Английский язык с О. Уайльдом. Счастливый принц и другие сказки / Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince And Other Tales

`I knew (я знала; to know (knew, known)) I should create a great sensation (что я произведу огромную сенсацию; to create — создавать, творить; произвести),' gasped the Rocket (задыхаясь, произнесла Ракета; to gasp — дышать с трудом, задыхаться), and he went out (и потухла; to go (went, gone) out — выходить; погаснуть).

heard [hə:d] goose[gu:s] heaven ['hev(ə)n] create [kri'eit]sensation [sen'sei∫(ə)n]

But nobody heard him, not even the two little boys, for they were sound asleep.

Then all that was left of him was the stick, and this fell down on the back of a Goose who was taking a walk by the side of the ditch.

`Good heavens!' cried the Goose. `It is going to rain sticks;' and she rushed into the water.

`I knew I should create a great sensation,' gasped the Rocket, and he went out.