And knowing all that was in their hearts (и, зная все, что было в их сердцах), he put on the shape of an old squaw (он принял облик старой скво) and went into the council-house (и вошел в дом совета = в дом, где проходило заседание совета). And he sat down by two witches (и он сел рядом с двумя ведьмами; to sit down): one was the Porcupine (одна была Дикобраз), the other the Toad (другая — Жаба); as women they sat there (в облике женщин: «как женщины» они сидели там). Of them the Master asked humbly how they expected to kill him (их Хозяин спросил кротко, как они надеялись убить его; humble — скромный, застенчивый; покорный, смиренный; простой; to expect — ожидать; надеяться, предполагать). And the Toad answered savagely (и Жаба ответила грубо; savage — дикий /находящийся в первобытном состоянии, не подвергшийся воздействию человека/; грубый), "What is that to thee (что тебе до этого), and what hast thou to do with this thing (и какое отношение ты имеешь к этому; hast — /уст./ 3-е л. ед.ч. от to have; to have to do with smth. — /разг./ иметь какое-то отношение к чему-либо)?"
heart [hRt], squaw [skwL], women [`wImIn], answer [`Q:nsq], savagely [`sxvIGlI], thou [Dau]
And knowing all that was in their hearts, he put on the shape of an old squaw and went into the council-house. And he sat down by two witches: one was the Porcupine, the other the Toad; as women they sat there. Of them the Master asked humbly how they expected to kill him. And the Toad answered savagely, "What is that to thee, and what hast thou to do with this thing?"
"Truly (в самом деле)," he replied (ответил он; to reply), "I meant no harm (я не имел в виду ничего плохого; to mean; harm — вред, ущерб)," and saying this he softly touched the tips of their noses (и, говоря так, он слегка дотронулся до кончиков их носов; soft — мягкий, приятный), and rising went his way (и, поднявшись, пошел по своим делам; to go one’s way; way — путь; сторона). But the two witches, looking one at the other (но две ведьмы, глядя друг на друга), saw presently that their noses were both gone (увидели теперь, что носы обеих исчезли; both — оба, обе и т. п.; presently — ныне, теперь; некоторое время спустя), and they screamed aloud in terror (и они завизжали громко от ужаса), but their faces were none the less flat (но их лица остались, тем не менее, плоскими). And so it came (и так получилось; to come — зд. наступать, случаться, происходить) that the Toad and the Porcupine both lost their noses (что Дикобраз и Жаба потеряли свои носы) and have none to this day (и не имеют /их/ до сего дня; none — никто, ничто; ничего и т. п.)
reply [rIp`laI], harm [hRm], noses [`nquzIz], aloud [q`laud], both [bquT], none [nAn]
"Truly," he replied, "I meant no harm," and saying this he softly touched the tips of their noses, and rising went his way. But the two witches, looking one at the other, saw presently that their noses were both gone, and they screamed aloud in terror, but their faces were none the less flat. And so it came that the Toad and the Porcupine both lost their noses and have none to this day.