Джон Леннон: Испалец в колесе (сборник на русском и английском)

«Единственные маленькие ползучие твари, каких мы хотим, это детки», — лихо бросил Иезус, ведь был он мужик хоть куда. «Пральна, милок», — отозвалась Патрик и потянулась к нему опытной крюкой.

«Счастия вам и вашим всем», — прокричал Морд из старого крыла замка.

«Благослови вас Бог, сэр», — сказал Иезус, запрягая женку с той сноровкою, какая оттачивается долгой практикой. «Давай же, красавица, — шептал он, направляя свою жену крупной рысью прямо к Восточным Воротам. — Нам нельзя упустить первую скачку, дорогая».

«Не похоже, — всхрапнула тут его нововенечная, переходя на галоп. — Не похоже», — повторила она.

Медовый месяц был прерван невожжиданной тележратвой от миссис Эль Пифко (то была его мать), которая, как выяснилось, решиласть покинуть Барселовлю, чтоб оповестить своего страшненького прежде, чем помереть со смеху; кроме того, писала она, воздух пойдет ей на пользу. Патрик подняла голову от своей сбруи и хихикнула.

«Не смейся над Маммой, пожалйуста, дарвалдая, ведь она единственная у меня осталась на сем свете, да кроме того, твоя-то мамаша тож изрядная карга, — сказал Иезус. — А коли она доберется сюда заживо, мы сможем закалить пир в ее честь, и потом она увидит всех нашенских гадких шотволынских дружков», — размышлял он. «Из другой страны, так что мы завсегда сможем использовать ее как пугало на огороде», — добавила практичная Патрик.

Итак, они упаковали чембохданы, помеченные «евонный» и «ейный», и отправились наверх, к своему хозяину в горки.

«Вот мы и дома, сэр», — сказал Иезус, обращаясь к иссохшей сморканной фигурке, заключенной близ овечьей шкурвы.

«Отчего вы вернулись так скоро?» — поинтересовался Морд, мгновенно узнавая своих слуг путем многолетней практики.

«Я получил про хилые бестии про мою матрешку, — она совирается навострить меня, если вы позвоните, сэр». Морд подумал с минуту, и лицо его засияло, как назревший прыщ.

«Вы все уволены», — улыбнулся он и ушел, насвистывая.

Jesus El Pifco was a foreigner and he knew it. He had imigrateful from his little white slum in Barcelover a good thirsty year ago having first secured the handy job as coachman in Scotland. The job was with the Laird of McAnus, a canny old tin whom have a castle in the Highlads. The first thing Jesus EI Pifco noticed in early the days was that the Laird didn't seem to have a coach of any discription or even a coach house you know, much to his dismable. But — and I use the word lightly — the Laird did seem to having some horses, each one sporting a fine pair of legs. Jesus fell in love with them at first sight, as they did with him, which was lucky, because his quarters were in the actually stables along side his noble four lepered friends.

Pretty polly one could see Jesus almost every day, grooming his masters horses, brushing their manebits and hammering their teeth, whistling a quaint Spanish refrain dreaming of his loved wombs back home in their little white fascist bastard huts.

«A well pair of groomed horses I must say,» he would remark to wee Spastic Sporran the flighty chamberlain, whom he'd had his good eye on eversince Hogmanose.

«Nae sa bad» she would answer in her sliced Aberdeen-martin accent. «Ye spend more time wi» yon horses than ye do wi' me,' with that she would storm back to her duties, carefully tying her chastity negro hardly to her skim.

Being a good catholic, Jesus wiped the spit from his face and turned the other cheese — but she had gone leaving him once small in an agatha of christy.

«One dave she woll go too farther, and I woll leaf her» he said to his fave rave horse. Of course the horse didn't answer, because as you know they cannot speak, least of all to a garlic eating, stinking, little yellow greasy fascist bastard catholic Spaniard. They soon made it up howevans and Jesus and wee Spastic were once morphia unitely in a love that knew no suzie. The only thing that puzzled Jesus was why his sugarboot got so annoyed when he called her his little Spastic in public. Little wonder howeapon, with her real name being Patrick, you see?

«Ye musna» call me Spastic whilst ma friends are here Jesus ma bonnie wee dwarf' she said irragated.

«But I cannot not say Patrick me little tartan bag» he replied all herb and angie inside. She looked down at him through a mass of naturally curly warts.

«But Spastic means a kind of cripple in English ma sweet wee Jesus, and ai'm no cripple as you well known!»

«That's true enough» said he «but I didn't not realize being a foreigner and that, and also not knowing your countries culture and so force, and anywait I can spot a cripple anywhere.»

He rambled on as Patrick knelt down lovingly with tears in her eye and slowly bit a piece of his bum. Then lifting her face upwarts, she said with a voice full of emulsion «Can ye heffer forgive me Jesus, can ye?» she slobbed. He looked at her strangely as if she were a strangely, then taking her slowly right foot he cried; «Parreesy el pino a strevaro qui bueno el franco senatro!» which rugby transplanted means — «Only if you've got green braces» — and fortunately she had.

They were married in the fallout, with the Lairds blessing of course, he also gave them a «wee gifty» as he put it, which was a useful addition to their bottom lawyer. It was a special jar of secret ointment made by generators of his forefingers to help get rid of Patricks crabs which she had unluckily caught from the Laird of McAnus himself at his late wifes (Lady McAnus') wake. They were overjoyced, and grapenut abun and beyond the call of duty.

«The only little crawlie things we want are babies,» quipped Jesus who was a sport. «That's right sweety» answered Patrick reaching for him with a knowsley hall.

«Guid luck to you and yours» shouted the Laird from the old wing.

«God bless you sir» said Jesus quickly harnessing his wife with a dexterity that only practice can perfect. «Come on me beauty» he whispered as he rode his wife at a steady trot towards the East Gate. «We mustn't miss the first race my dear.»

«Not likely» snorted his newly wed wife breaking into a gull-up. «Not likely» she repeated.

The honeymood was don short by a telephant from Mrs El Pifco (his mother) who was apparently leaving Barcelunder to se her eldest sod febore she died laughing, and besides the air would do her good she added. Patrick looked up from her nosebag and giggled.