Английские волшебные сказки / English Fairy Tales

But just as he was stretching out his hand to catch Nix Nought Nothing his daughter took out her magic flask and dashed it on the ground. And as it broke, out of it welled a big, big wave that grew, and that grew, till it reached the giant’s waist and then his neck, and when it got to his head, he was drowned dead, and dead, and dead indeed.

But Nix Nought Nothing fled on till where do you think they came to? Why, to near the castle of Nix Nought Nothing’s father and mother. But the giant’s daughter was so weary that she couldn’t move a step further. So Nix Nought Nothing told her to wait there while he went and found out a lodging for the night.

And he went on towards the lights of the castle (и он пошел дальше к огням замка), and on the way (и по пути) he came to the cottage of the hen-wife (он пришел к домику птичницы) whose boy (чей мальчик), you’ll remember (/как/ вы запомните), had been killed by the giant (был убит великаном). Now she knew Nix Nought Nothing in a moment (она узнала Ничего-Ничего-Ничего тут же: «в мгновение»), and hated him (и возненавидела его) because he was the cause of her son’s death (потому что он был причиной смерти ее сына). So when he asked his way to the castle (так что когда он спросил, как ему добраться до замка: «спросил свой путь к замку»), she put a spell upon him (она наложила чары на него), and when he got to the castle (и когда он добрался до замка), no sooner was he let in than (как только он был впущен внутрь: «не скорее был он впущен внутрь, чем») he fell down dead asleep (он упал крепко: «мертво» спящий = крепко уснул; to fall asleep – засыпать) upon a bench in the hall (на лавке в зале). The king and queen tried all they could do (король и королева перепробовали все, что они могли сделать) to wake him up (чтобы разбудить его), but all in vain (но все напрасно). So the king promised (поэтому король пообещал) that if any maiden (что если какая-нибудь девушка) could wake him (сможет разбудить его) she could marry him (она сможет выйти за него замуж).

towards

[t’w:dz], cause [k:z], death [de]

And he went on towards the lights of the castle, and on the way he came to the cottage of the hen-wife whose boy, you’ll remember, had been killed by the giant. Now she knew Nix Nought Nothing in a moment, and hated him because he was the cause of her son’s death. So when he asked his way to the castle, she put a spell upon him, and when he got to the castle, no sooner was he let in than he fell down dead asleep upon a bench in the hall. The king and queen tried all they could do to wake him up, but all in vain. So the king promised that if any maiden could wake him she could marry him.