‘It’s too far for your little fat legs (это слишком далеко для твоих маленьких толстеньких ножек),’ said Tegumai (сказал Тегумай). ‘Besides, you might fall into the beaver-swamp and be drowned (кроме того, ты можешь упасть в бобровое болото и утонуть). We must make the best of a bad job (мы не должны унывать;
spear [spIq], leather ['leDq], sinew ['sInjH]
Here’s a pretty kettle of fish!’ said Tegumai. ‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’
‘There’s your big black spear at home,’ said Taffy. ‘Let me run back to the Cave and ask Mummy to give it me.’
‘It’s too far for your little fat legs,’ said Tegumai. ‘Besides, you might fall into the beaver-swamp and be drowned. We must make the best of a bad job.’ He sat down and took out a little leather mendy-bag, full of reindeer sinews and strips of leather, and lumps of bee’s-wax and resin, and began to mend the spear. Taffy sat down too, with her toes in the water and her chin in her hand, and thought very hard. Then she said — ‘I say, Daddy, it’s an awful nuisance that you and I don’t know how to write, isn’t it? If we did we could send a message for the new spear.’
‘Taffy,’ said Tegumai (Тэффи, — сказал Тегумай), ‘how often have I told you not to use slang (как часто =
Just then a Stranger-man came along the river (как раз тогда к реке вышел Незнакомец), but he belonged to a far tribe, the Tewaras (но он принадлежал к далекому племени, Теварцам), and he did not understand one word of Tegumai’s language (и он не понимал ни одного слова на языке Тегумая). He stood on the bank and smiled at Taffy (он стал на берегу и улыбнулся Тэффи), because he had a little girl-daughter of his own at home (потому что у него дома была своя маленькая девочка-дочка). Tegumai drew a hank of deer-sinews from his mendy-bag and began to mend his spear (Тегумай вытащил моток оленьих сухожилий из своей ремонтной сумки и начал чинить копье;
often [Ofn], convenience [kqn'vJnIqns], language ['lxNgwIG]
‘Taffy,’ said Tegumai, ‘how often have I told you not to use slang? “Awful” isn’t a pretty word, — but it