try [traI], speak [spJk], does [dAz]

"Eeyore, Tigger's going to try me. Piglet, do you think — "

"Yes, yes," said Rabbit, "we don't all want to speak at once. The point is, what does Christopher Robin think about it?"

"All I did was I coughed," said Tigger.

"He bounced," said Eeyore.

"Well, I sort of boffed," said Tigger.

"Hush!" said Rabbit (ша! — сказал Кролик), holding up his paw (поднимая /свою/ лапку). "What does Christopher Robin think about it all (что думает Кристофер Робин обо всем этом)? That's the point (вот в чем вопрос[50])."

"Well," said Christopher Robin (ну, — сказал Кристофер Робин), not quite sure what it was all about (не совсем уверенный = не совсем понимая о чем все это). "I think (я думаю) — "

"Yes?" said everybody (да? — сказали все).

"I think we all ought to play Poohsticks (я думаю, нам всем надо поиграть в Пустяки)."

hush [hAS], hold [hquld], point [pOInt]

"Hush!" said Rabbit, holding up his paw. "What does Christopher Robin think about it all? That's the point."

"Well," said Christopher Robin, not quite sure what it was all about. "I think — "

"Yes?" said everybody.

"I think we all ought to play Poohsticks."

So they did (и они поиграли). And Eeyore, who had never played it before (а Иа, который никогда прежде не играл в это), won more times than anybody else (выиграл больше раз, чем кто-либо другой); and Roo fell in twice (а Ру упал два раза в воду), the first time by accident and the second time on purpose (первый раз случайно, а второй раз нарочно), because he suddenly saw Kanga coming from the Forest (потому что он вдруг увидел Кенгу, которая шла из Леса), and he knew he'd have to go to bed anyhow (а он знал, что ему придется в любом случае ложиться спать). So then Rabbit said he'd go with them (и тогда Кролик сказал, что пойдет с ними); and Tigger and Eeyore went off together (а Тигер и Иа ушли вместе), because Eeyore wanted to tell Tigger How to Win at Poohsticks (потому что Иа захотел рассказать Тигеру, Как Выигрывать в Пустяки), which you do (что ты делаешь = что у тебя получается) by letting your stick drop in a twitchy sort of way (пуская = когда ты пускаешь твою палку с подергиванием; to let drop — ронять), if you understand what I mean, Tigger (если ты понимаешь, что я имею в виду, Тигер); and Christopher Robin and Pooh and Piglet were left on the bridge by themselves (а Кристофер Робин и Пух и Пятачок остались на мосту одни; to leave — оставлять, покидать).

purpose ['pWpqs], twitchy ['twICI], understand ["Andq'stxnd]

So they did. And Eeyore, who had never played it before, won more times than anybody else; and Roo fell in twice, the first time by accident and the second time on purpose, because he suddenly saw Kanga coming from the Forest, and he knew he'd have to go to bed anyhow. So then Rabbit said he'd go with them; and Tigger and Eeyore went off together, because Eeyore wanted to tell Tigger How to Win at Poohsticks, which you do by letting your stick drop in a twitchy sort of way, if you understand what I mean, Tigger; and Christopher Robin and Pooh and Piglet were left on the bridge by themselves.

For a long time they looked at the river beneath them (долгое время они смотрели на реку под ними), saying nothing (ничего /не/ говоря), and the river said nothing too (а река тоже ничего /не/ говорила /им/), for it felt very quiet and peaceful on this summer afternoon (так как она чувствовала себя очень тихо и спокойно в этот летний день после полудня).

"Tigger is all right, really (Тигер нормальный = неплохой парень, в самом деле)," said Piglet lazily (сказал лениво Пятачок).

"Of course he is (конечно, он такой)," said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин).

"Everybody is really," said Pooh (на самом деле все такие, — сказал Пух). "That's what I think," said Pooh (это Я так думаю, — сказал Пух). "But I don't suppose I'm right," he said (но не думаю, что я прав, — сказал он).

"Of course you are (разумеется, ты прав)," said Christopher Robin (сказал Кристофер Робин).

summer ['sAmq], lazily ['leIzIlI], suppose [sq'pquz]

For a long time they looked at the river beneath them, saying nothing, and the river said nothing too, for it felt very quiet and peaceful on this summer afternoon.

"Tigger is all right, really," said Piglet lazily.

"Of course he is," said Christopher Robin.

"Everybody is really," said Pooh. "That's what I think," said Pooh. "But I don't suppose I'm right," he said.

"Of course you are," said Christopher Robin.

Chapter VIIIN WHICH TIGGER IS UNBOUNCED

Глава 7В которой Тигера отучают от наскакивания

One day Rabbit and Piglet were sitting outside Pooh's front door listening to Rabbit (однажды Кролик и Пятачок сидели перед входной дверью Пуха, слушая Кролика), and Pooh was sitting with them (а Пух сидел с ними). It was a drowsy summer afternoon (это было навевающее сон время после летнего полдня; to drowse — навевать сон), and the Forest was full of gentle sounds (и Лес был полон тихих звуков), which all seemed to be saying to Pooh (которые, казалось, все /вместе/ говорят Пуху), "Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me (не слушай Кролика, слушай меня)." So he got into a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit (поэтому он перешел в = занял удобное положение, чтобы не слушать Кролика), and from time to time he opened his eyes to say "Ah (и время от времени он открывал /свои/ глаза, чтобы сказать «А»)!" and then closed them again to say "True (а потом закрывал их снова, чтобы сказать «точно»)," and from time to time Rabbit said (а Кролик время от времени говорил), "You see what I mean, Piglet (ты понимаешь, что я имею в виду, Пятачок)," very earnestly (очень серьезно), and Piglet nodded earnestly to show that he did (а Пятачок серьезно кивал, чтобы показать, что он понимает).

gentle [Gentl], true [trH], earnestly ['WnIstlI]

One day Rabbit and Piglet were sitting outside Pooh's front door listening to Rabbit, and Pooh was sitting with them. It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, "Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me." So he got into a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit, and from time to time he opened his eyes to say "Ah!" and then closed them again to say "True," and from time to time Rabbit said, "You see what I mean, Piglet," very earnestly, and Piglet nodded earnestly to show that he did.

"In fact," said Rabbit (по существу, — сказал Кролик), coming to the end of it at last (подходя, наконец, к концу /его/), "Tigger's getting so Bouncy nowadays (в настоящее время Тигер становится таким Наскакливым) that it's time we taught him a lesson (что пора преподать ему урок; to teach — преподавать, обучать; to teach a lesson — преподать урок, проучить). Don't you think so, Piglet (не считаешь ли ты так, Пятачок)?"

Piglet said that Tigger was very Bouncy (Пятачок сказал, что Тигер очень Наскакливый), and that if they could think of a way of unbouncing him (и, что если они смогут придумать способ отучить его от наскакивания) it would be a Very Good Idea (это будет Очень Хорошей Идеей).

"Just what I feel," said Rabbit (именно так я и считаю, — сказал Кролик). "What do you say, Pooh (что скажешь, Пух)?"

Pooh opened his eyes with a jerk (Пух, дернувшись, открыл /свои/ глаза) and said, "Extremely (и сказал: чрезвычайно)."

lesson [lesn], jerk [GWk], extremely [Iks'trJmlI]

"In fact," said Rabbit, coming to the end of it at last, "Tigger's getting so Bouncy nowadays that it's time we taught him a lesson. Don't you think so, Piglet?"

Piglet said that Tigger was very Bouncy, and that if they could think of a way of unbouncing him it would be a Very Good Idea.

"Just what I feel," said Rabbit. "What do you say, Pooh?"

Pooh opened his eyes with a jerk and said, "Extremely."

"Extremely what (чрезвычайно что)?" asked Rabbit (спросил Кролик).

"What you were saying," said Pooh (то, что ты говорил, — сказал Пух). "Undoubtably[51] (несумлевательно)."

Piglet gave Pooh a stiffening sort of nudge (Пятачок ободряюще пихнул Пуха локтем; nudge — легкий толчок локтем), and Pooh, who felt more and more that he was somewhere else (и Пух, который ощущал все больше и больше, что он где-то там в другом месте), got up slowly and began to look for himself (медленно поднялся и начал искать себя).

"But how shall we do it?" asked Piglet (но как мы это сделаем? — спросил Пятачок). "What sort of a lesson, Rabbit (какой урок /преподадим/, Кролик)?"

"That's the point," said Rabbit (вот в чем вопрос, — сказал Кролик).

stiffen [stIfn], nudge [nAG], point [pOInt]

"Extremely what?" asked Rabbit.

"What you were saying," said Pooh. "Undoubtably."

Piglet gave Pooh a stiffening sort of nudge, and Pooh, who felt more and more that he was somewhere else, got up slowly and began to look for himself.

"But how shall we do it?" asked Piglet. "What sort of a lesson, Rabbit?"

"That's the point," said Rabbit.

The word "lesson" came back to Pooh as one (слово «урок» вспомнилось Пуху, как слово; to come back — вспоминаться, приходить на память) he had heard before somewhere (которое он слышал где-то раньше).

"There's a thing called Twy-stymes[52]," he said (есть штука, которая называется «ваш-дыдва», — сказал он). Christopher Robin tried to teach it to me once (Кристофер Робин попытался однажды научить меня этому), but it didn't (но не получилось)."

"What didn't?" said Rabbit (что не получилось? — спросил Кролик).

"Didn't what?" said Piglet (не получилось что? — спросил Пятачок).

Pooh shook his head (Пух покачал головой /отрицательно/; to shake — качать, трясти).

"I don't know," he said (я не знаю, — сказал он). "It just didn't (просто не получилось). What are we talking about (о чем мы говорим)?"

called [kLld], teach [tJC], talk [tLk]

The word "lesson" came back to Pooh as one he had heard before somewhere.

"There's a thing called Twy-stymes," he said. Christopher Robin tried to teach it to me once, but it didn't."

"What didn't?" said Rabbit.

"Didn't what?" said Piglet.

Pooh shook his head.

"I don't know," he said. "It just didn't. What are we talking about?"

"Pooh," said Piglet reproachfully (Пух, — сказал Пятачок укоризненно; reproach — упрек), "haven't you been listening to what Rabbit was saying (разве ты не слушал, что говорил Кролик)?"

"I listened (я слушал), but I had a small piece of fluff in my ear (но мне в ухо попал маленький кусочек пуха = пушинка). Could you say it again, please, Rabbit (Кролик, ты не мог бы повторить /пожалуйста/)?"

Rabbit never minded saying things again (Кролик всегда был не прочь что-то повторить: «никогда возражал говорение вещей опять»), so he asked where he should begin from (поэтому он спросил, откуда ему начать); and when Pooh had said from the moment (и когда Пух сказал, что с того момента) when the fluff got in his ear (когда пух попал ему в ухо[53]), and Rabbit had asked when that was (а Кролик спросил, когда это случилось), and Pooh had said he didn't know (и Пух сказал, что не знает) because he hadn't heard properly (потому что он не слышал должным образом). Piglet settled it all by saying (Пятачок уладил все это, сказав) that what they were trying to do was (что то, что они пытаются сделать), they were just trying to think of a way to get the bounces out of Tigger (так это просто пытаются придумать способ вытащить прыжки из Тигера = отучить Тигера от Наскоков), because however much you liked him (потому что, как бы он тебе ни нравился), you couldn't deny it (ты не можешь отрицать), he did bounce (он все-таки наскакивает).

reproachfully [rI'prquCfulI], properly ['prOpqlI], however [hau'evq]

"Pooh," said Piglet reproachfully, "haven't you been listening to what Rabbit was saying?"

"I listened, but I had a small piece of fluff in my ear. Could you say it again, please, Rabbit?"

Rabbit never minded saying things again, so he asked where he should begin from; and when Pooh had said from the moment when the fluff got in his ear, and Rabbit had asked when that was, and Pooh had said he didn't know because he hadn't heard properly. Piglet settled it all by saying that what they were trying to do was, they were just trying to think of a way to get the bounces out of Tigger, because however much you liked him, you couldn't deny it, he did bounce.