'll notice each other for a long time (мы долго будем замечать друг друга), and then he'll say: 'Ho-ho (и тогда он скажет: хо-хо)!'

Piglet shivered a little at the thought of that "Ho-ho (Пятачок немного задрожал при мысли об этом Хо-хо)!" and his ears began to twitch (и у него начали подергиваться уши).

"W-what will you say?" he asked (/а/ ш-што[16] скажешь ты? — спросил он).

Pooh tried to think of something he would say (Пух попробовал придумать что-то, что он скажет), but the more he thought (но чем больше он думал), the more he felt that there is no real answer (тем больше он чувствовал, что НЕТ настоящего ответа) to "Ho-ho!" said by a Heffalump in the sort of voice (на ХО-хо!, сказанное Слонопотамом таким голосом) this Heffalump was going to say it in (/которым/ этот Слонопотам скажет его).

shiver ['SIvq], real [rIql], answer ['Rnsq]

"But he'll notice you, Pooh."

"He'll notice me, and I shall notice him,'" said Pooh, thinking it out. "We'll notice each other for a long time, and then he'll say: 'Ho-ho!',

Piglet shivered a little at the thought of that "Ho-ho!" and his ears began to twitch.

"W-what will you say?" he asked.

Pooh tried to think of something he would say, but the more he thought, the more he felt that there is no real answer to "Ho-ho!" said by a Heffalump in the sort of voice this Heffalump was going to say it in.

"I shan't say anything (я не скажу ничего)," said Pooh at last (сказал наконец Пух). "I shall just hum to myself (я просто буду напевать про себя), as if I was waiting for something (как будто я чего-то жду)."

"Then perhaps he'll say 'Ho-ho! again (тогда, возможно, он опять скажет Хо-хо)?" suggested Piglet anxiously (предположил обеспокоенно Пятачок).

"He will," said Pooh (/он/ скажет, — сказал Пух).

Piglet's ears twitched so quickly (уши у Пятачка задергались так быстро) that he had to lean them against the side of the Trap to keep them quiet (что ему пришлось прислонить их к стенке Западни, чтобы успокоить их).

shan't [SRnt], suggest [sq'Gest], against [q'genst]

"I shan't say anything," said Pooh at last. "I shall just hum to myself, as if I was waiting for something."

"Then perhaps he'll say 'Ho- ho! again?" suggested Piglet anxiously.

"He will," said Pooh.

Piglet's ears twitched so quickly that he had to lean them against the side of the Trap to keep them quiet.

"He will say it again," said Pooh (он скажет это еще раз, — сказал Пух), "and I shall go on humming (а я буду продолжать напевать). And that will Upset him (и это Огорчит его). Because when you say 'Ho-ho! twice, in a gloating sort of way (потому что когда ты говоришь два раза так торжествующе ХО-хо; to gloat — тайно злорадствовать, торжествовать), and the other person only hums (а другой /человек/ только напевает), you suddenly find (ты вдруг обнаруживаешь), just as you begin to say it the third time that — that — well (как раз, когда ты начинаешь говорить его в третий раз — это — ну), you find (ты обнаруживаешь) — "

"What (что)?"

"That it isn't," said Pooh (что это не, — сказал Пух).

"Isn't what (не что)?"

Pooh knew what he meant (Пух знал, что он имел в виду), but, being a Bear of Very Little Brain (но, будучи Мишкой с Очень Маленьким Умишком), couldn't think of the words (не мог придумать /нужных/ слов).

upset [Ap'set], gloating ['glqutIN], meant [ment]

"He will say it again," said Pooh, "and I shall go on humming. And that will Upset him. Because when you say 'Ho-ho! twice, in a gloating sort of way, and the other person only hums, you suddenly find, just as you begin to say it the third time that-that-well, you find — "

"What?"

"That it isn't," said Pooh.

"Isn't what?"

Pooh knew what he meant, but, being a Bear of Very Little Brain, couldn't think of the words.

"Well, it just isn't," he said again (ну, это просто не, — сказал он опять).

"You mean it isn't ho-ho-ish any more (ты хочешь сказать, это больше не хо-хо-йно)?" said Piglet hopefully (сказал Пятачок с надеждой).

Pooh looked at him admiringly (Пух восхищенно посмотрел на него) and said that that was what he meant (и сказал, что это именно то, что он имел в виду) — if you went on humming all the time (если ты будешь все время продолжать напевать), because you couldn't go on saying "Ho-ho!" for ever (потому что ты не можешь = нельзя же продолжать говорить Хо-хо всегда).

"But he'll say something else," said Piglet (но он скажет что-нибудь еще, — сказал Пятачок).

"That's just it (вот именно). He'll say: 'What's all this (он скажет: что все это /значит/)?' And then I shall say (и тогда я скажу) — and this is a very good idea, Piglet (и это очень хорошая мысль, Пятачок), which I've just thought of (которую я только что придумал) — I shall say (я скажу): 'It's a trap for a Heffalump which I've made (это западня для Слонопотама, которую сделал я), and I'm waiting for the Heffalump to fall in (и я жду, когда в нее свалится Слонопотам).' And I shall go on humming (и /я/ продолжу напевать). That will Unsettle him (это Выбьет его из Колеи; to unsettle — выбить из колеи, нарушить спокойствие, расстроить)."

admiringly [qd'maIqrINlI], idea [aI'dIq], good [gud]

"Well, it just isn't," he said again.

"You mean it isn't ho-ho-ish any more?" said Piglet hopefully.

Pooh looked at him admiringly and said that that was what he meant — if you went on humming all the time, because you couldn't go on saying "Ho-ho!" for ever.

"But he'll say something else," said Piglet.

"That's just it. He'll say: 'What's all this?' And then I shall say — and this is a very good idea, Piglet, which I've just thought of — I shall say: 'It's a trap for a Heffalump which I've made, and I'm waiting for the Heffalump to fall in.' And I shall go on humming. That will Unsettle him."

"Pooh!" cried Piglet (Пух! — вскричал Пятачок), and now it was his turn to be the admiring one (и теперь была его очередь восхищаться: «быть восхищающимся»). "You've saved us (ты спас нас)!"

"Have I?" said Pooh (да? — сказал Пух), not feeling quite sure (не ощущая полной уверенности: «не чувствуя /себя/ вполне уверенным»).

But Piglet was quite sure (а Пятачок был полностью уверен); and his mind ran on (и его ум летел дальше = и его мысли забегали вперед; to run on — продолжать бежать; продолжаться), and he saw Pooh and the Heffalump talking to each other (и он видел, как Пух и Слонопотам беседуют друг с другом), and he thought suddenly, and a little sadly (и он вдруг подумал и немного грустно = с некоторой грустью), that it would have been rather nice (что было бы довольно здорово) if it had been Piglet and the Heffalump talking so grandly to each other, and not Pooh (если бы беседовали так возвышенно друг с другом Пятачок и Слонопотам, а не Пух; grandly — грандиозно, величественно, благородно, знатно), much as he loved Pooh (хоть он и любил Пуха); because he really had more brain than Pooh (потому что у него в самом деле было больше мозгов / ума, чем у Пуха), and the conversation would go better (и разговор получился бы лучше) if he and not Pooh were doing one side of it (если бы он, а не Пух представлял одну сторону = одну из сторон в нем), and it would be comforting afterwards in the evenings to look back on the day (и /это/ было бы утешительно впоследствии по вечерам вспоминать этот день) when he answered a Heffalump back as bravely (когда он не давал спуску Слонопотаму так смело; to answer back — дерзить, грубить, не давать спуску, отвечать ударом на удар) as if the Heffalump wasn't there (словно Слонопотама там /и/ не было). It seemed so easy now (теперь это казалось так легко). He knew just what he would say (он знал точно, что он скажет):

turn [tWn], conversation ["kOnvq'seISn], bravely ['breIvlI]

"Pooh!" cried Piglet, and now it was his turn to be the admiring one. "You've saved us!"

"Have I?" said Pooh, not feeling quite sure.

But Piglet was quite sure; and his mind ran on, and he saw Pooh and the Heffalump talking to each other, and he thought suddenly, and a little sadly, that it would have been rather nice if it had been Piglet and the Heffalump talking so grandly to each other, and not Pooh, much as he loved Pooh; because he really had more brain than Pooh, and the conversation would go better if he and not Pooh were doing one side of it, and it would be comforting afterwards in the evenings to look back on the day when he answered a Heffalump back as bravely as if the Heffalump wasn't there. It seemed so easy now. He knew just what he would say:

HEFFALUMP (gloatingly) (Слонопотам (злорадно / торжествующе)): "Ho-ho (хо-хо)!"

PIGLET (carelessly) Пятачок (беспечно): "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la (тра-ля-ля, тра-ля-ля)."

HEFFALUMP (surprised, and not quite so sure of himself) (Слонопотам (удивленный и не совсем уверенный в себе)): "Ho-ho (хо-хо)!"

PIGLET (more carelessly still) (Пятачок (еще более беспечно)): "Tiddle-um-tum, tiddle-um-tum (трям-пум-пум, трям-пум-пум)."

HEFFALUMP (beginning to say Ho-ho and turning it awkwardly into a cough) (Слонопотам (начиная говорить Хо-хо и превращая его неловко в кашель)): "H'r'm! What's all this (Кх-х-х! что это все /значит/)?"

PIGLET (surprised) (Пятачок (удивленный)): "Hallo (привет)! This is a trap I've made (это западня, которую я сделал), and I'm waiting for a Heffalump to fall into it (и я жду, /когда/ в нее свалится Слонопотам)."

surprised [sq'praIzd], awkwardly ['LkwqdlI], cough [kOf]

HEFFALUMP (gloatingly): "Ho-ho!"

PIGLET (carelessly): "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la."

HEFFALUMP (surprised, and not quite so sure of himself): "Ho-ho!"

PIGLET (more carelessly still): "Tiddle-um-tum, tiddle-um-tum."

HEFFALUMP (beginning to say Ho-ho and turning it awkwardly into a cough): "H'r'm! What's all this?"

PIGLET (surprised): "Hallo! This is a trap I've made, and I'm waiting for a Heffalump to fall into it."

HEFFALUMP (greatly disappointed) (Слонопотам (сильно разочарованный): "Oh (ах)!" (After a long silence) (после долгого молчания): "Are you sure (ты уверен)?"

PIGLET: "Yes (Пятачок: да)."

HEFFALUMP: "Oh!" (nervously) (Слонопотам: ах! (нервно)): "I — I thought it was a trap I'd made to catch Piglets (я д-д-думал, это западня, которую сделал я для ловли Пятачков)."

PIGLET (surprised): "Oh, no (Пятачок (удивленный): о, нет)!"

HEFFALUMP: "Oh!" (apologetically) (Слонопотам: ах! (извиняющимся тоном)): "I — I must have got it wrong, then (тогда я, наверное, ошибся)."

PIGLET: "I'm afraid so (Пятачок: боюсь, что так)." (politely): "I'm sorry (вежливо: извини)." (He goes on humming.) (он продолжает напевать)

disappointed ["dIsq'pOIntId], silence ['saIlqns], afraid [q'freId]

HEFFALUMP (greatly disappointed): "Oh!" (After a long silence): "Are you sure?"

PIGLET: "Yes."

HEFFALUMP: "Oh!" (nervously): "I-I thought it was a trap I'd made to catch Piglets."

PIGLET (surprised): "Oh, no!"

HEFFALUMP: "Oh!" (apologetically): "I-I must have got it wrong, then."

PIGLET: "I'm afraid so." (politely): "I'm sorry." (He goes on humming.)

HEFFALUMP: Well — well — I — well (Слонопотам: ну, это, я). I suppose I'd better be getting back (я полагаю, мне лучше вернуться)?"

PIGLET (looking up carelessly) (Пятачок (небрежно поднимая взор)): "Must you (должен = думаешь)? Well, if you see Christopher Robin anywhere (ну, если увидишь где-нибудь Кристофера Робина), you might tell him I want him (/ты/ можешь сказать ему, что он мне нужен)."

HEFFALUMP (eager to please) (Слонопотам (горя желанием угодить): "Certainly! Certainly (конечно! конечно)!" (He hurries off.) (торопясь, убегает: «он торопится прочь»)

POOH (who wasn't going to be there, but we find we can't do without him) (Пух (которого не должно было быть там, но мы обнаруживаем, что мы не можем без него обойтись)): "Oh, Piglet, how brave and clever you are (ах, Пятачок, какой ты храбрый и умный)!"

PIGLET (modestly) (Пятачок (скромно)): "Not at all, Pooh (вовсе нет, Пух)." (And then, when Christopher Robin comes, Pooh can tell him all about it.) (а потому, когда придет Кристофер Робин, Пух может рассказать ему все об этом)

might [maIt], clever ['klevq], modest ['mOdIst]

HEFFALUMP: Well — well — I — well. I suppose I'd better be getting back?"

PIGLET (looking up carelessly): "Must you? Well, if you see Christopher Robin anywhere, you might tell him I want him."

HEFFALUMP (eager to please): "Certainly! Certainly!" (He hurries off.)

POOH (who wasn't going to be there, but we find we can't do without him): "Oh, Piglet, how brave and clever you are!"

PIGLET (modestly): "Not at all, Pooh." (And then, when Christopher Robin comes, Pooh can tell him all about it.)

While Piglet was dreaming his happy dream (пока Пятачок грезил свою счастливую грезу), and Pooh was wondering again whether it was fourteen or fifteen (а Пух снова спрашивал себя, четырнадцать /их/ или пятнадцать), the Search for Small was still going on all over the Forest (Поиск Малявки все еще продолжался по всему лесу). Small's real name was Very Small Beetle (настоящее имя Малявки было Очень Маленький = Малюсенький Жучок), but he was called Small for short (но его кратко звали Малявкой), when he was spoken to at all (когда с ним вообще заговаривали), which hardly ever happened (чего почти никогда /не/ случалось) except when somebody said: "Really, Small (за исключением /случая/, когда кто-нибудь говорил: действительно, Малявка = да ладно тебе / да что ты, Малявка)!" He had been staying with Christopher Robin for a few seconds (он гостил у Кристофера Робина уже несколько секунд), and he had started round a gorse-bush for exercise (и /он/ отправился в качестве упражнения = разминки вокруг утесникового куста), but instead of coming back the other way (но вместо того, чтобы вернуться с другой стороны), as expected (как ожидалось), he hadn't (он не вернулся), so nobody knew where he was (поэтому никто не знал, где он).

except [Ik'sept], exercise ['eksqsaIz], instead [In'sted]

While Piglet was dreaming his happy dream, and Pooh was wondering again whether it was fourteen or fifteen, the Search for Small was still going on all over the Forest. Small's real name was Very Small Beetle, but he was called Small for short, when he was spoken to at all, which hardly ever happened except when somebody said: "Really, Small!" He had been staying with Christopher Robin for a few seconds, and he had started round a gorse-bush for exercise, but instead of coming back the other way, as expected, he hadn't, so nobody knew where he was.

"I expect he's just gone home (я думаю, /что/ он просто ушел домой)," said Christopher Robin to Rabbit (сказал Кристофер Робин Кролику).

"Did he say Good-bye-and-thank-you-for-a-nice-time (он сказал До-свидания-и-спасибо-за-приятное-время/провождение/)?" said Rabbit (спросил Кролик).

"He's only just said how-do-you-do (он сказал лишь ‘здравствуйте’)," said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин).

"Ha!" said Rabbit (ха! — сказал Кролик). After thinking a little, he went on (подумав немного, он продолжал): "Has he written a letter saying how much he enjoyed himself (он написал письмо, в котором говорилось, как приятно он провел время /у тебя в гостях/; to enjoy oneself — проводить приятно время, получать удовольствие, развлекаться), and how sorry he was he had to go so suddenly (и как он извиняется за то, что ему пришлось уехать так внезапно)?"

Christopher Robin didn't think he had (Кристофер Робин полагал, /что не получал такого письма/).

expect [Iks'pekt], enjoy [In'GOI], gone [gOn]

"I expect he's just gone home," said Christopher Robin to Rabbit.

"Did he say Good-bye-and-thank-you-for-a-nice-time?" said Rabbit.

"He's only just said how-do-you-do," said Christopher Robin.

"Ha!" said Rabbit. After thinking a little, he went on: "Has he written a letter saying how much he enjoyed himself, and how sorry he was he had to go so suddenly?"

Christopher Robin didn't think he had.

"Ha!" said Rabbit again (ха! — сказал опять Кролик), and looked very important (и выглядел очень важно = и принял очень важный вид). "This is Serious (это Серьезно). He is Lost (он Потерялся). We must begin the Search at once (мы должны сейчас же начать Поиск)."

Christopher Robin, who was thinking of something else (Кристофер Робин, который думал о чем-то другом), said: "Where's Pooh (спросил: где Пух)?" — but Rabbit had gone (но Кролик /уже/ ушел = убежал). So he went into his house and drew a picture of Pooh (поэтому он вошел в свой дом и нарисовал картинку = портрет Пуха) going a long walk at about seven o'clock in the morning (идущего в дальний путь около семи часов утра), and then he climbed to the top of his tree and climbed down again (а потом он забрался на верхушку своего дерева и снова спустился), and then he wondered what Pooh was doing (а затем ему стало интересно, чем занимается Пух), and went across the Forest to see (и он пошел через Лес, чтобы узнать).

drew [drH], picture ['pIkCq], seven [sevn]

"Ha!" said Rabbit again, and looked very important. "This is Serious. He is Lost. We must begin the Search at once."

Christopher Robin, who was thinking of something else, said: "Where's Pooh?"-but Rabbit had gone. So he went into his house and drew a picture of Pooh going a long walk at about seven o'clock in the morning, and then he climbed to the top of his tree and climbed down again, and then he wondered what Pooh was doing, and went across the Forest to see.

It was not long before he came to the Gravel Pit (довольно скоро он пришел к Яме с Гравием), and he looked down (и заглянул вниз), and there were Pooh and Piglet (и там были Пух и Пятачок), with their backs to him (/со/ /своими/ спинками к нему), dreaming happily (счастливо грезящими = в сладких грезах).

"Ho-ho!" said Christopher Robin loudly and suddenly (Хо-хо! — сказал Кристофер Робин громко и неожиданно).

Piglet jumped six inches in the air with Surprise and Anxiety (Пятачок подпрыгнул на шесть дюймов[17] в воздух от Неожиданности и Тревоги), but Pooh went on dreaming (а Пух продолжал грезить).

gravel [grxvl], air [Fq], anxiety [xN'zaIqtI]

It was not long before he came to the Gravel Pit, and he looked down, and there were Pooh and Piglet, with their backs to him, dreaming happily.

"Ho-ho!" said Christopher Robin loudly and suddenly.

Piglet jumped six inches in the air with Surprise and Anxiety, but Pooh went on dreaming.

"It's the Heffalump (это Слонопотам)!" thought Piglet nervously (подумал нервно = беспокойно, испуганно Пятачок). "Now, then (а ну-ка)!" He hummed in his throat a little (он немного напел в горле), so that none of the words should stick (так чтобы ни одно из слов /не/ застряло там), and then, in the most delightfully easy way (а потом в самой восхитительно непринужденной манере), he said: "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la (он сказал: тра-ля-ля, тра-ля-ля)," as if he had just thought of it (как будто он только что это придумал). But he didn't look round (но он не оглянулся), because if you look round and see a Very Fierce Heffalump looking down at you (потому что если вы оглянетесь и увидите Очень Свирепого Слонопотама, глядящего на вас сверху), sometimes you forget what you were going to say (иногда вы забываете, что вы собирались сказать).

"Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um," said Christopher Robin in a voice like Pooh's (рум-тум-тум-тирли-пум, — сказал Кристофер Робин голосом, как у Пуха). Because Pooh had once invented a song which went (потому что Пух однажды сочинил песню, которая звучала /так/):

throat [Trqut], none [nAn], easy ['JzI]

"It's the Heffalump!" thought Piglet nervously. "Now, then!" He hummed in his throat a little, so that none of the words should stick, and then, in the most delightfully easy way, he said: "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la," as if he had just thought of it. But he didn't look round, because if you look round and see a Very Fierce Heffalump looking down at you, sometimes you forget what you were going to say.

"Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um," said Christopher Robin in a voice like Pooh's. Because Pooh had once invented a song which went:

Tra-la-la, tra-la-la,

Tra-la-la, tra-la-la,

Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um[18].

So whenever Christopher Robin sings it (и когда бы Кристофер Робин не пел ее), he always sings it in a Pooh-voice (он всегда поет ее Пуховым голосом), which seems to suit it better (который, кажется, подходит ей лучше).

"He's said the wrong thing (он сказал не то)," thought Piglet anxiously (подумал обеспокоенно Пятачок). "He ought to have said, 'Ho-ho!' again (он должен был сказать еще раз Хо-хо). Perhaps I had better say it for him (может быть, мне лучше сказать это за него)." And, as fiercely as he could, Piglet said: "Ho-ho (и как можно свирепее Пятачок сказал: Хо-хо)!"

"How did you get there, Piglet (как ты туда попал, Пятачок)?" said Christopher Robin in his ordinary voice (спросил Кристофер Робин /своим/ обычным голосом).

suit [sjHt], fiercely ['fIqslI], ordinary ['LdnrI]

So whenever Christopher Robin sings it, he always sings it in a Pooh-voice, which seems to suit it better.

"He's said the wrong thing," thought Piglet anxiously. "He ought to have said, 'Ho-ho!' again. Perhaps I had better say it for him." And, as fiercely as he could, Piglet said: "Ho-ho!"

"How did you get there, Piglet?" said Christopher Robin in his ordinary voice.

"This is Terrible," thought Piglet (это Ужасно, — подумал Пятачок). "First he talks in Pooh's voice (сначала он говорит голосом Пуха), and then he talks in Christopher Robin's voice (а потом он говорит голосом Кристофера Робина), and he's doing it so as to Unsettle me (и он делает это, чтобы Выбить меня из Колеи; to settle — поселить, водворить; to unsettle — сдвигать с места; выбивать из колеи, тревожить)." And being now Completely Unsettled (и будучи теперь Совершенно Выбитым из Колеи), he said very quickly and squeakily (он сказал очень быстро и пискляво; to squeak — пищать): "This is a trap for Poohs (это западня для Пухов), and I'm waiting to fall in it (а я жду, когда свалюсь в нее), ho-ho, what's all this (хо-хо, что все это /значит/, and then I say ho-ho again (и потом я опять говорю хо-хо)."

"What?" said Christopher Robin (что? — спросил Кристофер Робин).

"A trap for ho-ho's," said Piglet huskily (западня для хо-хоев, — сказал Пятачок хрипло). "I've just made it (я только что сделал ее), and I'm waiting for the ho-ho to come-come (и я жду, /когда/ придет-придет хо-хо)."

completely [kqm'plJtlI], huskily ['hAskIlI], terrible ['terqbl]

"This is Terrible," thought Piglet. "First he talks in Pooh's voice, and then he talks in Christopher Robin's voice, and he's doing it so as to Unsettle me." And being now Completely Unsettled, he said very quickly and squeakily: "This is a trap for Poohs, and I'm waiting to fall in it, ho-ho, what's all this, and then I say ho-ho again."

"What?" said Christopher Robin.

"A trap for ho-ho's," said Piglet huskily. "I've just made it, and I'm waiting for the ho-ho to come-come."

How long Piglet would have gone on like this (как долго Пятачок продолжал бы так = в том же духе) I don't know (я не знаю), but at that moment Pooh woke up suddenly (но в этот момент Пух неожиданно пробудился / очнулся) and decided that it was sixteen (и решил, что /их/ шестнадцать). So he got up (поэтому он встал); and as he turned his head (и когда он повернул /свою/ голову) so as to soothe himself in that awkward place in the middle of the back (чтобы облегчить себя = неприятные ощущения в этом неудобном / труднодоступном месте посредине спины) where something was tickling him (где что-то щекотало его), he saw Christopher Robin (он увидел Кристофера Робина).

"Hallo!" he shouted joyfully (привет! — радостно крикнул он).

"Hallo, Pooh (привет, Пух)."

soothe [sHD], tickling ['tIklIN], joyfully ['GOIfulI]

How long Piglet would have gone on like this I don't know, but at that moment Pooh woke up suddenly and decided that it was sixteen. So he got up; and as he turned his head so as to soothe himself in that awkward place in the middle of the back where something was tickling him, he saw Christopher Robin.

"Hallo!" he shouted joyfully.

"Hallo, Pooh."

Piglet looked up (Пятачок посмотрел вверх), and looked away again (и снова отвел взгляд). And he felt so Foolish and Uncomfortable (и он почувствовал себя так Глупо и Неудобно) that he had almost decided to run away to Sea and be a Sailor (что он едва не решил убежать на Море и стать Моряком), when suddenly he saw something (когда вдруг он что-то увидел).

"Pooh!" he cried (Пух! — крикнул он). "There's something climbing up your back (что-то = кто-то карабкается у тебя по спине)."

"I thought there was," said Pooh (я так и думал, — сказал Пух).

"It's Small!" cried Piglet (это Малявка! — закричал Пятачок).

"Oh, that’s who it is, is it?" said Pooh (а, так вот кто это такой, — сказал Пух).

"Christopher Robin, I've found Small!" cried Piglet (Кристофер Робин, я нашел Малявку! — прокричал Пятачок).

almost ['Llmqust], sailor ['seIlq] climb [klaIm]

Piglet looked up, and looked away again. And he felt so Foolish and Uncomfortable that he had almost decided to run away to Sea and be a Sailor, when suddenly he saw something.

"Pooh!" he cried. "There's something climbing up your back."

"I thought there was," said Pooh.

"It's Small!" cried Piglet.

"Oh, that’s who it is, is it?" said Pooh.

"Christopher Robin, I've found Small!" cried Piglet.

"Well done, Piglet (молодец: «хорошо сделано», Пятачок)," said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин). And at these encouraging words Piglet felt quite happy again (и при этих ободряющих словах Пятачок вновь почувствовал себя совершенно счастливым), and decided not to be a Sailor after all (и решил в конце концов не быть Моряком = не идти в Моряки). So when Christopher Robin had helped them out of the Gravel Pit (и когда Кристофер Робин помог им выбраться из Ямы с Гравием), they all went off together hand-in-hand (они пошли все вместе рука об руку).

And two days later Rabbit happened to meet Eeyore in the Forest (а двумя днями позже Кролику посчастливилось встретить в Лесу Иа).

done [dAn], decide [dI'saId], together [tq'geDq]

"Well done, Piglet," said Christopher Robin. And at these encouraging words Piglet felt quite happy again, and decided not to be a Sailor after all. So when Christopher Robin had helped them out of the Gravel Pit, they all went off together hand-in-hand.

And two days later Rabbit happened to meet Eeyore in the Forest.

"Hallo, Eeyore," he said (привет, Иа, — сказал он), "what are you looking for (что ты ищешь)?" "Small, of course," said Eeyore (Малявку, конечно, — сказал Иа). "Haven't you any brain (у тебя /что/ нет мозгов)?"

"Oh, but didn't I tell you (ах, разве я не говорил тебе)?" said Rabbit (спросил Кролик). "Small was found two days ago (Малявку нашли: «Малявка был найден» два дня назад)."

There was a moment's silence (последовало минутное молчание).

"Ha-ha," said Eeyore bitterly (ха-ха, — сказал горько Иа). "Merriment and what-not (веселье и все такое; merry — веселый; радостный). Don't apologize (не извиняйся). It's just what would happen (это просто то, что обычно случается / что должно было случиться)."

bitterly ['bItqlI], merriment ['merImqnt], apologize [q'pOlqGaIz]

"Hallo, Eeyore," he said, "what are you looking for?" "Small, of course," said Eeyore. "Haven't you any brain?"

"Oh, but didn't I tell you?" said Rabbit. "Small was found two days ago."

There was a moment's silence.

"Ha-ha," said Eeyore bitterly. "Merriment and what-not. Don't apologize. It's just what would happen."

Chapter IVIN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT TIGGERS DON'T CLIMB TREES

Глава 4В которой показано, что Тигеры не лазят по деревьям

One day when Pooh was thinking (однажды когда Пух думал), he thought he would go and see Eeyore (он придумал, что /он/ пойдет и навестит Иа), because he hadn't seen him since yesterday (потому что он не видел его со вчерашнего дня). And as he walked through the heather (и когда он шел через вереск), singing to himself (напевая себе), he suddenly remembered (он вдруг вспомнил) that he hadn't seen Owl since the day before yesterday (что /он/ не видел Филина с позавчерашнего дня), so he thought that he would just look in at the Hundred Acre Wood on the way and see (поэтому он подумал, что /он/ лишь заглянет в Сто-Акровый Лес по пути и выяснит) if Owl was at home (дома ли Филин).

yesterday ['jestqdI], heather ['heDq], acre ['eIkq]

One day when Pooh was thinking, he thought he would go and see Eeyore, because he hadn't seen him since yesterday. And as he walked through the heather, singing to himself, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Owl since the day before yesterday, so he thought that he would just look in at the Hundred Acre Wood on the way and see if Owl was at home.

Well, he went on singing (ну, он продолжал напевать), until he came to the part of the stream where the stepping-stones were (пока не пришел к той части ручья, где были камни для перехода), and when he was in the middle of the third stone (и когда он был на середине третьего камня) he began to wonder how Kanga and Roo and Tigger were getting on (он начал интересоваться = ему стало интересно, как поживают Кенга и Ру и Тигер; to get on — делать успехи, преуспевать; уживаться, ладить), because they all lived together in a different part of the Forest (потому что они все жили вместе в другой части Леса). And he thought (и он подумал), "I haven't seen Roo for a long time (я долгое время не видел Ру), and if I don't see him to-day it will be a still longer time (и если я не повидаюсь с ним сегодня, то это /время/ будет еще дольше)." So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream (и он сел на камень посреди ручья), and sang another verse of his song (и спел еще один куплет своей песни), while he wondered what to do (пока он спрашивал себя, что делать). The other verse of the song was like this (другой куплет песни был = звучал так):

third [TWd], another [q'nADq], verse [vWs]

Well, he went on singing, until he came to the part of the stream where the stepping-stones were, and when he was in the middle of the third stone he began to wonder how Kanga and Roo and Tigger were getting on, because they all lived together in a different part of the Forest. And he thought, "I haven't seen Roo for a long time, and if I don't see him to-day it will be a still longer time." So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream, and sang another verse of his song, while he wondered what to do. The other verse of the song was like this:

I could spend a happy morning (я мог бы провести счастливое утро)

Seeing Roo (повидавшись с Ру),

I could spend a happy morning (я мог бы провести счастливое утро)

Being Pooh (будучи Пухом).

For it doesn't seem to matter (так как, кажется, не /очень/ важно),

If I don't get any fatter (если я не стану /при этом/ толще = не растолстею)

(And I don't get any fatter (а я не толстею)),

What I do (что /именно/ я делаю).

could [kud], doesn't [dAznt], fatter ['fxtq]

I could spend a happy morning

Seeing Roo,

I could spend a happy morning

Being Pooh.

For it doesn't seem to matter,

If I don't get any fatter

(And I don't get any fatter),

What I do.

The sun was so delightfully warm (солнце было таким восхитительно теплым), and the stone, which had been sitting in it for a long time, was so warm, too (а камень, который уже долго сидел на нем = находился на солнце, был тоже таким теплым), that Pooh had almost decided to go on being Pooh in the middle of the stream for the rest of the morning (что Пух чуть не решил продолжать быть Пухом посредине ручья оставшуюся часть утра), when he remembered Rabbit (когда он вспомнил Кролика = о Кролике).

"Rabbit," said Pooh to himself (Кролик, — сказал себе Пух). "I like talking to Rabbit (я люблю поговорить с Кроликом).

delightfully [dI'laItfulI], warm [wLm], being ['bJIN]

The sun was so delightfully warm, and the stone, which had been sitting in it for a long time, was so warm, too, that Pooh had almost decided to go on being Pooh in the middle of the stream for the rest of the morning, when he remem­bered Rabbit.

"Rabbit," said Pooh to himself. "I like talking to Rabbit.

He talks about sensible things (он говорит о разумных вещах). He doesn't use long, difficult words, like Owl (он не пользуется длинными, сложными словами, как Филин). He uses short, easy words (он использует короткие, легкие / нетрудные слова), like 'What about lunch?' and 'Help yourself, Pooh (такие, как: как насчет обеда? и угощайся, Пух).' I suppose, really, I ought to go and see Rabbit (я полагаю, действительно, мне нужно пойти /и/ проведать Кролика)."

Which made him think of another verse (которое = и это заставило его придумать еще один куплет = благодаря этому он сочинил еще один куплет):

sensible ['sensqbl], difficult ['dIfIkqlt], use [jHz]

He talks about sensible things. He doesn't use long, diffi­cult words, like Owl. He uses short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?' and 'Help yourself, Pooh.' I suppose, really, I ought to go and see Rabbit."

Which made him think of another verse:

Oh, I like his way of talking (ах, мне нравится, как он говорит),

Yes, I do (да, нравится).

It's the nicest way of talking (это лучший способ беседы)