Английский язык с А. А. Милном. Винни-Пух. Часть 1

“We say 'Aha!' so that Kanga knows (мы скажем ага!, чтобы Кенга знала) that we know where Baby Roo is (что мы знаем, где Крошка Ру). 'Aha!' means 'We'll tell you where Baby Roo is (ага! означает: мы скажем тебе, где Крошка Ру), if you promise to go away from the Forest and never come back (если ты пообещаешь убраться из Леса и никогда /не/ возвращаться).' Now don't talk while I think (теперь не разговаривайте, пока я буду думать).”

practising ['prxktIsIN], humbly ['hAmblI], stolen ['stquln]

“Aha!” said Pooh, practising. “Aha! Aha!... Of course,” he went on, “we could say 'Aha!' even if we hadn't stolen Baby Roo.”

“Pooh,” said Rabbit kindly, “you haven't any brain.”

“I know,” said Pooh humbly.

“We say 'Aha!' so that Kanga knows that we know where Baby Roo is. 'Aha!' means 'We'll tell you where Baby Roo is, if you promise to go away from the Forest and never come back.' Now don't talk while I think.”

Pooh went into a corner and tried saying 'Aha!' in that sort of voice (Пух пошел в угол и пробовал говорить ага! таким голосом). Sometimes it seemed to him (иногда ему казалось) that it did mean what Rabbit said (что это значило то, что сказал Кролик), and sometimes it seemed to him that it didn't (а иногда /это/ ему казалось, что нет). “I suppose it's just practice,” he thought (/я/ полагаю, что это всего лишь /вопрос/ практики, — думал он). “I wonder if Kanga will have to practise too so as to understand it (интересно, нужно ли будет практиковаться Кенге тоже, чтобы понять это).”

corner ['kLnq], sometimes ['sAmtaImz], suppose [sq'pquz]

Pooh went into a corner and tried saying 'Aha!' in that sort of voice. Sometimes it seemed to him that it did mean what Rabbit said, and sometimes it seemed to him that it didn't. “I suppose it's just practice,” he thought. “I wonder if Kanga will have to practise too so as to understand it.”

“There's just one thing (есть только один момент),” said Piglet, fidgeting a bit (сказал Пятачок, немного ерзая). “I was talking to Christopher Robin (я говорил с Кристофером Робином), and he said that a Kanga was Generally Regarded as One of the Fiercer Animals (и он сказал, что Кенга Вообще Считается /как/ Одним из Свирепейших Животных). I am not frightened of Fierce Animals in the ordinary way (я не боюсь Свирепых Животных при обычных обстоятельствах), but it is well known that if One of the Fiercer Animals is Deprived of Its Young (но хорошо известно, что если Одно из Свирепейших Животных Лишить Его Детеныша; to deprive — лишать; deprived — лишенный), it becomes as fierce as Two of the Fiercer Animals (оно становится /таким/ свирепым, как Два из Свирепейших Животных). In which case 'Aha!' is perhaps a foolish thing to say (в котором случае = в этом случае, возможно, глупо говорить ага!).”

“Piglet,” said Rabbit, taking out a pencil (Пятачок, — сказал Кролик, вытаскивая карандаш), and licking the end of it, “you haven't any pluck (и облизывая его кончик, — в тебе нет храбрости).”

“It is hard to be brave (трудно быть отважным),” said Piglet, sniffing slightly (сказал Пятачок, легонько сопя), “when you're only a Very Small Animal (когда ты всего лишь Очень Маленькое Животное).”

fidget ['fIGIt], ordinary ['LdnrI], young [jAN]

“There's just one thing,” said Piglet, fidgeting a bit. “I was talking to Christopher Robin, and he said that a Kanga was Generally Regarded as One of the Fiercer Animals. I am not frightened of Fierce Animals in the ordinary way, but it is well known that if One of the Fiercer Animals is Deprived of Its Young, it becomes as fierce as Two of the Fiercer Animals. In which case 'Aha!' is perhaps a foolish thing to say.”

“Piglet,” said Rabbit, taking out a pencil, and licking the end of it, “you haven't any pluck.”

“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you're only a Very Small Animal.”

Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said (Кролик, который начал очень деловито писать, поднял глаза и сказал):

“It is because you are a very small animal (именно потому, что ты очень маленькое животное) that you will be Useful in the adventure before us (ты будешь Полезен в приключении перед нами = которое нам предстоит).”