At noon, he woke up every Monday.
He began to lament:
– Oh, dear! Oh, dear! See here! See here!
– Again overslept my Weekend.
He rushed from his house in different socks.
On his way he stumbled and his head he cocked,
Poor old man, Johnny Grundy!
DINA (ДИНА) – BALERINA (БАЛЕРИНА)
Once (однажды) a big (большая) elephant (слониха) Dina (Дина)
Became (стала) ballerina (балериной),
One day (однажды), she (она) took to the stage (вышла на сцену),
And (и) she (она) started (начала) her (свой) dancing (танец) with (со) passion (страстью), with (с) rage (азартом).
Jumping (прыгая), she (она) broke (сломала) two (две) ballet (балетные) scenes (сцены),
Thrice (трижды) trampled (затоптала) a few (несколько) ballerinas (балерин).
The whole (всей) troupe (труппой) kicked her off (выпроваживала ее со) the stage (сцены).
Once a big elephant Dina
Became ballerina,
One day, she took to the stage,
And she started her dancing with passion, with rage.
Jumping), she broke two ballet scenes,
Thrice trampled a few ballerinas.
The whole troupe kicked her off the stage.
ANIMAL (ЖИВОТНЫЕ) RIDDLES (ЗАГАДКИ)
A big (большое), green (зеленое), log (бревно) swims (плывет) in (в) a Nile (Ниле).
Beware! (осторожно) It (это) is a… Crocodile (крокодил).
A big, green, log swims in a Nile.
Beware! It is a… Crocodile.
In (в) a forest (лесу) there’s (там) a prickly (колючий) ball (мячик).
He (он) can (может) run (бегать) and (и) he (он) can (может) roll (сворачиваться клубком) … Hedgehog (ежик).
In a forest, there is a prickly ball,
He may run and he may roll… Hedgehog.
She’s (она) like (похожа на) a beautiful (красивый) flower (цветок) that (который) can (может) fly (летать),
And (и) we (мы) call (зовем) it (ее) … Butterfly (бабочка).
She’s like a beautiful flower that can fly,
And we call it… Butterfly.
In (в) the ground (земле) he (он) made (сделал) a hole (нору).
Little (маленький) blind (слепой) digger (землекоп) … Mole (крот).
In the ground he made a hole,
Little blind digger… Mole.
She (она) caught (поймала) two (две) mice (мышки),
She (она) caught (словила) a rat (крысу),
My (моя) fluffy (пушистая) darling (дорогая) purring (мурчащая) … Cat (кошка).
She caught two mice,
She caught a rat,
My fluffy darling purring… Cat.
I (я) sat (сел) on (на) his (его) back (спину) and (и) galloped (ускакал) away (прочь),