to the man (и отдал их человеку; to give), saying (говоря), “It is of no use for you to shoot at me (нет никакой пользы тебе стрелять в меня), for you can not kill me (ибо ты не можешь убить меня). Come to my house and let us live together (пойдем в мой дом и давай жить вместе).” The hunter thought to himself (охотник подумал про себя; to think), “He may kill me (он может убить меня)”; but the bear read his thoughts and said (но медведь прочитал его мысли и сказал), “No, I won't hurt you (нет, я не причиню тебе вреда; to hurt – причинить боль; ранить; ушибить).” The man thought again (мужчина подумал снова), “How can I get anything to eat (как я смогу достать что-либо поесть = достать себе пропитание)?” but the bear knew his thoughts (медведь понял = прочитал его мысли; to know – знать; понять), and said, “There shall be plenty (там будет довольно/достаточно; plenty – обилие).” So the hunter went with the bear (поэтому охотник пошел с медведем).
pull [pʋl], arrow ['ærǝʋ], shoot [ʃu:t], hurt [hɜ:t], read /прош. вр./ [red], hunter ['hʌntǝ]
At last he stopped and pulled the arrows out of his side and gave them to the man, saying, “It is of no use for you to shoot at me, for you can not kill me. Come to my house and let us live together.” The hunter thought to himself, “He may kill me”; but the bear read his thoughts and said, “No, I won't hurt you.” The man thought again, “How can I get anything to eat?” but the bear knew his thoughts, and said, “There shall be plenty.” So the hunter went with the bear.
They went on together (они шли вместе; to go on – идти дальше, продолжать идти) until they came to a hole in the side of the mountain (пока не пришли к берлоге в склоне горы; hole – дыра; отверстие; нора, берлога; side – край, сторона), and the bear said (и медведь сказал), “This is not where I live (это не /то место/, где я живу), but there is going to be a council here (но здесь будет проходить совет) and we will see what they do (и мы посмотрим, что они сделают).” They went in (они вошли), and the hole widened as they went (и берлога расширялась по мере продвижения внутрь: «когда они шли/продвигались»), until they came to a large cave (пока они не добрались до большой пещеры) like a townhouse (как городской дом). It was full of bears (он был полон медведей) – old bears (старых медведей), young bears (молодых медведей), and cubs (и детенышей), white bears (белых медведей), black bears (черных медведей), and brown bears (и бурых медведей) – and a large white bear was the chief (и большой белый медведь был /их/ вождем).
council ['kaunsl], widen ['waɪdn], cave [keɪv]
They went on together until they came to a hole in the side of the mountain, and the bear said, “This is not where I live, but there is going to be a council here and we will see what they do.” They went in, and the hole widened as they went, until they came to a large cave like a townhouse. It was full of bears – old bears, young bears, and cubs, white bears, black bears, and brown bears – and a large white bear was the chief.
They sat down in a corner (они уселись в углу; to sit down), but soon the bears scented the hunter (но вскоре медведи учуяли охотника) and began to ask (и начали спрашивать; to begin), “What is it that smells bad (что это, что так воняет: «дурно пахнет»)?” The chief said (вождь сказал), “Don't talk so (не говорите так); it is only a stranger came to see us (это просто чужак пришел повидать нас = к нам в гости; to come to see – навестить). Let him alone (оставьте его одного = в покое).”
down [daʋn], talk [tɔ:k], so [sǝʋ], alone [ǝ'lǝʋn]
They sat down in a corner, but soon the bears scented the hunter and began to ask, “What is it that smells bad?” The chief said, “Don't talk so; it is only a stranger came to see us. Let him alone.”
Food was getting scarce in the mountains (пропитание становилось скудным в горах), and the council was to decide (и совет должен быть решить) what to do about it (что делать с этим: «насчет этого»). They had sent out messengers all over (они разослали посыльных повсюду), and while they were talking (и пока они беседовали) two bears came in and reported (два медведя вошли и сообщили) that they had found a country in the low grounds (что они нашли страну/местность в нижних землях) where there were so many chestnuts and acorns (где было так много каштанов и желудей) that mast was knee deep (что в них можно утонуть по колено: «что корм был /по/ колено глубиной»; mast – плодокорм).
messenger ['mesɪnʤǝ], chestnut ['ʧesnʌt], acorn ['eɪkɔ:n], report [rɪ'pɔ:t]
Food was getting scarce in the mountains, and the council was to decide what to do about it. They had sent out messengers all over, and while they were talking two bears came in and reported that they had found a country in the low grounds where there were so many chestnuts and acorns that mast was knee deep.
Then they were all pleased (тогда они были = стали все довольны), and got