So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it
(так что людоед сел за завтрак и съел его), but every now and then (но время от времени: «каждый сейчас и затем») he would mutter (он бормотал): ‘Well, I could have sworn (я мог бы поклясться;After breakfast was over
(после того как завтрак был окончен), the ogre called out (людоед позвал): ‘Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp (жена, жена, принеси мне мою золотую арфу).’ So she brought it (так что она принесла ее) and put it on the table before him (и положила ее на стол перед ним). Then he said (тогда он сказал): ‘Sing (пой)!’ and the golden harp sang most beautifully (и золотая арфа пела прекраснейше: «наиболее прекрасно»). And it went on singing (и она продолжала петь;Then Jack lifted up the copper-lid very quietly
(тогда Джек приподнял вверх крышку котла очень тихо) and got down like a mouse (и спустился вниз, как мышь) and crept on hands and knees (и полз на четвереньках: «на руках и коленях») till he came to the table (пока он не добрался до стола), when up he crawled (когда =So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it, but every now and then he would mutter: ‘Well, I could have sworn —’ and he’d get up and search the larder and the cupboards and everything, only, luckily, he didn’t think of the copper.
After breakfast was over, the ogre called out: ‘Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp.’ So she brought it and put it on the table before him. Then he said: ‘Sing!’ and the golden harp sang most beautifully. And it went on singing till the ogre fell asleep, and commenced to snore like thunder.
Then Jack lifted up the copper-lid very quietly and got down like a mouse and crept on hands and knees till he came to the table, when up he crawled, caught hold of the golden harp and dashed with it towards the door. But the harp called out quite loud: ‘Master! Master!’ and the ogre woke up just in time to see Jack running off with his harp.