playing ['pleɪɪŋ], caught [kɔ:t], paw [pɔ:]
The animal jumped into Glumdalclitch's room and began leaping up and down and playing with her things. I saw him coming towards my box and I ran to hide in the corner. He peeped in my windows, grinning and chattering all the time. He soon caught sight of me. If only I had kept a cool head, I could have hidden under my bed. He put his paw in through my door. I tried to move along the wall and reach the far corner of my room. But he caught my coat and dragged me out.
He took me in his right paw (она взяла меня в правую лапу) and held me like a baby (и держала = стала держать как ребенка). I tried to struggle (я попытался сопротивляться; to struggle — бороться; биться, отбиваться) but he squeezed me so hard (но она так сильно сжала меня) I thought it best to lie still (что я счел за лучшее лежать спокойно). He stroked my face with his other paw (другой лапой она гладила мое лицо = меня по лицу). I think he took me for a baby monkey (думаю, она приняла меня за детеныша обезьяны).
Hearing a noise at the door of Glumdalclitch's room (услышав шум у двери комнаты Глюмдалклич), he leaped up to the window (обезьяна скакнула к окну) and out on the roof (/а оттуда/ на крышу). He climbed onto a roof that was next to ours, walking on three paws and holding me in the fourth (идя = передвигаясь на трех лапах и держа меня в четвертой, она перелезла/перебралась на крышу соседней постройки: «крышу, которая была ближайшей к нашей»). I could hear Glumdalclitch screaming behind me (я услышал позади себя крик Глюмдальклич) as we went through the window (/в ту минуту/ когда обезьяна выбиралась со мной из окна: «мы проходили через окно»).
struggle ['strʌɡ(ə)l], squeeze [skwi:z], climbed [klaɪmd]
He took me in his right paw and held me like a baby. I tried to struggle but he squeezed me so hard I thought it best to lie still. He stroked my face with his other paw. I think he took me for a baby monkey.
Hearing a noise at the door of Glumdalclitch's room, he leaped up to the window and out on the roof. He climbed onto a roof that was next to ours, walking on three paws and holding me in the fourth. I could hear Glumdalclitch screaming behind me as we went through the window.
Within minutes (/уже/ через несколько минут) people seemed to be running in every direction in that part of the palace (люди в этой части дворца, казалось, начали бегать во всех направлениях). Servants brought up ladders (слуги несли лестницы; to bring up — подвозить; подносить). Hundreds of people were standing in the yard below staring up at the monkey (сотни людей стояли во дворе внизу, глядя вверх на обезьяну).
He sat, still holding me like a baby in one paw (она сидела, все так же держа меня, как младенца, в одной лапе). He was trying to feed me with his other paw (другой лапой она пыталась меня накормить), having squeezed out some filthy meat from his cheek (выдавив из-за щеки какую-то грязную еду). And when I wouldn't eat (а когда/если я отказывался есть) he began patting me (она начинала меня шлепать). The people below couldn't help laughing (люди /стоящие/ внизу не могли сдержать смеха; cannot help doing smth. — быть не в состоянии удержаться от чего-л.) when they saw this (когда они это видели). I don't blame them (я не осуждаю их /за это/) when I think about it now (когда думаю об этом теперь). It was probably a ridiculous sight for everyone except me (вероятно, это было смехотворное зрелище для всех кроме меня).
direction [d(a)ɪ’rekʃ(ə)n], staring ['stɛərɪŋ], filthy ['fɪlθɪ]
Within minutes people seemed to be running in every direction in that part of the palace. Servants brought up ladders. Hundreds of people were standing in the yard below staring up at the monkey.
He sat, still holding me like a baby in one paw. He was trying to feed me with his other paw, having squeezed out some filthy meat from his cheek. And when I wouldn't eat he began patting me. The people below couldn't help laughing when they saw this. I don't blame them when I think about it now. It was probably a ridiculous sight for everyone except me.
Some people began throwing stones (некоторые стали швырять камнями), hoping to force the monkey to climb down (надеясь заставить обезьяну слезть /с крыши/). This was soon stopped (скоро это было запрещено; to stop — останавливать/ся/; прекращать/ся/; пресекать, запрещать). If one of the stones had hit me (если бы один из камней попал в меня; to hit — ударять /по чему-л./; попадать) I could have been killed (я, вероятно, был бы убит). By this time several men had started to climb the ladders (тем временем несколько мужчин /уже/ начали взбираться/подниматься по лестницам). Seeing this and feeling himself surrounded (увидев это и почувствовав себя окруженной), the monkey dropped me on the roof (обезьяна бросила меня на крыше) and ran off (и убежала). There I sat, holding on to the edge of a tile (и вот я там сидел, держась за край черепичной плитки), some five hundred yards from the ground (на высоте около пятисот ярдов от земли). I expected the wind to blow me down any minute (каждую минуту я ожидал, что меня сдует ветер). But one of the young men finally reached me (но наконец один из парней добрался до меня). Putting me into his pocket (положив меня в карман), he brought me safely down again (он благополучно доставил меня вниз).
throw [‘θrəʋ], edge [edʒ], young [jʌŋ]
Some people began throwing stones, hoping to force the monkey to climb down. This was soon stopped. If one of the stones had hit me I could have been killed. By this time several men had started to climb the ladders. Seeing this and feeling himself surrounded, the monkey dropped me on the roof and ran off. There I sat, holding on to the edge of a tile, some five hundred yards from the ground. I expected the wind to blow me down any minute. But one of the young men finally reached me. Putting me into his pocket, he brought me safely down again.
When it was all over (после того как все закончилось) I had to stay in bed for two weeks (мне пришлось две недели провести в постели). I had been badly bruised by the animal (я был ужасно помят животным; to bruise — ушибать; ставить синяки; помять) and I felt very weak (и чувствовал себя очень слабо). The King and Queen and many other people (король, королева и многие другие люди) asked after my health every day (каждый день осведомлялись о моем здоровье). The Queen also came to visit me several times (королева также несколько раз навещала меня) while I lay sick (пока я болел: «лежал больным»). The monkey was killed (обезьяну убили) and no such animal was permitted in the palace from that time on (и с этого времени было запрещено держать во дворце подобных животных: «никакое подобное животное во дворце не допускалось»).
When I was better (когда я выздоровел = по выздоровлении), I went to see the King to thank him (я отправился к королю, чтобы поблагодарить его) for looking after me so well (за то, что обо мне так хорошо заботились). He asked me how it felt to be held in the monkey's paw (он спросил меня, что я чувствовал, находясь в лапе у обезьяны: «каково это — быть удерживаемым в…»), whether I liked the monkey's food (понравилась ли мне обезьянья еда) and whether the fresh air on the roof had given me an appetite (и способствовал ли свежий воздух на крыше моему аппетиту). What would I have done, he wanted to know (он пожелал узнать, что бы я делал), if something like that had happened to me in my own country (если бы нечто подобное случилось со мной на родине).
