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greasy ['grJsI], fever ['fJvq], politely [pq'laItlI]

Then Kolokolo Bird said, with a mournful cry, ‘Go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out.’

That very next morning, when there was nothing left of the Equinoxes, because the Precession had preceded according to precedent, this ‘satiable Elephant’s Child took a hundred pounds of bananas (the little short red kind), and a hundred pounds of sugar-cane (the long purple kind), and seventeen melons (the greeny-crackly kind), and said to all his dear families, ‘Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.’ And they all spanked him once more for luck, though he asked them most politely to stop.

Then he went away (тогда он ушел), a little warm (немного разгоряченный), but not at all astonished (но совсем не удивленный), eating melons (/он/ ел дыни), and throwing the rind about (и разбрасывал кожуру), because he could not pick it up (потому что он не мог ее подбирать).

He went from Graham’s Town to Kimberley (он пошел от Города Грэма в Кимберли), and from Kimberley to Khama’s Country (а из Кимберли в Страну Хамы), and from Khama’s Country he went east by north (а из Страны Хамы он пошел на восток к северу), eating melons all the time (и все время ел дыни), till at last he came to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River (пока наконец он /не/ пришел к берегам великой серо-зеленой жирной реки Лимпопо), all set about with fever-trees (полностью заросшей /по берегам/ хинными деревьями), precisely as Kolokolo Bird had said (в точности такой, как говорила Птичка Колоколо).

warm [wLm], throw [Trqu], north [nLT]

Then he went away, a little warm, but not at all astonished, eating melons, and throwing the rind about, because he could not pick it up.

He went from Graham’s Town to Kimberley, and from Kimberley to Khama’s Country, and from Khama’s Country he went east by north, eating melons all the time, till at last he came to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, precisely as Kolokolo Bird had said.

Now you must know and understand (а сейчас вам надобно узнать и понять), O Best Beloved (О Самые Любименькие), that till that very week, and day, and hour, and minute (что до той самой недели, и дня, и часа, и минуты), this ‘satiable Elephant’s Child had never seen a Crocodile (этот ненасытный Слоненок никогда не видел Крокодила), and did not know what one was like (и не знал, какой он из себя). It was all his ‘satiable curtiosity (это было все его ненасытное любопытство).

The first thing that he found (первым, кого он нашел) was a Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake curled round a rock (был Двухцветный-Питон-Скалистый-Змей, свернувшийся кольцами вокруг скалы).

‘‘Scuse me (извините /меня/),’ said the Elephant’s Child most politely (сказал очень вежливо Слоненок), ‘but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts (но /не/ видели ли вы в этих неоднородных = сомнительных краях такое существо, как Крокодил; promiscuous — разнородный, разношерстный, неодинаковый, разный, смешанный; беспорядочный, неразборчивый )?’

python ['paITqn], curl [kWl], promiscuous [prq'mIskjuqs]

Now you must know and understand, O Best Beloved, that till that very week, and day, and hour, and minute, this ‘satiable Elephant’s Child had never seen a Crocodile, and did not know what one was like. It was all his ‘satiable curtiosity.

The first thing that he found was a Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake curled round a rock.

‘‘Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child most politely, ‘but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?’

‘Have I seen a Crocodile (/не/ видел ли я Крокодила)?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake (спросил Двухцветный-Питон-Скалистый-Змей), in a voice of dretful scorn (голосом /пронизанным/ ужасно-раздражительной насмешкой). ‘What will you ask me next (о чем еще ты у меня спросишь)?’

‘‘Scuse me (извините /меня/),’ said the Elephant’s Child (сказал Слоненок), ‘but could you kindly tell me what he has for dinner (но не будете ли вы так любезны сказать мне, что он ест на обед)?’

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock (тогда Двухцветный-Питон-Скалистый-Змей очень быстро размотался со скалы), and spanked the Elephant’s Child with his scalesome, flailsome tail (и отшлепал Слоненка своим чешуйчатым молотильчатым хвостом; flail — цеп, молотить ).

scorn [skLn], kindly ['kaIndlI], flail [fleIl]

‘Have I seen a Crocodile?’ said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, in a voice of dretful scorn. ‘What will you ask me next?’

‘‘Scuse me,’ said the Elephant’s Child, ‘but could you kindly tell me what he has for dinner?’

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock, and spanked the Elephant’s Child with his scalesome, flailsome tail.

That is odd (это странно),’ said the Elephant’s Child (сказал Слоненок), ‘because my father and my mother (потому что мой отец, и моя мать), and my uncle and my aunt (и мой дядя, и моя тетя), not to mention my other aunt (не упоминая моей другой тетушки), the Hippopotamus (Бегемотихи), and my other uncle, the Baboon (и моего другого дядюшки Бабуина), have all spanked me for my ‘satiable curtiosity (все шлепали меня за мое ненасытное вежливое любопытство) — and I suppose this is the same thing (и я полагаю, что это = здесь то же самое).’

So he said good-bye very politely to the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake (и он очень вежливо попрощался с Двухцветным-Питоном-Скалистым-Змеем), and helped to coil him up on the rock again (и помог ему снова намотаться на скалу), and went on (и пошел дальше), a little warm (немного разгоряченный), but not at all astonished (но совсем не удивленный), eating melons, and throwing the rind about (/при этом он/ ел дыни и разбрасывал кожуру), because he could not pick it up (потому что он не мог ее подбирать), till he trod on (пока /он/ не наступил на то; to tread — наступать, топтать ) what he thought was a log of wood (что он посчитал бревном) at the very edge of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees (у самого берега великой серо-зеленой жирной Реки Лимпопо, полностью заросшей хинными деревьями).