pretty ['prItI], warmth [wLmT], pigeon ['pIGIn]
ONE day when the sun had come back over the Forest, bringing with it the scent of may, and all the streams of the Forest were tinkling happily to find themselves their own pretty shape again, and the little pools lay dreaming of the life they had seen and the big things they had done, and in the warmth and quiet of the Forest the cuckoo was trying over his voice carefully and listening to see if he liked it, and wood-pigeons were complaining gently to themselves in their lazy comfortable way that it was the other fellow's fault, but it didn't matter very much; on such a day as this Christopher Robin whistled in a special way he had, and Owl came flying out of the Hundred Acre Wood to see what was wanted.
“Owl,” said Christopher Robin (Филин, — сказал Кристофер Робин), “I am going to give a party (я собираюсь устроить вечеринку).”
“You are, are you?” said Owl (да, неужели? — сказал Филин).
“And it's to be a special sort of party (и это должна быть особая вечеринка), because it's because of what Pooh did (потому что она в честь того, что сделал Пух) when he did what he did to save Piglet from the flood (когда он сделал то, что он сделал, /чтобы/ спасти Пятачка от наводнения).”
“Oh, that's what it's for, is it?” said Owl (а, вот она ради чего, да? — спросил Филин).
“Yes, so will you tell Pooh as quickly as you can (да, поэтому, пожалуйста, скажи Пуху, как можно быстрее), and all the others (и всем остальным), because it will be to-morrow (потому что она будет завтра)?”
“Oh, it will, will it?” said Owl (а, вот так, да? — спросил Филин), still being as helpful as possible (все еще как можно услужливее).
party ['pRtI], special ['speSql], possible ['pOsqbl]
“Owl,” said Christopher Robin, “I am going to give a party.”
“You are, are you?” said Owl.
“And it's to be a special sort of party, because it's because of what Pooh did when he did what he did to save Piglet from the flood.”
“Oh, that's what it's for, is it?” said Owl.
“Yes, so will you tell Pooh as quickly as you can, and all the others, because it will be to-morrow?”
“Oh, it will, will it?” said Owl, still being as helpful as possible.
“So will you go and tell them, Owl (ну так ты полетишь и скажешь им, Филин)?”
Owl tried to think of something very wise to say (Филин попытался придумать что-нибудь очень мудрое, /чтобы/ сказать), but couldn't (но не смог), so he flew off to tell the others (поэтому он улетел, /чтобы/ рассказать другим). And the first person he told was Pooh (и первым: «первой персоной», /кому/ он рассказал, был Пух).
“Pooh,” he said, “Christopher Robin is giving a party (Пух, — сказал он, — Кристофер Робин устраивает вечеринку).”
“Oh!” said Pooh (ах! — сказал Пух). And then seeing that Owl expected him to say something else (а потом, увидев, что Филин ожидает, что он скажет что-то еще), he said, “Will there be those little cake things with pink sugar icing (он сказал: а будут те маленькие пирожные с глазурью из розового сахара)?”
Owl felt that it was rather beneath him to talk about little cake things with pink sugar icing (Филин почувствовал, что беседовать о маленьких пирожных с глазурью из розового сахара, пожалуй, ниже его /достоинства/), so he told Pooh exactly what Christopher Robin had said (поэтому он сказал = передал Пуху в точности то, что сказал Кристофер Робин), and flew off to Eeyore (и улетел к Иа).
wise [waIz], person [pWsn], beneath [bI'nJT]
“So will you go and tell them, Owl?”
Owl tried to think of something very wise to say, but couldn't, so he flew off to tell the others. And the first person he told was Pooh.
“Pooh,” he said, “Christopher Robin is giving a party.”
“Oh!” said Pooh. And then seeing that Owl expected him to say something else, he said, “Will there be those little cake things with pink sugar icing?”
Owl felt that it was rather beneath him to talk about little cake things with pink sugar icing, so he told Pooh exactly what Christopher Robin had said, and flew off to Eeyore.
“Party for Me?” thought Pooh to himself (вечеринка для Меня? — подумал Пух про себя). “How grand (как грандиозно)!” And he began to wonder (и он стал спрашивать себя) if all the other animals would know (все ли остальные животные будут знать) that it was a special Pooh Party (что это специальная Пуховая Вечеринка), and if Christopher Robin had told them about The Floating Bear and the Brain of Pooh (и рассказал ли Кристофер Робин им о Плавучем Медведе и Уме Пуха), and all the wonderful ships he had invented and sailed on (и всех замечательных кораблях, которые он изобрел, и на которых /он/ плавал[55]), and he began to think how awful it would be (и он начал думать, как ужасно /это/ будет) if everybody had forgotten about it (если все забыли об этом), and nobody quite knew what the party was for (и никто в действительности не знает, ради чего /затевается/ эта вечеринка); and the more he thought like this (и чем больше он так думал), the more the party got muddled in his mind (тем больше портилась у него в мыслях вечеринка), like a dream when nothing goes right (как сон, когда = в котором все идет наперекосяк: «ничто идет правильно»).
grand [grxnd], wonderful ['wAndqful], mind [maInd]
“Party for Me?” thought Pooh to himself. “How grand!” And he began to wonder if all the other animals would know that it was a special Pooh Party, and if Christopher Robin had told them about The Floating Bear and the Brain of Pooh, and all the wonderful ships he had invented and sailed on, and he began to think how awful it would be if everybody had forgotten about it, and nobody quite knew what the party was for; and the more he thought like this, the more the party got muddled in his mind, like a dream when nothing goes right.
And the dream began to sing itself over in his head (и сон начал петься /прокручиваясь/ в его голове) until it became a sort of song (пока он /не/ стал песенкой). It was an