Аннотация 12 страница. 4 Towards evening the giant was gaining the upper hand (начал брат верх; to gain – выигрывать; добывать; зарабатывать)

4 Towards evening the giant was gaining the upper hand (начал брат верх; to gain – выигрывать; добывать; зарабатывать), and the cowboy, growing weak (становясь слабым = все больше слабея), would have been killed (был бы убит); but the thought of his parents and the daughter of the king of Erin gave him strength, and he swept the five heads off the giant, and threw them over the wall after he had put the tongues in his pocket.

5 Then the cowboy drove home his cattle; and the Gruagach didn't know what to do with the milk of the five golden cows, there was so much of it.

6 But when the cowboy was on the way home with the cattle, the son of the king of Tisean came, took the five heads of the giant, and hurried (поспешил) to the king of Erin.

7 "You have won my daughter now," said the king of Erin when he saw the heads; "but you'll not get her unless you tell me what stops the Gruagach Gaire from laughing."

thought [θo:t] laugh [lα:f]

1 Next morning he drove the cattle still farther, and came to green woods and a strong wall. Putting his back to the wall, he threw in a great piece of it, and going in, threw out another piece. Then he drove the five golden cows and the bull without horns to the land inside, ate sweet apples himself, and threw down sour ones to the cattle.

2 The son of the king of Tisean came and carried off the heads as on the day before.

3 Presently a third giant came crashing through the woods, and a battle followed more terrible than the other two.

4 Towards evening the giant was gaining the upper hand, and the cowboy, growing weak, would have been killed; but the thought of his parents and the daughter of the king of Erin gave him strength, and he swept the five heads off the giant, and threw them over the wall after he had put the tongues in his pocket.

5 Then the cowboy drove home his cattle; and the Gruagach didn't know what to do with the milk of the five golden cows, there was so much of it.

6 But when the cowboy was on the way home with the cattle, the son of the king of Tisean came, took the five heads of the giant, and hurried to the king of Erin.

7 "You have won my daughter now," said the king of Erin when he saw the heads; "but you'll not get her unless you tell me what stops the Gruagach Gaire from laughing."

1 On the fourth morning the cowboy rose before his master, and the first words he said to the Gruagach were:

2 "What keeps you from laughing (что удерживает тебя от смеха, мешает тебе смеяться), you who used to laugh so loud (тебя, который имел обыкновение смеяться, обычно смеялся так громко) that the whole world heard you?"

3 "I'm sorry (сожалею, жаль)," said the Gruagach, "that the daughter of the king of Erin sent you here (послала тебя сюда)."

4 "If you don't tell me of your own will (по своей собственной воле), I'll make you tell me (я заставлю тебя сказать мне)," said the cowboy and he put a face on himself (и он сделал такое лицо: «надел на себя такое лицо») that was terrible to look at (что было страшно на него смотреть), and running through the house like a madman (и бегая по дому, как безумец), could find nothing that would give pain enough (не мог найти ничего, что бы сделало достаточно больно: «дало бы достаточно боли») to the Gruagach but some ropes (кроме веревок) made of untanned sheepskin (сделанных из недубленой овечьей кожи; tan – дубильная кора; to tan – дубить кожу) hanging on the wall (висящих на стене).

5 He took these down (он снял их), caught the Gruagach, fastened his two hands behind him (связал, скрепил ему обе руки за спиной), and tied his feet (и связал его ноги) so that his little toes were whispering to his ears (так что его мизинцы шептались с его ушами; toe – палец ноги). When he was in this state (в этом состоянии, положении) the Gruagach said,

6 "I'll tell you what stopped my laughing if you set me free (если ты меня освободишь)."

fasten [fα:sn]

1 On the fourth morning the cowboy rose before his master, and the first words he said to the Gruagach were:

2 "What keeps you from laughing, you who used to laugh so loud that the whole world heard you?"

3 "I'm sorry," said the Gruagach, "that the daughter of the king of Erin sent you here."

4 "If you don't tell me of your own will, I'll make you tell me," said the cowboy and he put a face on himself that was terrible to look at, and running through the house like a madman, could find nothing that would give pain enough to the Gruagach but some ropes made of untanned sheepskin hanging on the wall.

5 He took these down, caught the Gruagach, fastened his two hands behind him, and tied his feet so that his little toes were whispering to his ears. When he was in this state the Gruagach said,

6 "I'll tell you what stopped my laughing if you set me free."

1 So the cowboy unbound him (развязал его), the two sat down together, and the Gruagach said, "I lived in this castle here with my twelve sons. We ate, drank, played cards, and enjoyed ourselves (и развлекались: «развлекали нас самих»), till one day when my sons and I were playing, a wizard hare (волшебный заяц, заяц-колдун) came rushing in (примчался), jumped on our table (запрыгнул на наш стол), defiled it (запачкал, загрязнил его), and ran away.

2 "On another day he came again: but if he did (если = хотя, пускай он /прибежал/), we were ready for him (мы были готовы к нему), my twelve sons and myself. As soon as he defiled our table and ran off, we made after him (отправились за ним в погоню), and followed him till nightfall, when he went into a glen (в /узкую горную/ долину). We saw a light before us. I ran on (я побежал вперед, дальше), and came to a house with a great apartment (с большим помещением), where there was a man with twelve daughters, and the hare was tied to the side of the room near the women.

3 "There was a large pot (большой горшок, котел) over the fire in the room, and a great stork boiling in the pot (и огромный аист варился в котле). The man of the house said to me, 'There are bundles of rushes at the end of the room (связки тростника в углу: «в конце» помещения), go there and sit down with your men!'

4 He went into the next room (в соседнюю комнату) and brought out two pikes (две пики, двое вил), one of wood (из дерева, древесины), the other of iron (из железа), and asked me which of the pikes would I take. I said, 'I'll take the iron one' for I thought in my heart that if an attack should come on me, I could defend myself (я смогу защитить себя, защититься) better with the iron than the wooden pike.

5 "The man of the house gave me the iron pike, and the first chance of taking what I could out of the pot on the point (на острие) of the pike. I got but a small piece of the stork (только маленький кусок аиста), and the man of the house took all the rest (весь остаток, все остальное) on his wooden pike. We had to fast (нам пришлось поститься) that night; and when the man and his twelve daughters ate the flesh of the stork (съели мясо: «плоть» аиста), they hurled the bare bones (они швырнули голые кости) in the faces of my sons and myself.

6 "We had to stop all night that way, beaten (побитые) on the faces by the bones of the stork.

wizard [`wız∂d] defile [dı`faıl] bare [be∂]

1 So the cowboy unbound him, the two sat down together, and the Gruagach said, "I lived in this castle here with my twelve sons. We ate, drank, played cards, and enjoyed ourselves, till one day when my sons and I were playing, a wizard hare came rushing in, jumped on our table, defiled it, and ran away.

2 "On another day he came again: but if he did, we were ready for him, my twelve sons and myself. As soon as he defiled our table and ran off, we made after him, and followed him till nightfall, when he went into a glen. We saw a light before us. I ran on, and came to a house with a great apartment, where there was a man with twelve daughters, and the hare was tied to the side of the room near the women.

3 "There was a large pot over the fire in the room, and a great stork boiling in the pot. The man of the house said to me, 'There are bundles of rushes at the end of the room, go there and sit down with your men!'

4 He went into the next room and brought out two pikes, one of wood, the other of iron, and asked me which of the pikes would I take. I said, 'I'll take the iron one' for I thought in my heart that if an attack should come on me, I could defend myself better with the iron than the wooden pike.

5 "The man of the house gave me the iron pike, and the first chance of taking what I could out of the pot on the point of the pike. I got but a small piece of the stork, and the man of the house took all the rest on his wooden pike. We had to fast that night; and when the man and his twelve daughters ate the flesh of the stork, they hurled the bare bones in the faces of my sons and myself.

6 "We had to stop all night that way, beaten on the faces by the bones of the stork.

1 "Next morning, when we were going away, the man of the house asked me to stay a while (остаться ненадолго); and going into the next room, he brought out twelve loops (петли, хомуты) of iron and one of wood, and said to me,

2 'Put the heads of your twelve sons into the iron loops, or your own head into the wooden one; and Isaid, 'I'll put the twelve heads of my sons in the iron loops, and keep my own out of the wooden one.'

3 "He put the iron loops on the necks (шеи) of my twelve sons, and put the wooden one on his own neck. Then he snapped (защелкнул) the loops one after another, till he took the heads off my twelve sons and threw the heads and bodies out of the house; but he did nothing to hurt his own neck (но он вовсе не повредил при этом собственную шею: «не сделал ничего, чтобы /могло/ повредить его собственную шею»).

4 "When he had killed my sons he took hold of me (он схватил меня) and stripped the skin and flesh from the small of my back down (и содрал кожу и плоть полоской с моей спины, с поясницы), and when he had done that he took the skin of a black sheep (черной овцы) that had been hanging on the wall for seven years (которая семь лет висела на стене) and clapped it on my body (и быстро наложил: «хлопнул, прихлопнул» ее на моей тело) in place of my own flesh and skin (вместо моей собственной плоти и кожи); and the sheepskin grew on me (приросла ко мне, росла на мне), and every year since then I shear myself (и каждый год с тех пор я стригу себя; to shear – стричь /овец/), and every bit of wool (и каждый кусочек шерсти) I use for the stockings (который я использую для чулков) that I wear (что я ношу) I clip off my own back (я состригаю со своей собственной спины)."

5 When he had said this, the Gruagach showed the cowboy his back covered with thick black wool (показал пастуху свою спину, покрытую толстой = густой черной шерстью).

shear [∫ı∂]

1 "Next morning, when we were going away, the man of the house asked me to stay a while; and going into the next room, he brought out twelve loops of iron and one of wood, and said to me,

2 'Put the heads of your twelve sons into the iron loops, or your own head into the wooden one; and Isaid, 'I'll put the twelve heads of my sons in the iron loops, and keep my own out of the wooden one.'

3 "He put the iron loops on the necks of my twelve sons, and put the wooden one on his own neck. Then he snapped the loops one after another, till he took the heads off my twelve sons and threw the heads and bodies out of the house; but he did nothing to hurt his own neck.

4 "When he had killed my sons he took hold of me and stripped the skin and flesh from the small of my back down, and when he had done that he took the skin of a black sheep that had been hanging on the wall for seven years and clapped it on my body in place of my own flesh and skin; and the sheepskin grew on me, and every year since then I shear myself, and every bit of wool I use for the stockings that I wear I clip off my own back."

5 When he had said this, the Gruagach showed the cowboy his back covered with thick black wool.

1 After what he had seen and heard, the cowboy said, "I know now why you don't laugh, and small blame to you (и мало порицания, вины = и неудивительно). But does that hare come here still to spoil your table (но прибегает ли заяц сюда все еще, до сих пор, чтобы портить = грязнить твой стол)?"

2 "He does indeed (да, в самом деле)," said the Gruagach.

3 Both went to the table to play, and they were not long playing cards when the hare ran in; and before they could stop him he was on the table, and had put it in such a state (и привел его /стол/ в такое состояние) that they could not play on it longer if they had wanted to (что они не смогли бы играть на нем больше: «дольше», даже если бы захотели).

4 But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowboy, and they ran as fast as ever their legs could carry them till nightfall (так быстро, как только их ноги могли нести их, до наступления ночи); and when the hare was entering the castle (входил, вбегал в замок) where the twelve sons of the Gruagach were killed, the cowboy caught him by the two hind legs (поймал его за две задние ноги; to catch) and dashed out his brains (и выбил его мозги) against the wall (о стену); and the skull of the hare was knocked into the chief room of the castle (а череп зайца вылетел: «был выбит» в главный зал, главное помещение дворца), and fell at the feet of the master of the place (и упал к ногам хозяина этого места).

5 "Who has dared (кто осмелился) to interfere (вмешаться = помешать) with my fighting pet (моему боевому любимцу; pet – любимец, баловень; любимое животное)?" screamed he (завопил он).

6 "I," said the cowboy; "and if your pet had had manners (и если бы твой любимчик умел себя вести: «имел бы манеры»), he might be alive now (он мог бы быть сейчас жив)."

skull [skLl] dare [de∂] interfere [ınte`fı∂]

1 After what he had seen and heard, the cowboy said, "I know now why you don't laugh, and small blame to you. But does that hare come here still to spoil your table?"

2 "He does indeed," said the Gruagach.

3 Both went to the table to play, and they were not long playing cards when the hare ran in; and before they could stop him he was on the table, and had put it in such a state that they could not play on it longer if they had wanted to.

4 But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowboy, and they ran as fast as ever their legs could carry them till nightfall; and when the hare was entering the castle where the twelve sons of the Gruagach were killed, the cowboy caught him by the two hind legs and dashed out his brains against the wall; and the skull of the hare was knocked into the chief room of the castle, and fell at the feet of the master of the place.

5 "Who has dared to interfere with my fighting pet?" screamed he.

6 "I," said the cowboy; "and if your pet had had manners, he might be alive now."

1 The cowboy and the Gruagach stood by the fire. A stork was boiling in the pot, as when the Gruagach came the first time. The master of the house went into the next room and brought out an iron and a wooden pike, and asked the cowboy which would he choose (которую /пику/ он выберет).

2 "I'll take the wooden one," said the cowboy; "and you may keep the iron one for yourself."

3 So he took the wooden one; and going to the pot, brought out on the pike all the stork except a small bite, and he and the Gruagach fell to eating (приступили к еде), and they were eating the flesh of the stork all night. The cowboy and the Gruagach were at home in the place that time.

4 In the morning the master of the house went into the next room, took down the twelve iron loops with a wooden one, brought them out, and asked the cowboy which would he take, the twelve iron or the one wooden loop.

5 "What could I do with the twelve iron ones for myself or my master? I'll take the wooden one."

6 He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the necks of the twelve daughters of the house, then snapped the twelve heads off them, and turning to their father, said, "I'll do the same thing to you unless you bring the twelve sons of my master to life (если только ты не оживишь: «не приведешь к жизни» двенадцать сыновей моего хозяина), and make them as well and strong (и сделаешь их такими же здоровыми и сильными) as when you took their heads (как /они были/ когда ты взял их головы)."

7 The master of the house went out and brought the twelve to life again; and when the Gruagach saw all his sons alive and as well as ever (как всегда), he let a laugh out of himself (он рассмеялся: «испустил из себя смех»), and all the Eastern world heard the laugh (и весь восточный мир слышал этот смех).

saw [so:]

1 The cowboy and the Gruagach stood by the fire. A stork was boiling in the pot, as when the Gruagach came the first time. The master of the house went into the next room and brought out an iron and a wooden pike, and asked the cowboy which would he choose.

2 "I'll take the wooden one," said the cowboy; "and you may keep the iron one for yourself."

3 So he took the wooden one; and going to the pot, brought out on the pike all the stork except a small bite, and he and the Gruagach fell to eating, and they were eating the flesh of the stork all night. The cowboy and the Gruagach were at home in the place that time.

4 In the morning the master of the house went into the next room, took down the twelve iron loops with a wooden one, brought them out, and asked the cowboy which would he take, the twelve iron or the one wooden loop.

5 "What could I do with the twelve iron ones for myself or my master? I'll take the wooden one."

6 He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the necks of the twelve daughters of the house, then snapped the twelve heads off them, and turning to their father, said, "I'll do the same thing to you unless you bring the twelve sons of my master to life, and make them as well and strong as when you took their heads."

7 The master of the house went out and brought the twelve to life again; and when the Gruagach saw all his sons alive and as well as ever, he let a laugh out of himself, and all the Eastern world heard the laugh.

1 Then the cowboy said to the Gruagach, "It's a bad thing you have done to me (плохую вещь ты сделал мне), for the daughter of the king of Erin will be married the day after your laugh is heard (поскольку дочь короля Эрина будет отдана замуж на следующий день после того, как будет услышан твой смех)."

2 "Oh! then we must be there in time (мы должны быть там = попасть туда вовремя)," said the Gruagach; and they all made away (отправились прочь) from the place as fast as ever they could, the cowboy, the Gruagach, and his twelve sons.

3 On the road they came to a woman (на дороге они встретили женщину) who was crying very hard (которая очень сильно, горько: «жестко» плакала).

4 "What is your trouble (что у тебя за беда)?" asked the cowboy.

5 "You need have no care (не беспокойтесь об этом, не обращайте внимания: «вам не нужно заботиться, беспокоиться»)," said she, "for I will not tell you."

6 "You must tell me," said he, "for I'll help you out of it (потому что я помогу тебе из этого = выйти из этого положения)."

7 "Well," said the woman, "I have three sons, and they used to play hurley (и они имели обыкновение играть в /ирландский/ хоккей на траве) with the three sons of the king of the Sasenach [English], and they were more than a match (они были больше, чем пара, ровня = превосходили) for the king's sons. And it was the rule (и было такое правило) that the winning side should give three wallops (что победившая сторона должна дать три сильных удара) of their hurleys to the other side (своими клюшками другой стороне); and my sons were winning every game (выигрывали каждую игру), and gave such a beating (и дали такие побои; to beat – бить) to the king's sons that they complained to their father (что те пожаловались своему отцу), and the king carried away my sons to London, and he is going to hang them there today (и он собирается повесить их там сегодня)."

8 "I'll bring them here this minute," said the cowboy.

9 "You have no time," said the Gruagach.

10 "Have you tobacco and a pipe (трубку)?" asked the cowboy of the Gruagach.

11 "I have not," said he.

12 "Well, I have," said the cowboy; and putting his hand in his pocket, he took out tobacco and a pipe, gave them to the Gruagach, and said,

13 "I'll be in London and back before you can put tobacco in this pipe and light it (и зажечь его /табак/)."

14 He disappeared (исчез), was back from London with the three boys all safe and well (невредимыми и здоровыми), and gave them to their mother before the Gruagach could get a taste of smoke out of the pipe (прежде чем Груагах смог попробовать: «получить вкус» дыма из трубки).

15 "Now come with us," said the cowboy to the woman and her sons, "to the wedding of the daughter of the king of Erin."

hurley [`h∂:lı] wallop [`wol∂p] complain [k∂m`pleın] tobacco [t∂`bæk∂u]

1 Then the cowboy said to the Gruagach: "It's a bad thing you have done to me, for the daughter of the king of Erin will be married the day after your laugh is heard."

2 "Oh! then we must be there in time," said the Gruagach; and they all made away from the place as fast as ever they could, the cowboy, the Gruagach, and his twelve sons.

3 On the road they came to a woman who was crying very hard.

4 "What is your trouble?" asked the cowboy.

5 "You need have no care," said she, "for I will not tell you."

6 "You must tell me," said he, "for I'll help you out of it."

7 "Well," said the woman, "I have three sons, and they used to play hurley with the three sons of the king of the Sasenach [English], and they were more than a match for the king's sons. And it was the rule that the winning side should give three wallops of their hurleys to the other side; and my sons were winning every game, and gave such a beating to the king's sons that they complained to their father, and the king carried away my sons to London, and he is going to hang them there today."

8 "I'll bring them here this minute," said the cowboy.

9 "You have no time," said the Gruagach.

10 "Have you tobacco and a pipe?" asked the cowboy of the Gruagach.

11 "I have not," said he.

12 "Well, I have," said the cowboy; and putting his hand in his pocket, he took out tobacco and a pipe, gave them to the Gruagach, and said,

13 "I'll be in London and back before you can put tobacco in this pipe and light it."

14 He disappeared, was back from London with the three boys all safe and well, and gave them to their mother before the Gruagach could get a taste of smoke out of the pipe.

15 "Now come with us," said the cowboy to the woman and her sons, "to the wedding of the daughter of the king of Erin."

1 They hurried on (они поспешили дальше, вперед); and when within three miles (в трех милях) of the king's castle there was such a throng of people (толпа, толкучка народу) that no one could go a step ahead (что никто не мог продвинутся вперед ни на шаг). "We must clear a road through this (очистить дорогу через это = пробиться)," said the cowboy.

2 "We must indeed," said the Gruagach; and at it they went, threw the people some on one side and some on the other (разбрасывая людей кого на одну сторону, кого на другую), and soon they had an opening for themselves (и вскоре у них: «для них самих» был проход: «открытое место, отверстие») to the king's castle.

3 As they went in, the daughter of the king of Erin and the son of the king of Tisean were on their knees (на коленях) just going to be married (как раз готовые быть обвенчанными, как раз их собирались поженить). The cowboy drew his hand on the bridegroom (поднял: «протянул» руку на жениха), and gave a blow (удар) that sent him spinning (который послал, отправил его крутящимся; to spin – прясть; крутить/ся/) till he stopped under a table at the other side of the room (пока он /не/ остановился под столом с другой стороны = в другом конце помещения).

4 "What scoundrel struck that blow (какой негодяй нанес: «ударил» этот удар)?" asked the king of Erin.

5 "It was I," said the cowboy.

6 "What reason had you (какую причину ты имел) to strike the man who won my daughter?"

7 "It was I who won your daughter, not he; and if you don't believe me (и если ты мне не веришь), the Gruagach Gaire is here himself. He'll tell you the whole story from beginning to end (он расскажет тебе всю историю от начала до конца), and show you the tongues of the giants (и покажет тебе языки великанов)."

8 So the Gruagach came up and told the king the whole story, how the Shee an Gannon had become his cowboy (стал его пастухом), had guarded (стерег) the five golden cows and the bull without horns, cut off the heads of the five-headed giants, killed the wizard hare, and brought his own twelve sons to life. "And then (и потом = кроме того)," said the Gruagach, "he is the only man in the whole world I have ever told (он единственный человек во всем, в целом мире, которому я когда-либо сказал) why I stopped laughing (почему я перестал смеяться), and the only one who has ever seen my fleece of wool (мое шерстяное руно; fleece – руно, овечья шерсть)."

9 When the king of Erin heard what the Gruagach said, and saw the tongues of the giants fitted into the heads (и увидел, что языки великанов подходят, соответствуют головам, как раз вставляются в головы), he made the Shee an Gannon kneel down by his daughter (заставил, приказал встать на колени рядом со своей дочерью), and they were married on the spot (на месте = тут же).

10 Then the son of the king of Tisean was thrown into prison (был брошен в тюрьму), and the next day they put down a great fire, and the deceiver was burned to ashes (и обманщик был сожжен дотла; ashes – пепел; to deceive - обманывать).

11 The wedding lasted nine days (свадьба продолжалась девять дней), and the last day was better than the first (и последний день был лучше, чем первый).

scoundrel [`skaundr(∂)l] believe [bı`li:v] prison [prızn] deceiver [dı`si:v∂]

1 They hurried on; and when within three miles of the king's castle there was such a throng of people that no one could go a step ahead. "We must clear a road through this," said the cowboy.

2 "We must indeed," said the Gruagach; and at it they went, threw the people some on one side and some on the other, and soon they had an opening for themselves to the king's castle.

3 As they went in, the daughter of the king of Erin and the son of the king of Tisean were on their knees just going to be married. The cowboy drew his hand on the bridegroom, and gave a blow that sent him spinning till he stopped under a table at the other side of the room.

4 "What scoundrel struck that blow?" asked the king of Erin.

5 "It was I," said the cowboy.

6 "What reason had you to strike the man who won my daughter?"

7 "It was I who won your daughter, not he; and if you don't believe me, the Gruagach Gaire is here himself. He'll tell you the whole story from beginning to end, and show you the tongues of the giants."

8 So the Gruagach came up and told the king the whole story, how the Shee an Gannon had become his cowboy, had guarded the five golden cows and the bull without horns, cut off the heads of the five-headed giants, killed the wizard hare, and brought his own twelve sons to life. "And then," said the Gruagach, "he is the only man in the whole world I have ever told why I stopped laughing, and the only one who has ever seen my fleece of wool."