Английский язык с Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города

"My second command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda "will be that they carry you safely to the land of the Winkies. Your brain may not be so large to look at as those of the Scarecrow, but you are really brighter than he is — when you are well polished — and I am sure you will rule the Winkies wisely and well." Then the Witch looked at the big, shaggy Lion and asked, "When Dorothy has returned to her own home, what will become of you?"

"Over the hill of the Hammer-Heads," he answered, "lies a grand old forest, and all the beasts that live there have made me their King. If I could only get back to this forest, I would pass my life very happily there."

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys (моим третьим приказанием Крылатым Обезьянам)," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest (будет /приказание/ отнести тебя в твой лес). Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap (затем, полностью использовав силу Золотой Шапки; to use up — израсходовать, использовать), I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys (я отдам ее Королю Обезьян), that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore (чтобы он и его стая могли навечно стать свободными)."

The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness (тогда Страшила, Железный Дровосек и Лев от всей души: «искренне» поблагодарили Добрую Ведьму за ее доброту; earnest — серьезный, важный; искренний); and Dorothy exclaimed (а Дороти воскликнула): "You are certainly as good as you are beautiful (ты действительно столь же добрая, сколь и красивая)! But you have not yet told me how to get back to Kansas (но ты еще не сказала мне, как мне вернуться в Канзас)."

power ['pauq], thereafter [De(q)'rQ:ftq], earnestly ['q:nIstlI], kindness ['kaIndnIs]

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore." The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed: "You are certainly as good as you are beautiful! But you have not yet told me how to get back to Kansas."

"Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert (твои Серебряные Башмаки перенесут тебя через пустыню)," replied Glinda. "If you had known their power (если бы ты знала об их силе) you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country (ты могла бы вернуться к своей Тетушке Эм в самый первый день, когда ты прибыла в эту страну)."

"But then I should not have had my wonderful brains (но тогда бы я не получил свои удивительные мозги)!" cried the Scarecrow (воскликнул Страшила). "I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield (и я мог бы провести всю свою жизнь на фермерском кукурузном поле)."

"And I should not have had my lovely heart (а я не получил бы свое прекрасное сердце)," said the Tin Woodman. "I might have stood and rusted in the forest till the end of the world (я мог бы стоять и ржаветь в лесу до самого конца света)."

"And I should have lived a coward forever (а я был вечно жил трусом)," declared the Lion, "and no beast in all the forest would have had a good word to say to me (и ни у одного зверя во всем лесу не нашлось бы для меня доброго слова, /чтобы сказать его мне/)."

wonderful ['wAndqful], farmer ['fQ:mq], cornfield ['kO:nfi:ld]

"Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert," replied Glinda.

"If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country."

"But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!" cried the Scarecrow.

"I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield."

"And I should not have had my lovely heart," said the Tin Woodman.

"I might have stood and rusted in the forest till the end of the world."

"And I should have lived a coward forever," declared the Lion, "and no beast in all the forest would have had a good word to say to me."

"This is all true (все это правда)," said Dorothy, "and I am glad I was of use to these good friends (и я рада, что пригодилась: «была полезной» моим добрым друзьям). But now that each of them has had what he most desired (а теперь, когда каждый из них получил то, что он желал больше всего), and each is happy in having a kingdom to rule besides (и, кроме того, каждый из них счастлив и имеет по королевству, /в котором будет/ править), I think I should like to go back to Kansas (я думаю, что мне хотелось бы вернуться в Канзас)."