And the Hare said to him, 'Why art thou weeping? And what dost thou seek in the wood?'
And the Star-Child answered, 'I am seeking for a piece of yellow gold that is hidden here, and if I find it not my master will beat me, and keep me as a slave.'
'Follow me,' cried the Hare, and it ran through the wood till it came to a pool of water. And at the bottom of the pool the piece of yellow gold was lying.
'How shall I thank thee (как мне отблагодарить тебя)?' said the Star-Child, 'for lo (ведь подумать только)! this is the second time (это уже второй раз) that you have succoured me (когда ты пришел мне на помощь в трудную минуту).'
'Nay, but thou hadst pity on me first (нет, ведь ты же первый сжалился надо мной),' said the Hare, and it ran away swiftly (и проворно убежал прочь).
And the Star-Child took the piece of yellow gold (и Звездный Мальчик взял монету из желтого золота;
lo [lqV] succour ['sAkq] hurry ['hArI] knelt [nelt]
'How shall I thank thee?' said the Star-Child, 'for lo! this is the second time that you have succoured me.'
'Nay, but thou hadst pity on me first,' said the Hare, and it ran away swiftly.
And the Star-Child took the piece of yellow gold, and put it in his wallet, and hurried to the city. But the leper saw him coming, and ran to meet him, and knelt down and cried, 'Give me a piece of money or I shall die of hunger.'
And the Star-Child said to him, 'I have in my wallet but one piece of yellow gold (у меня в котомке всего одна монета из желтого золота), and if I bring it not to my master (но если я не принесу ее моему хозяину) he will beat me (он побьет меня) and keep me as his slave (и оставит меня своим рабом).'
But the leper entreated him sore (но прокаженный слезно умолял его;
And when he came to the Magician's house (и когда он пришел к дому Волшебника;
loaded ['lqVdId] chain [tSeIn] again [q'ge(I)n]
And the Star-Child said to him, 'I have in my wallet but one piece of yellow gold, and if I bring it not to my master he will beat me and keep me as his slave.'
But the leper entreated him sore, so that the Star-Child had pity on him, and gave him the piece of yellow gold.