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

Its legs were quite as long as the tiger had said (его лапы были почти что такими длинными, как сказал тигр), and its body covered with coarse black hair (и его туловище было покрыто жесткой черной шерстью; coarse — грубый; hair — волосы; шерсть). It had a great mouth, with a row of sharp teeth a foot long (у него была огромная пасть с рядом острых зубов, футом длиной; mouth — рот, уста); but its head was joined to the body by a neck as slender as a wasp’s waist (но его голова была присоединена к телу шеей, столь же тонкой, как осиная талия). This gave the Lion a hint of the best way to attack the creature (это подсказало Льву лучший способ нападения на эту тварь; hint — намек, совет), and as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep than awake (и, так как он знал, что сразиться со спящим /пауком/ было легче, чем с бодрствующим; awake — не спящий, проснувшийся, бодрствующий), he gave a great spring and landed directly upon the monster’s back (то он огромным прыжком приземлился прямо на спину монстра; spring — прыжок, скачок; land — земля, суша; to land — высаживаться /на берег/; приземляться, делать посадку).

coarse [kɔːs], pudgy [ˈpʌdʒɪ], wasp [wɒsp], waist [weɪst], hint [hɪnt]

Its legs were quite as long as the tiger had said, and its body covered with coarse black hair. It had a great mouth, with a row of sharp teeth a foot long; but its head was joined to the pudgy body by a neck as slender as a wasp’s waist. This gave the Lion a hint of the best way to attack the creature, and as he knew it was easier to fight it asleep than awake, he gave a great spring and landed directly upon the monster’s back.

Then, with one blow of his heavy paw (затем, одним ударом своей тяжелой лапы), all armed with sharp claws (/вооруженной/ острыми когтями; arms — оружие; armed — вооруженный), he knocked the spider’s head from its body (он сбил голову паука с его тела; to knock — ударять, бить). Jumping down, he watched it until the long legs stopped wiggling (спрыгнув вниз, он наблюдал за /монстром/, пока его длинные лапы не перестали шевелиться; to wiggle — покачивать, крутить; колебаться), when he knew it was quite dead (пока он не понял, что тот был совершенно мертв).

The Lion went back to the opening (Лев вернулся назад, на просеку) where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him and said proudly (где все звери леса ожидали его, и гордо сказал): "You need fear your enemy no longer (вам больше не надо бояться своего врага)."

Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion as their King (после чего звери поклонились Льву как своему Королю), and he promised to come back and rule over them (и он пообещал вернуться и править ими) as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas (как только Дороти благополучно будет на пути в Канзас).

blow [bləʊ], paw [pɔː], claw [klɔː], wiggle [wɪɡl]

Then, with one blow of his heavy paw, all armed with sharp claws, he knocked the spider’s head from its body. Jumping down, he watched it until the long legs stopped wiggling, when he knew it was quite dead.

The Lion went back to the opening where the beasts of the forest were waiting for him and said proudly: "You need fear your enemy no longer." Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion as their King, and he promised to come back and rule over them as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.

22. The Country of the Quadlings (Страна Кводлингов)