Eagles are not kindly birds (орлы не добренькие птицы). Some are cowardly and cruel (некоторые из них — трусливые и жестокие). But the ancient race (но древний род /орлов/) of the northern mountains (из северных гор) were the greatest of all birds (был величайшим из всех /родов/ птиц); they were proud (они были гордыми) and strong (и сильными) and noble-hearted (и благородными: «с благородным сердцем»). They did not love goblins (им не нравились гоблины), or fear them (и они не боялись их). When they took any notice of them at all (когда они вообще замечали их) (which was seldom (что случалось редко), for they did not eat such creatures (потому как они не едят таких существ)), they swooped on them (они внезапно налетали на них) and drove them shrieking back to their caves (и гнали их с криками назад, к их пещерам), and stopped whatever wickedness they were doing (и пресекали любые злодеяния, которые те делали;
cowardly [ˈkaʋǝdlɪ] creature [ˈkri: tʃǝ] hate [heɪt] fear [fɪǝ]
Eagles are not kindly birds. Some are cowardly and cruel. But the ancient race of the northern mountains were the greatest of all birds; they were proud and strong and noble-hearted. They did not love goblins, or fear them. When they took any notice of them at all (which was seldom, for they did not eat such creatures), they swooped on them and drove them shrieking back to their caves, and stopped whatever wickedness they were doing. The goblins hated the eagles and feared them, but could not reach their lofty seats, or drive them from the mountains.
Tonight the Lord of the Eagles was filled with curiosity (сегодня ночью Повелитель Орлов был переполнен любопытством) to know what was afoot (и хотел знать, что же затевалось;
A very good thing too (это тоже было очень хорошим делом)! Dreadful things had been going on down there (ужасные вещи свершались там внизу). The wolves that had caught fire (те волки, что загорелись) and fled into the forest (и убежали в лес) had set it alight in several places (подожгли его в нескольких местах). It was high summer (стояла середина лета;
curiosity [kjʋ (ǝ) rɪˈɔsɪtɪ] alight [ǝˈlaɪt] caught [kɔ: t]