"Not a bit of it (нисколько)," answered the Lion. "I should like to live here all my life (я бы хотел прожить здесь всю свою жизнь). See how soft the dried leaves are under your feet (посмотри, какие мягкие сухие листья под ногами) and how rich and green the moss is that clings to these old trees (и какой густой и зеленый мох покрывает эти старые деревья;
"Perhaps here are wild beasts in the forest now (возможно, здесь уже живут дикие животные в этом лесу)," said Dorothy.
delightful [dI'laItful], gloomy ['glu:mI], moss [mOs], cling [klIN]
"This forest is perfectly delightful," declared the Lion, looking around him with joy. "Never have I seen a more beautiful place."
"It seems gloomy," said the Scarecrow.
"Not a bit of it," answered the Lion. "I should like to live here all my life. See how soft the dried leaves are under your feet and how rich and green the moss is that clings to these old trees. Surely no wild beast could wish a pleasanter home."
"Perhaps there are wild beasts in the forest now," said Dorothy.
"I suppose there are (полагаю, что живут)," returned the Lion, "but I do not see any of them about (но я не вижу ни одного из них поблизости)."
They walked through the forest until it became too dark to go any farther (они шли по лесу, пока не стало слишком темно, чтобы идти дальше). Dorothy and Toto and the Lion lay down to sleep (Дороти, Тото и Лев прилегли поспать), while the Woodman and the Scarecrow kept watch over them as usual (тогда как Дровосек и Страшила несли караул =
When morning came, they started again (когда наступило утро, они снова отправились в путь). Before they had gone far they heard a low rumble (до того, как они ушли далеко =
dark [dQ:k], rumble [rAmbl], growling ['graulIN]
"I suppose there are," returned the Lion, "but I do not see any of them about." They walked through the forest until it became too dark to go any farther. Dorothy and Toto and the Lion lay down to sleep, while the Woodman and the Scarecrow kept watch over them as usual.
When morning came, they started again. Before they had gone far they heard a low rumble, as of the growling of many wild animals.
Toto whimpered a little (Тото тихо заскулил;
whimper ['wImpq], well-trodden ["wel'trOdn], variety [vq'raIqtI], history ['hIst(q)rI], snarl [snQ:l]