Английский язык с Эдвардом Лиром. Книга бессмыслицы

Which distressed all the people of Chertsey.

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There was an Old Man in a tree (в /на/ дереве),

Who was horribly (ужасно) bored by a Bee («наскучен пчелой» = которому

ужасно надоедала, к которому страшнот приставала пчела);

When they said (когда сказали = спросили), 'Does it buzz? (она жужжит?)'

He replied (он ответил), 'Yes, it does (да, жужжит)!':

'It's a regular brute of a Bee (это зверь-пчела: «настоящая грубая скотина»)!'

There was an Old Man in a tree,

Who was horribly bored by a Bee;

When they said, 'Does it buzz?'

He replied, 'Yes, it does!'

'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'

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There was an Old Man with a flute (с флейтой),

A sarpint ran into his boot (змий вполз в его ботинок; sarpint (устар.) =

serpent; run – бежать);

But he played day and night (играл день и ночь),

Till the sarpint took flight (обратился в бегство; take – брать),

And avoided (избегал) that man with a flute.

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A sarpint ran into his boot;

But he played daay and night,

Till the sarpint took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.

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There was a Young Lady whose chin (чей подбородок),

Resembled the point of a pin (напоминал кончик булавки);

So she had it made sharp (так что = поэтому она сделала его острым,

заострила),

And purchased a harp (приобрела арфу),

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