Английский с Редьярдом Киплингом. Рикки-Тикки-Тави / Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - страница 12

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Then Rikki-tikki went out into the garden to see what was to be seen. It was a large garden, only half cultivated, with bushes, as big as summer-houses, of Marshal Niel roses, lime and orange trees, clumps of bamboos, and thickets of high grass. Rikki-tikki licked his lips. “This is a splendid hunting-ground,” he said, and his tail grew bottle-brushy at the thought of it, and he scuttled up and down the garden, snuffing here and there till he heard very sorrowful voices in a thorn-bush.

It was Darzee, the Tailorbird, and his wife (это был Дарзи, Птица-портной, и его жена). They had made a beautiful nest by pulling two big leaves together (они устроили прекрасное гнездо, cтянув два больших листа; to pull – тянуть, тащить; натягивать, растягивать; together – вместе) and stitching them up the edges with fibers (и сшив их края волокнами /листьев/; to stitch – шить, пришивать; fiber – волокно), and had filled the hollow with cotton and downy fluff (а пустое пространство наполнили хлопком и мягким пухом; hollow – полость, пустое пространство /внутри чего-либо/; downy – пушистый, покрытый пухом; пуховый /сделанный из пуха/; мягкий, ласковый). The nest swayed to and fro (гнездо покачивалось туда-сюда; to sway – качать/ся/, колебать/ся/), as they sat on the rim and cried (а они сидели на его краю и плакали; to cry – кричать; плакать, рыдать).

“What is the matter (в чем дело)?” asked Rikki-tikki (спросил Рикки-Тикки).

“We are very miserable (мы очень несчастны),” said Darzee. “One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday (один из наших малышей вчера выпал из гнезда; to fall out – выпадать), and Nag ate him (и Наг съел его; to eat).”

“H’m (гм)!” said Rikki-tikki, “that is very sad (это очень печально) – but I am a stranger here (но я здесь посторонний = недавно; stranger – иностранец, чужестранец; незнакомец, посторонний). Who is Nag (кто такой Наг)?”


It was Darzee, the Tailorbird, and his wife. They had made a beautiful nest by pulling two big leaves together and stitching them up the edges with fibers, and had filled the hollow with cotton and downy fluff. The nest swayed to and fro, as they sat on the rim and cried.

“What is the matter?” asked Rikki-tikki.

“We are very miserable,” said Darzee. “One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag ate him.”

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