Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

This glade in the ring of trees was evidently a meeting-place of the wolves. More and more kept coming in. They left guards at the foot of the tree in which Dori and Bilbo were, and then went sniffling about till they had smelt out every tree that had anyone in it. These they guarded too, while all the rest (hundreds and hundreds it seemed) went and sat in a great circle in the glade; and in the middle of the circle was a great grey wolf. He spoke to them in the dreadful language of the Wargs. Gandalf understood it. Bilbo did not, but it sounded terrible to him, and as if all their talk was about cruel and wicked things, as it was. Every now and then all the Wargs in the circle would answer their grey chief all together, and their dreadful clamour almost made the hobbit fall out of his pine-tree.

I will tell you what Gandalf heard (я расскажу вам, что услышал Гэндальф), though Bilbo did not understand it (хотя Бильбо и не понял этого). The Wargs and the goblins (Варги и гоблины) often helped one another (часто помогали друг другу) in wicked deeds (в злобных проделках). Goblins do not usually venture very far from their mountains (гоблины обычно не отваживаются отправляться очень далеко от своих гор), unless they are driven out (если только их не изгоняют) and are looking for new homes (и они не вынуждены искать новые жилища), or are marching to war (или не маршируют на войну) (which I am glad to say has not happened for a long while (которой, как я рад сообщить, не случалось уже долгое время)). But in those days (но в те дни) they sometimes used to go on raids (они иногда, бывало, совершали набеги), especially to get food (особенно, чтобы добыть пищи) or slaves to work for them (или рабов, чтобы те работали на них). Then they often got the Wargs to help (тогда они часто призывали Варгов на помощь) and shared the plunder with them (и делили добычу с ними). Sometimes they rode on wolves (иногда они передвигались верхом на волках; to ride — скакать, ехать верхом) like men do on horses (как люди на лошадях). Now it seemed (теперь, как оказалось) that a great goblin-raid had been planned for that very night (что грандиозный гоблиновский налет был запланирован на эту самую ночь). The Wargs had come to meet the goblins (Варги пришли, чтобы встретить гоблинов) and the goblins were late (а гоблины опоздали). The reason, no doubt, was the death of the Great Goblin (причиной, без сомнения, была смерть Великого Гоблина), and all the excitement caused by the dwarves (и все те волнения, вызванные гномами) and Bilbo and the wizard (и Бильбо, и волшебником), for whom they were probably still hunting (которых они, возможно, все еще разыскивали; to hunt — охотиться, ловить).

raid [reɪd] slave [sleɪv] cause [kɔ: z]