medicine [`medsIn], copperhead [`kOpqhed], spreading [`spredIN], bright [braIt], blind [blaInd], nasty [`nQ:stI]
The Little Men made medicine and changed two men to snakes, the Spreading-adder and the Copperhead, and sent them to watch near the door of the daughter of the Sun to bite the old Sun when she came next day. They went together and hid near the house until the Sun came, but when the Spreading-adder was about to spring, the bright light blinded him and he could only spit out yellow slime, as he does to this day when he tries to bite. She called him a nasty thing and went by into the house, and the Copperhead crawled off without trying to do anything.
So the people still died from the heat (итак, люди все еще умирали от жары), and they went to the Little Men a second time for help (и они пошли к Маленьким Человечкам во второй раз за помощью; time — /зд./ раз). The Little Men made medicine again (приготовили снадобье опять) and changed one man (и превратили одного человека) into the great Uktena (в огромную Уктену; Уктена — огромная рогатая змея, чудовище в мифологии западных и восточных индейцев чероки) and another into the Rattlesnake (а другого — в Гремучую Змею; to rattle — трещать, грохотать; греметь) and sent them to watch near the house (и послали их ждать/стеречь возле дома) and kill the old Sun (и убить старуху-Солнце) when she came for dinner (когда она придет на обед).
heat [hJt], second [`sek(q)nd], great [greIt], rattlesnake [`rxtlsneIk]
So the people still died from the heat, and they went to the Little Men a second time for help. The Little Men made medicine again and changed one man into the great Uktena and another into the Rattlesnake and sent them to watch near the house and kill the old Sun when she came for dinner.
They made the Uktena very large (они создали Уктену огромной), with horns on his head (с рогами на голове), and everyone thought (и все думали: «и каждый думал»; to think) he would be sure to do the work (/что/ он обязательно сделает работу = выполнит задуманное), but the Rattlesnake was so quick and eager (но Гремучая Змея был таким быстрым и так страстно желал /дела/; eager — страстно желающий, жаждущий /о человеке/; интенсивный, напряженный; энергичный, активный /о желании, взгляде, жесте и т. п./) that he got ahead (что вырвался вперед; to get ahead) and coiled up just outside the house (и свернулся кольцом снаружи = возле дома; just — точный; как раз, прямо), and when the Sun's daughter opened the door (и когда дочь Солнца открыла дверь) to look out for her mother (чтобы выглянуть /в поисках/ матери = поглядеть, где ее мать), he sprang up and bit her (он прыгнул и укусил ее; to spring) and she fell dead in the doorway (и она упала замертво в проеме двери = на пороге).
horn [hLn], thought [TLt], eager [`Jgq], ahead [q`hed]
They made the Uktena very large, with horns on his head, and everyone thought he would be sure to do the work, but the Rattlesnake was so quick and eager that he got ahead and coiled up just outside the house, and when the Sun's daughter opened the door to look out for her mother, he sprang up and bit her and she fell dead in the doorway.
He forgot to wait for the old Sun (он /Змея/ забыл дождаться старухи-Солнца), but went back to the people (но вернулся к людям; to go back — возвращаться: «идти назад»), and the Uktena was so very angry that he went back, too (и Уктена так разозлился, что тоже пошел домой). Since then we pray to the rattlesnake (с тех пор мы молимся гремучей змее) and do not kill him (и не убиваем ее = змею), because he is kind (потому что она = змея добрая) and never tries to bite (и никогда не пытается укусить) if we do not disturb him (если мы не беспокоим ее = змею). The Uktena grew angrier all the time (Уктена становилась злее все время; to grow angry — становиться сердитым) and very dangerous (и очень опасной; danger — опасность), so that if he even looked at a man (так что даже если она взглянула на человека = стоило ей посмотреть на человека), that man's family would die (семья этого человека умирала).
pray [preI], kind [kaInd], disturb [dIs`tWb], dangerous [`deInGrqs], family [`fxmIlI]
He forgot to wait for the old Sun, but went back to the people, and the Uktena was so very angry that he went back, too. Since then we pray to the rattlesnake and do not kill him, because he is kind and never tries to bite if we do not disturb him. The Uktena grew angrier all the time and very dangerous, so that if he even looked at a man, that man's family would die.
After a long time the people held a council (спустя долгое время люди провели совет; to hold a council — держать совет) and decided that he was too dangerous to be with them (и решили, что он слишком опасен, чтобы оставаться с ними), so they sent him up to Galunlati (поэтому они отослали его наверх в Галунлати), and he is there now (и сейчас он там). The Spreading-adder (Кидающаяся Гадюка), the Copperhead (Медноголовая Змея), the Rattlesnake (Гремучая Змея), and the Uktena (и Уктена) were all men (были все людьми).
council [kaunsl], decide [dI`saId], with [wID], all [Ll]
After a long time the people held a council and decided that he was too dangerous to be with them, so they sent him up to Galunlati, and he is there now. The Spreading-adder, the Copperhead, the Rattlesnake, and the Uktena were all men.
When the Sun found her daughter dead (когда Солнце обнаружила свою дочь мертвой; to find — находить, встречать, обнаруживать /в различных смыслах/; заставать), she went into the house and grieved (она зашла в дом и /стала/ горевать), and the people did not die any more (и люди больше не умирали), but now the world was dark all the time (но теперь мир был темным все время = оставался во тьме все время), because the Sun would not come out (потому что Солнце не желала выходить). They went again to the Little Men (они снова пошли к Маленьким Человечкам), and these told them (и те сказали им; to tell) that if they wanted the Sun to come out again (что если они хотят, чтобы Солнце снова появилась: «вышла») they must bring back her daughter from Tsusginai (они должны привести назад ее дочь из Цусгинаи), the Ghost country (Страны Духов), in Usunhiyi (/которая находится/ в Усунхийи), the Darkening land in the west (/в/ Темнеющей стране = Закатной стране на западе). They chose seven men to go (они выбрали семерых мужчин, /которые должны были/ идти; to choose) and gave each a sourwood rod a hand-breadth long (и дали каждому /по/ ветке вереска, длиной /равной/ ширине ладони; breadth — ширина; hand — рука /кисть/; sourwood — оксидендрум древовидный, семейства вересковых).
grieve [grJv], dark [dRk], ghost [gqust], chose [tSquz], breadth [bredT]
When the Sun found her daughter dead, she went into the house and grieved, and the people did not die any more, but now the world was dark all the time, because the Sun would not come out. They went again to the Little Men, and these told them that if they wanted the Sun to come out again they must bring back her daughter from Tsusginai, the Ghost country, in Usunhiyi, the Darkening land in the west. They chose seven men to go, and gave each a sourwood rod a hand-breadth long.
The Little Men told them (Маленькие Человечки сказали им) they must take a box with them (/что/ они должны были взять с собой ящик), and when they got to Tsusginai (и когда они доберутся до Цусгинаи) they would find all the ghosts at a dance (они увидят, что все духи танцуют; to find — обнаружить, застать). They must stand outside the circle (они должны стать за пределами круга), and when the young woman passed in the dance (и когда молодая женщина пройдет мимо в танце) they must strike her with the rods (они должны хлестнуть ее ветками) and she would fall to the ground (и она упадет на землю). Then they must put her into the box (затем они должны положить ее в ящик) and bring her back to her mother (и принести ее назад матери), but they must be very sure not to open the box (но они ни в коем случае не должны открывать ящик; to be sure to do smth. — непременно сделать что-либо), even a little way (даже ненамного), until they were home again (пока не доберутся домой).
outside [`aut`saId], open [qup(q)n], box [bOks], until [qn`tIl]
The Little Men told them they must take a box with them, and when they got to Tsusginai they would find all the ghosts at a dance. They must stand outside the circle, and when the young woman passed in the dance they must strike her with the rods and she would fall to the ground. Then they must put her into the box and bring her back to her mother, but they must be very sure not to open the box, even a little way, until they were home again.
They took the rods and a box (они взяли прутья/ветки и ящик) and traveled seven days to the west (и шли семь дней на запад) until they came to the Darkening land (пока не достигли Закатной страны). There were a great many people there (там было великое множество людей), and they were having a dance (и они танцевали) just as if they were at home in the settlements (как будто бы они были дома в селениях; to settle — поселиться). The young woman was in the outside circle (молодая женщина танцевала/была во внешнем круге), and as she swung around (и когда она повернулась; to swing — вертеть/ся/; поворачивать/ся/) to where the seven men were standing (туда, где семь мужчин стояли), one struck her with his rod (один ударил ее своей веткой; to strike) and she turned her head and saw him (и она повернула свою голову и увидела его; to see).
darkening [`dRk(q)nIN], settlement [`setlmqnt], circle [sWkl]
They took the rods and a box and traveled seven days to the west until they came to the Darkening land. There were a great many people there, and they were having a dance just as if they were at home in the settlements. The young woman was in the outside circle, and as she swung around to where the seven men were standing, one struck her with his rod and she turned her head and saw him.
As she came around the second time (когда она пришла по кругу во второй раз) another touched her with his rod (еще один прикоснулся к ней своей веткой), and then another (и затем еще один) and another (и еще один), until at the seventh round (пока на седьмом круге) she fell out of the ring (она не выпала из круга), and they put her into the box (и они положили ее в ящик) and closed the lid fast (и крепко закрыли крышку). The other ghosts seemed never to notice (остальные духи, казалось, так и не заметили) what had happened (что произошло).
touch [tAC], round [raund], notice [`nqutIs]
As she came around the second time another touched her with his rod, and then another and another, until at the seventh round she fell out of the ring, and they put her into the box and closed the lid fast. The other ghosts seemed never to notice what had happened.
They took up the box (они взяли ящик) and started home toward the east (и отправились домой по направлению к востоку; to start — отправляться, пускаться в путь; трогаться). In a little while (через некоторое время) the girl came to life again (девушка снова вернулась к жизни) and begged to be let out of the box (и взмолилась, чтобы /ее/ выпустили из ящика: «и взмолилась быть выпущенной из ящика»), but they made no answer (но они не ответили: «не сделали ответа») and went on (и продолжили путь; to go on). Soon she called again (вскоре она позвала снова) and said she was hungry (и сказала, что она была голодна), but still they made no answer (но они все же не отвечали) and went on (и шли дальше). After another while she spoke again (спустя некоторое время она заговорила снова) and called for a drink (и попросила воды: «напиться»; to call for — требовать) and pleaded so (и умоляла так) that it was very hard to listen to her (что было очень трудно/тяжело слушать ее), but the men who carried the box said nothing (но люди, которые несли ящик, не сказали ничего) and still went on (и все равно продолжали путь; still — до сих пор, все еще, по-прежнему).
girl [gWl], call [kLl], after [`Q:ftq], plead [pli:d], hard [hRd]
They took up the box and started home toward the east. In a little while the girl came to life again and begged to be let out of the box, but they made no answer and went on. Soon she called again and said she was hungry, but still they made no answer and went on. After another while she spoke again and called for a drink and pleaded so that it was very hard to listen to her, but the men who carried the box said nothing and still went on.
When at last they were very near home (когда, наконец, они были очень близко к дому), she called again (она позвала снова) and begged them to raise the lid just a little (и умоляла их поднять крышку всего лишь ненамного), because she was smothering (потому что она задыхалась). They were afraid (они испугались) she was really dying now (что она теперь действительно умирает), so they lifted the lid a little (поэтому они приподняли крышку немного) to give her air (чтобы дать ей воздуха), but as they did so (но как только они сделали так) there was a fluttering sound inside (раздалось какое-то трепетание внутри) and something flew past them (и что-то пролетело мимо них; to fly) into the thicket (в заросли) and they heard a redbird cry (и они услышали крик иволги), "kwish! kwish! kwish!" («квиш!») in the bushes (в кустах). They shut down the lid (они закрыли/захлопнули крышку) and went on again to the settlements (и продолжали /путь/ в деревню: «поселения»), but when they got there (но когда они добрались туда) and opened the box (и открыли ящик) it was empty (он был пуст).
smother [`smADq], really [`rIqlI], inside [In`saId], thicket [`TIkIt]
When at last they were very near home, she called again and begged them to raise the lid just a little, because she was smothering. They were afraid she was really dying now, so they lifted the lid a little to give her air, but as they did so there was a fluttering sound inside and something flew past them into the thicket and they heard a redbird cry, "kwish! kwish! kwish!" in the bushes. They shut down the lid and went on again to the settlements, but when they got there and opened the box it was empty.
So we know (так = потому мы знаем) the Redbird is the daughter of the Sun (что иволга — дочь Солнца), and if the men had kept the box closed (и если бы люди держали ящик закрытым; to keep), as the Little Men told them to do (как Маленькие Человечки наказали: «сказали» им), they would have brought her home safely (они бы принесли ее домой в сохранности), and we could bring back our other friends (и мы могли бы приводить назад наших друзей) also from the Ghost country (также из Страны Духов), but now when they die (но теперь, когда они умирают) we can never bring them back (мы никак не сможем вернуть их; never — никогда;вовсе; to bring smb. back — возвращать кого-либо: «приводить назад»).
safely [`seIflI], country [`kAntrI], bring [brIN]
So we know the Redbird is the daughter of the Sun, and if the men had kept the box closed, as the Little Men told them to do, they would have brought her home safely, and we could bring back our other friends also from the Ghost country, but now when they die we can never bring them back.
The Sun had been glad (Солнце обрадовалась) when they started to the Ghost country (когда они отправились в Страну Духов), but when they came back without her daughter (но когда они вернулись без ее дочери) she grieved and cried (она опечалилась и воскликнула), "My daughter, my daughter (дочь моя)," and wept (и плакала; to weep) until her tears made a flood upon the earth (пока ее слезы не произвели потоп на земле), and the people were afraid (и люди боялись/испугались) the world would be drowned (что мир утонет: «будет затоплен»; to be drowned — утонуть, утопить/ся/). They held another council (они созвали: «держали» другой совет), and sent their handsomest young men and women to amuse her (и послали своих самых красивых мужчин и женщин развеселить ее; to amuse — развлекать; позабавить, развеселить) so that she would stop crying (чтобы она перестала плакать).
tear [tIq], flood [flAd], afraid [q`freId], drown [draun], amuse [q`mju:z]
The Sun had been glad when they started to the Ghost country, but when they came back without her daughter she grieved and cried, "My daughter, my daughter," and wept until her tears made a flood upon the earth, and the people were afraid the world would be drowned. They held another council, and sent their handsomest young men and women to amuse her so that she would stop crying.
They danced before the Sun (они танцевали перед Солнцем) and sang their best songs (и пели свои лучшие песни), but for a long time she kept her face covered (но долгое время она скрывала свое лицо: «держала свое лицо покрытым/прикрытым»; to keep) and paid no attention (и не обращала внимания; to pay — платить; оказывать, обращать /внимание; to/), until at last the drummer suddenly changed the song (пока, наконец, барабанщик внезапно не переменил песню; drum — барабан), when she lifted up her face (/и/ когда она подняла свое лицо), and was so pleased at the sight (она была так довольна зрелищем = увиденным) that she forgot her grief and smiled (что она забыла свою печаль и улыбнулась; to forget).
cover [`kAvq], suddenly [`sAdnlI], change [CeInG], sight [saIt], forgot [fq`gOt]
They danced before the Sun and sang their best songs, but for a long time she kept her face covered and paid no attention, until at last the drummer suddenly changed the song, when she lifted up her face, and was so pleased at the sight that she forgot her grief and smiled.
The Girl Who Married the Star (Девушка, которая вышла замуж за Звезду = стала женой Звезды; to marry — жениться; выходить замуж)
There were once two sisters (жили-были однажды две сестры; there were/there lived — жили-были) who lived alone in an uninhabited place (которые жили одни в необитаемом месте; to inhabit — населять). This was a long time ago (это было давно: «долгое время назад»), when the tribes upon earth were few (когда племен на земле было мало), and the animal people were friendly to man (и животные: «народ животных» дружили с человеком; friendly — дружелюбный, дружески расположенный). The name of one of the girls was Earth (имя одной из девушек было Земля), and the other was called Water (а другую звали Вода).
tribe [traIb], few [fjH], other [`ADq]
There were once two sisters who lived alone in an uninhabited place. This was a long time ago, when the tribes upon earth were few, and the animal people were friendly to man. The name of one of the girls was Earth, and the other was called Water.
All their food was brought to them by their animal friends (всю их пищу приносили им их друзья-животные: «вся их пища была приносима им их друзьями-животными»). The Bears supplied them with nuts (Медведи приносили им орехи: «снабжали их орехами»), berries and wild turnips (ягоды и дикую репу), and the Bees brought combs (а пчелы приносили соты) dripping with honey (истекающие медом; to drip — капать). They ate no flesh (они не ели мяса), for that would be to take life (ведь это означало бы отнять /у кого-то/ жизнь). They dwelt in a lodge (они жили в вигваме; to dwell) made of birch-bark (сделанном из березовой коры), and their beds were mats (и их постелью были циновки) woven of rushes (сплетенные из тростника; to weave).
supply [sq`plaI], turnip [`tWnIp], honey [`hAnI]
All their food was brought to them by their animal friends. The Bears supplied them with nuts, berries and wild turnips, and the Bees brought combs dripping with honey. They ate no flesh, for that would be to take life. They dwelt in a lodge made of birch-bark, and their beds were mats woven of rushes.
One clear, summer night (одной ясной летней ночью) the girls lay awake upon their beds (девушки лежали без сна на своих постелях), looking up through the smoke-hole of their wigwam (/и/ смотрели вверх через дымовое отверстие своего вигвама) and telling one another all their thoughts (рассказывая друг другу все свои мысли).
"Sister (сестра)," said the Earth (сказала Земля), "I have seen a handsome young man in my dreams (я видела красивого молодого человека в моих снах), and it seemed to me (и мне показалось) that he came from up yonder (что он пришел сверху, вон оттуда; yonder — /архаич. книж./ вон там; в ту сторону, туда)!"
clear [klIq], sister [`sIstq], yonder [`jOndq]
One clear, summer night the girls lay awake upon their beds, looking up through the smoke-hole of their wigwam and telling one another all their thoughts.
"Sister," said the Earth, "I have seen a handsome young man in my dreams, and it seemed to me that he came from up yonder!"
"I too have seen a man in my dreams (я тоже видела мужчину в своих снах)," replied her sister (ответила ее сестра), "and he was a great brave (и он был великий воин; brave — храбрый; индейский воин)."
"Do you not think these bright stars above us are the sky men (ты не думаешь, что эти яркие звезды над нами — небесные люди/мужчины) of whom we have dreamed (которые нам приснились)?" suggested the Earth (предположила Земля).
brave [breIv], suggest [sq`Gest], dream [drJm]
"I too have seen a man in my dreams," replied her sister, "and he was a great brave."
"Do you not think these bright stars above us are the sky men of whom we have dreamed?" suggested the Earth.
"If that is true, sister (если это правда, сестра), and it may be true (а это может быть правдой)," said the Water (сказала Вода), "I choose that brightest Star for my husband (я выбираю эту самую яркую Звезду себе в мужья; bright — brighter — brightest)!"
"And I (а я)," declared her sister (заявила сестра), "choose for my husband (я выбираю себе в мужья) that little twinkling Star (эту маленькую мерцающую Звезду)!"
husband [`hAzbqnd], declare [dI`kleq], twinkle [twInkl]
"If that is true, sister, and it may be true," said the Water, "I choose that brightest Star for my husband!"
"And I," declared her sister, "choose for my husband that little twinkling Star!"
By and by the sisters slept (вскоре сестры заснули; by and by — постепенно, мало-помалу, вскоре); and when they awoke (а когда они проснулись; to awake), they found themselves in the sky (они поняли, что находятся на небе: «нашли/обнаружили себя на небе»; to find — находить; to find oneself — оказываться /где-либо, в каком-либо состоянии/)! The husband of the elder sister (мужем старшей сестры) who had chosen the bright star (которая выбрала яркую звезду) was an old warrior with a shining name (был опытным воином с прославленным именем; shining — великолепный, выдающийся; to shine — светить), but the husband of the younger girl (но мужем младшей девушки) was a fine-looking young man (был красивый молодой человек), who had as yet no great reputation (который еще не имел великой славы/доброго имени).
elder [`eldq], star [stR], warrior [`wOrIq], reputation ["repju(:)`teIS(q)n]
By and by the sisters slept; and when they awoke, they found themselves in the sky! The husband of the elder sister who had chosen the bright star was an old warrior with a shining name, but the husband of the younger girl was a fine-looking young man, who had as yet no great reputation.
The Star men were kind to their wives (Звездные люди/мужчины были добры к своим женам), who lived very happily in their new home (которые жили очень счастливо в своем новом доме). One day they went out to dig wild turnips (однажды они вышли накопать дикой репы), and the old warrior said to his wife (и опытный/старый воин сказал своей жене):