When it was all over
(после того как все закончилось) I had to stay in bed for two weeks (мне пришлось две недели провести в постели). I had been badly bruised by the animal (я был ужасно помят животным;When I was better
(когда я выздоровел = по выздоровлении), I went to see the King to thank him (я отправился к королю, чтобы поблагодарить его) for looking after me so well (за то, что обо мне так хорошо заботились). He asked me how it felt to be held in the monkey's paw (он спросил меня, что я чувствовал, находясь в лапе у обезьяны: «каково это — быть удерживаемым в…»), whether I liked the monkey's food (понравилась ли мне обезьянья еда) and whether the fresh air on the roof had given me an appetite (и способствовал ли свежий воздух на крыше моему аппетиту). What would I have done, he wanted to know (он пожелал узнать, что бы я делал), if something like that had happened to me in my own country (если бы нечто подобное случилось со мной на родине).bruise [bru:z], permitted [pə'mɪtɪd], appetite [‘æpɪtaɪt]
When it was all over I had to stay in bed for two weeks. I had been badly bruised by the animal and I felt very weak. The King and Queen and many other people asked after my health every day. The Queen also came to visit me several times while I lay sick. The monkey was killed and no such animal was permitted in the palace from that time on.
When I was better, I went to see the King to thank him for looking after me so well. He asked me how it felt to be held in the monkey's paw, whether I liked the monkey's food and whether the fresh air on the roof had given me an appetite. What would I have done, he wanted to know, if something like that had happened to me in my own country.