Английский язык с Л. Ф. Баумом - Волшебник страны Оз

"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 = охраняли их, как обычно).

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 = не успели они уйти далеко, как они услышали глухой гул; rumble — громыхание, грохот, гул), as of the growling of many wild animals (похожий на рычание множества диких животных).

dark [dɑːk], rumble [rʌmbl], growling [ˈɡraulɪŋ]

"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; to whimper — хныкать, ныть; скулить /о собаке/), but none of the others was frightened (но никто из остальных /путешественников/ не испугался), and they kept along the well-trodden path (и они шли по хорошо протоптанной тропинке; to tread — ступать, шагать; протаптывать) until they came to an opening in the wood (пока не добрались до просеки в лесу; opening — отверстие, щель; вырубка в лесу, просека, прогалина), in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety (где собрались сотни зверей всех видов; variety — многообразие, разнообразие; вид, разновидность). There were tigers (там были тигры) and elephants (и слоны) and bears (и медведи) and wolves (и волки) and foxes (и лисы) and all the others in the natural history (и все другие /животные, известные/ в естествознании; natural — естественный, природный), and for a moment Dorothy was afraid (и на какое-то мгновение Дороти испугалась). But the Lion explained that the animals were holding a meeting (но Лев объяснил, что животные проводили собрание; to hold — держать; провести, устроить, организовать /мероприятие/), and he judged by their snarling and growling (и что, судя по их рычанию и ворчанию, он /пришел к выводу/; to judge — судить, выносить приговор; составлять мнение /о чем-либо/, делать вывод) that they were in great trouble (что они были в большом затруднении).

whimper [ˈwɪmpə], well-trodden [ˌwel’trɒdn], variety [və’raɪətɪ], history [ˈhɪst(ə)rɪ], snarl [snɑːl]

Toto whimpered a little, but none of the others was frightened, and they kept along the well-trodden path until they came to an opening in the wood, in which were gathered hundreds of beasts of every variety. There were tigers and elephants and bears and wolves and foxes and all the others in the natural history, and for a moment Dorothy was afraid. But the Lion explained that the animals were holding a meeting, and he judged by their snarling and growling that they were in great trouble.