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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Progressive Translation Books for Russian A1-B2 Students

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Progressive Translation Books for Russian A1-B2 Students

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Introduction
Folklore,legends,myths
и
andfairytaleshavefollowedchildhoodthroughtheages,for
каждый
everyhealthyyoungsterhasawholesome
и
andinstinctiveloveforstoriesfantastic,marvelous
и
andmanifestlyunreal.
ThewingedfairiesofGrimm
и
andAndersenhavebroughtmorehappinesstochildishhearts
чем
thanallotherhumancreations.
Yettheoldtimefairy
сказка
tale,havingservedforgenerations,
может
maynowbeclassedas“historical”inthechildren’slibrary;
forthe
время
timehascomefora
серии
seriesofnewer“wondertales”inwhichthestereotypedgenie,dwarf
и
andfairyareeliminated,togetherwithallthehorrible
и
andblood-curdlingincidentsdevisedbytheirauthorstopointafearsome
мораль
moraltoeachtale.
Modern
образование
educationincludesmorality;
thereforethe
современный
modernchildseeksonlyentertainmentinitswondertales
и
andgladlydispenseswithalldisagreeableincident.
Having
эту
thisthoughtinmind,the
история
storyof“TheWonderfulWizardofOz”waswritten
исключительно
solelytopleasechildrenoftoday.
Itaspirestobeingamodernizedfairytale,inwhichthewonderment
и
andjoyareretainedandtheheartaches
и
andnightmaresareleftout.
L.
ChapterITheCyclone
DorothylivedinthemidstofthegreatKansasprairies,
с
withUncleHenry,whowasafarmer,
и
andAuntEm,whowasthefarmer’swife.
Their
дом
housewassmall,forthelumbertobuildithadtobecarriedbywagon
многие
manymiles.
Therewerefourwalls,a
пол
floorandaroof,whichmadeoneroom;
и
andthisroomcontainedarustylookingcookstove,a
шкаф
cupboardforthedishes,a
стол
table,threeorfourchairs,
и
andthebeds.
UncleHenry
и
andAuntEmhadabig
кровать
bedinonecorner,andDorothyalittle
кровать
bedinanothercorner.
Therewas
не
nogarretatall,and
не
nocellar—exceptasmallholeduginthe
земле
ground,calledacyclonecellar,wherethe
семья
familycouldgoincaseoneofthosegreatwhirlwindsarose,mighty
достаточно
enoughtocrushanybuildinginitspath.
Itwasreachedbya
ловушку
trapdoorinthemiddleofthefloor,fromwhicha
лестница
ladderleddownintothesmall,darkhole.
Когда
WhenDorothystoodinthedoorway
и
andlookedaround,shecould
видеть
seenothingbutthegreatgray
прерии
prairieoneveryside.
Nota
дерево
treenorahousebrokethebroadsweepofflatcountrythatreachedtothe
края
edgeoftheskyinalldirections.
The
солнце
sunhadbakedtheplowedlandintoagraymass,
с
withlittlecracksrunningthroughit.
Даже
Eventhegrasswasnotgreen,forthe
солнце
sunhadburnedthetopsofthelongbladesuntiltheywerethe
же
samegraycolortobeseen
повсюду
everywhere.
Oncethehousehadbeenpainted,
но
butthesunblisteredthepaint
и
andtherainswasheditaway,
и
andnowthehousewasasdull
и
andgrayaseverythingelse.
Когда
WhenAuntEmcamethereto
жить
liveshewasayoung,prettywife.
The
солнце
sunandwindhadchanged
ее
her,too.
Theyhadtakenthe
блеск
sparklefromhereyesandleftthemasobergray;
theyhadtakenthe
красный
redfromhercheeksandlips,
и
andtheyweregrayalso.
Shewas
худой
thinandgaunt,andneversmiled
теперь
now.
WhenDorothy,whowasanorphan,
впервые
firstcametoher,AuntEmhadbeensostartledbythechild’slaughter
что
thatshewouldscreamandpressher
руку
handuponherheartwheneverDorothy’s
веселый
merryvoicereachedherears;
и
andshestilllookedatthelittlegirl
с
withwonderthatshecould
найти
findanythingtolaughat.
Дядя
UncleHenryneverlaughed.
Heworkedhardfrommorningtillnight
и
anddidnotknowwhatjoywas.
Hewasgray
также
also,fromhislongbeardtohisroughboots,
и
andhelookedsternandsolemn,
и
andrarelyspoke.
ItwasTotothatmadeDorothy
смеяться
laugh,andsavedherfromgrowingasgrayasherother
окрестности
surroundings.
Totowasnotgray;
hewasalittleblackdog,
с
withlongsilkyhairandsmallblackeyes
которые
thattwinkledmerrilyoneithersideofhisfunny,weenose.
Totoplayedall
день
daylong,andDorothyplayed
с
withhim,andlovedhimdearly.
Сегодня
Today,however,theywerenotplaying.
Дядя
UncleHenrysatuponthe
пороге
doorstepandlookedanxiouslyatthe
небо
sky,whichwasevengrayer
чем
thanusual.
Dorothystoodinthedoor
с
withTotoinherarms,
и
andlookedatthesky
тоже
too.
AuntEmwaswashingthedishes.
Fromthe
далеко
farnorththeyheardalowwailofthewind,
и
andUncleHenryandDorothycould
видеть
seewherethelonggrassbowedinwaves
перед
beforethecomingstorm.
There
теперь
nowcameasharpwhistlingintheairfromthe
юга
south,andastheyturnedtheireyesthatwaytheysawripplesinthegrasscomingfromthat
сторону
directionalso.
SuddenlyUncleHenrystoodup.
“There’sacyclonecoming,Em,”hecalledtohiswife.
“I’llgolookafterthestock.”
Thenheran
к
towardtheshedswherethecows
и
andhorseswerekept.
AuntEmdroppedherwork
и
andcametothedoor.
Один
Oneglancetoldherofthe
опасности
dangercloseathand.
“Quick,Dorothy!”
shescreamed.
“Runfor
в
thecellar!”
TotojumpedoutofDorothy’sarms
и
andhidunderthebed,
и
andthegirlstartedtoget
его
him.
AuntEm,badlyfrightened,threwopenthe
ловушку
trapdoorinthefloor
и
andclimbeddowntheladderintothesmall,darkhole.
DorothycaughtTotoatlast
и
andstartedtofollowheraunt.
Когда
Whenshewashalfwayacrosstheroomtherecamea
большой
greatshriekfromthewind,
и
andthehouseshooksohard
что
thatshelostherfooting
и
andsatdownsuddenlyuponthefloor.
Thenastrange
вещь
thinghappened.
Thehousewhirledaround
два
twoorthreetimesand
поднялся
roseslowlythroughtheair.
Dorothyfeltasifsheweregoingupinaballoon.
Thenorth
и
andsouthwindsmetwherethe
дом
housestood,andmadeittheexactcenterofthecyclone.
Inthe
середине
middleofacyclonethe
воздух
airisgenerallystill,butthegreat
давление
pressureofthewindon
все
everysideofthehouseraisedituphigher
и
andhigher,untilitwasatthevery
вершине
topofthecyclone;
and
там
thereitremainedandwascarriedmiles
и
andmilesawayaseasilyasyoucouldcarrya
перо
feather.
Itwasverydark,
и
andthewindhowledhorribly
вокруг
aroundher,butDorothyfoundshewasriding
довольно
quiteeasily.
Afterthefirstfewwhirlsaround,
и
andoneothertimewhenthe
дом
housetippedbadly,shefeltasifshewerebeingrocked
мягко
gently,likeababyinacradle.
Totodidnotlike
это
it.
Heranabouttheroom,
теперь
nowhere,nowthere,barking
громко
loudly;
butDorothysatquitestillonthefloor
и
andwaitedtoseewhatwouldhappen.
Однажды
OnceTotogottooneartheopentrapdoor,
и
andfellin;
andat
сначала
firstthelittlegirlthoughtshehadlost
его
him.
Butsoonshesawoneofhisearsstickingup
через
throughthehole,forthestrong
давление
pressureoftheairwaskeepinghimupso
что
thathecouldnotfall.
Shecrepttothehole,caughtTotobythe
ухо
ear,anddraggedhimintotheroom
снова
again,afterwardclosingthetrap
дверь
doorsothatnomoreaccidentscouldhappen.
Hourafterhourpassedaway,
и
andslowlyDorothygotoverher
страх
fright;
butshefeltquite
одиноко
lonely,andthewindshriekedso
громко
loudlyallaboutherthatshe
почти
nearlybecamedeaf.
Atfirstshehadwondered
если
ifshewouldbedashedtopieces
когда
whenthehousefellagain;
но
butasthehourspassed
и
andnothingterriblehappened,shestoppedworrying
и
andresolvedtowaitcalmly
и
andseewhatthefuturewouldbring.
Atlastshecrawledovertheswayingfloortoher
постель
bed,andlaydownuponit;
и
andTotofollowedandlaydownbeside
ней
her.
ChapterIITheCouncil
с
withtheMunchkins
Shewasawakenedbyashock,sosudden
и
andseverethatifDorothyhadnotbeenlyingonthesoft
постели
bedshemighthavebeenhurt.
Asitwas,the
кувшин
jarmadehercatchher
дыхание
breathandwonderwhathadhappened;
и
andTotoputhiscoldlittle
нос
noseintoherfaceandwhineddismally.
Dorothysatup
и
andnoticedthatthehousewasnotmoving;
norwasit
темно
dark,forthebrightsunshinecameinatthe
окно
window,floodingthelittleroom.
Shesprangfromher
постели
bedandwithTotoatherheelsran
и
andopenedthedoor.
Thelittle
девочка
girlgaveacryofamazement
и
andlookedabouther,hereyesgrowing
больше
biggerandbiggeratthewonderfulsightsshesaw.
Thecyclonehadsetthe
дом
housedownverygently—foracyclone—inthemidstofa
страны
countryofmarvelousbeauty.
Therewerelovelypatchesofgreenswardallabout,
с
withstatelytreesbearingrich
и
andlusciousfruits.
Banksofgorgeousflowerswereoneveryhand,
и
andbirdswithrareandbrilliantplumagesang
и
andflutteredinthetrees
и
andbushes.
Alittlewayoffwasasmallbrook,rushing
и
andsparklingalongbetweengreenbanks,
и
andmurmuringinavoice
очень
verygratefultoalittlegirlwhohadlivedso
долго
longonthedry,grayprairies.
Whileshestoodlooking
нетерпением
eagerlyatthestrangeand
красивые
beautifulsights,shenoticedcoming
к
towardheragroupofthequeerest
людей
peopleshehadeverseen.
Theywerenotasbigasthegrownfolkshehad
всегда
alwaysbeenusedto;
butneitherwerethey
очень
verysmall.
Infact,theyseemedaboutastallasDorothy,whowasawell-grownchildforherage,althoughtheywere,sofaraslooksgo,
много
manyyearsolder.
Threeweremen
и
andoneawoman,and
все
allwereoddlydressed.
Theyworeroundhats
которые
thatrosetoasmall
точки
pointafootabovetheirheads,
с
withlittlebellsaroundthebrims
которые
thattinkledsweetlyastheymoved.
Thehatsofthemenwereblue;
thelittlewoman’shatwaswhite,
и
andsheworeawhite
платье
gownthathunginpleatsfromhershoulders.
Над
Overitweresprinkledlittlestars
которые
thatglistenedinthesun
как
likediamonds.
Themenweredressedin
синий
blue,ofthesameshadeastheirhats,
и
andworewell-polishedbootswithadeeprollof
синий
blueatthetops.
Themen,Dorothythought,wereaboutasoldas
Дядя
UncleHenry,fortwoofthemhadbeards.
Но
Butthelittlewomanwasdoubtless
намного
mucholder.
Herfacewascoveredwithwrinkles,her
волосы
hairwasnearlywhite,andshewalked
довольно
ratherstiffly.
Whenthesepeopledrewnearthehouse
где
whereDorothywasstandinginthedoorway,theypaused
и
andwhisperedamongthemselves,asifafraidtocome
дальше
farther.
ButthelittleoldwomanwalkeduptoDorothy,madea
низкий
lowbowandsaid,inasweetvoice:.
“Youarewelcome,mostnobleSorceress,tothelandoftheMunchkins.
WearesogratefultoyouforhavingkilledtheWickedWitchoftheEast,
и
andforsettingourpeoplefreefrombondage.”
Dorothylistenedto
эту
thisspeechwithwonder.
Whatcouldthelittle
женщина
womanpossiblymeanbycallingherasorceress,
и
andsayingshehadkilledtheWickedWitchoftheEast?
Dorothywasaninnocent,harmlesslittlegirl,whohadbeencarriedbyacyclone
много
manymilesfromhome;
andshehadneverkilled
ничего
anythinginallherlife.
Но
Butthelittlewomanevidentlyexpectedhertoanswer;
soDorothysaid,
с
withhesitation,“Youareverykind,
но
buttheremustbesome
ошибка
mistake.
Ihavenotkilledanything.”
“Your
дом
housedid,anyway,”repliedthelittleoldwoman,
со
withalaugh,“andthatisthesamething.
See!”
shecontinued,pointingtothe
угол
cornerofthehouse.
“Thereareher
две
twofeet,stillstickingoutfrom
под
underablockofwood.”
Dorothylooked,
и
andgavealittlecryoffright.
Там
There,indeed,justunderthecornerofthe
большой
greatbeamthehouserested
на
on,twofeetwerestickingout,shodinsilver
туфли
shoeswithpointedtoes.
“Oh,dear!
Oh,dear!”
criedDorothy,claspingherhands
вместе
togetherindismay.
“Thehousemusthavefallenon
нее
her.
Whatevershallwedo?”
“Thereis
ничего
nothingtobedone,”saidthelittle
женщина
womancalmly.
“Butwhowasshe?”
askedDorothy.
“Shewasthe
Злой
WickedWitchoftheEast,asIsaid,”answeredthelittle
женщина
woman.
“ShehasheldalltheMunchkinsinbondageformanyyears,makingthemslaveforher
ночь
nightandday.
Nowtheyare
все
allsetfree,andaregratefultoyouforthefavor.”
“WhoaretheMunchkins?”
inquiredDorothy.
“Theyarethe
люди
peoplewholiveinthislandoftheEast
где
wheretheWickedWitchruled.”
“AreyouaMunchkin?”
askedDorothy.
“No,
но
butIamtheirfriend,althoughIliveinthelandoftheNorth.
Whentheysawthe
Ведьма
WitchoftheEastwasdeadtheMunchkinssentaswiftmessengertome,
и
andIcameatonce.
Iamthe
Ведьма
WitchoftheNorth.”
“Oh,gracious!”
criedDorothy.
“Areyouarealwitch?”
“Yes,indeed,”answeredthelittle
женщина
woman.
“ButIamagood
ведьма
witch,andthepeoplelove
меня
me.
Iamnotaspowerfulasthe
Злая
WickedWitchwaswhoruled
здесь
here,orIshouldhavesetthe
людей
peoplefreemyself.”
“ButIthought
все
allwitcheswerewicked,”saidthe
девушка
girl,whowashalffrightenedatfacingarealwitch.
“Oh,
нет
no,thatisagreat
ошибка
mistake.
TherewereonlyfourwitchesinalltheLandofOz,
и
andtwoofthem,thosewholiveintheNorth
и
andtheSouth,aregoodwitches.
I
знаю
knowthisistrue,forIam
один
oneofthemmyself,andcannotbemistaken.
Те
Thosewhodweltinthe
Востоке
EastandtheWestwere,indeed,wickedwitches;
но
butnowthatyouhavekilledoneof
них
them,thereisbutone
Злая
WickedWitchinalltheLandofOz—theonewholivesintheWest.”
“But,”saidDorothy,afteramoment’sthought,“AuntEmhastoldme
что
thatthewitcheswerealldead—yearsandyearsago.”
“Whois
Тетя
AuntEm?”
inquiredthelittleoldwoman.
“Sheismy
тетя
auntwholivesinKansas,whereIcamefrom.”
The
Ведьма
WitchoftheNorthseemedtothinkfora
время
time,withherheadbowed
и
andhereyesupontheground.
Thenshelooked
вверх
upandsaid,“Idonot
знаю
knowwhereKansasis,forIhaveneverheard
что
thatcountrymentionedbefore.
Buttellme,isitacivilizedcountry?”
“Oh,yes,”repliedDorothy.
“Thenthataccountsforit.
InthecivilizedcountriesI
верю
believetherearenowitchesleft,
ни
norwizards,norsorceresses,normagicians.
Но
But,yousee,theLandofOzhasneverbeencivilized,forwearecutofffromalltherestoftheworld.
Thereforewe
все еще
stillhavewitchesandwizards
среди
amongstus.”
“Whoarethewizards?”
askedDorothy.
“Ozhimselfisthe
Великий
GreatWizard,”answeredtheWitch,sinkingher
голос
voicetoawhisper.
“Heismorepowerfulthanalltherestofus
вместе
together.
HelivesintheCityofEmeralds.”
Dorothywasgoingto
задать
askanotherquestion,butjustthentheMunchkins,
которые
whohadbeenstandingsilentlyby,gavea
громко
loudshoutandpointedtothe
угол
cornerofthehousewherethe
Злая
WickedWitchhadbeenlying.
“Whatisit?”
askedthelittleoldwoman,
и
andlooked,andbeganto
смеяться
laugh.
ThefeetofthedeadWitchhaddisappeared
полностью
entirely,andnothingwasleftbutthesilvershoes.
“Shewassoold,”explainedthe
Ведьма
WitchoftheNorth,“thatshedriedup
быстро
quicklyinthesun.Thatistheendofher.
Но
Butthesilvershoesareyours,
и
andyoushallhavethemtowear.”
Shereacheddown
и
andpickeduptheshoes,
и
andaftershakingthedustoutofthemhandedthemtoDorothy.
“TheWitchoftheEastwasproudofthosesilvershoes,”said
один
oneoftheMunchkins,“andthereissome
очарование
charmconnectedwiththem;
butwhatitisweneverknew.”
Dorothycarried
в
theshoesintothehouse
и
andplacedthemonthe
стол
table.
Thenshecameout
снова
againtotheMunchkinsandsaid:.
“Iamanxioustogetbacktomyaunt
и
anduncle,forIamsuretheywill
беспокоиться
worryaboutme.
Canyou
помочь
helpmefindmyway?”
TheMunchkins
и
andtheWitchfirstlookedatoneanother,
и
andthenatDorothy,andthenshooktheirheads.
“Atthe
Востоке
East,notfarfromhere,”said
один
one,“thereisagreat
пустыня
desert,andnonecouldlivetocrossit.”
“ItisthesameattheSouth,”said
другой
another,“forIhavebeen
там
thereandseenit.
TheSouthisthe
страна
countryoftheQuadlings.”
“Iamtold,”saidthe
третий
thirdman,“thatitisthesameattheWest.
И
Andthatcountry,wheretheWinkies
живут
live,isruledbythe
Злая
WickedWitchoftheWest,whowouldmakeyouherslave
если
ifyoupassedherway.”
“TheNorthismyhome,”saidtheoldlady,“andatitsedgeisthe
же
samegreatdesertthatsurrounds
эту
thisLandofOz.I’m
боюсь
afraid,mydear,youwillhaveto
жить
livewithus.”
Dorothybeganto
рыдать
sobatthis,forshefeltlonely
среди
amongallthesestrangepeople.
Hertearsseemedtogrievethekind-heartedMunchkins,forthey
сразу
immediatelytookouttheirhandkerchiefs
и
andbegantoweepalso.
Asforthelittleoldwoman,shetookoffhercap
и
andbalancedthepointontheendofhernose,whileshecounted“One,
два
two,three”inasolemnvoice.
Atoncethe
крышка
capchangedtoaslate,onwhichwaswritteninbig,whitechalkmarks:.
“LETDOROTHYGOTOTHE
Город
CITYOFEMERALDS”.
Thelittleoldwomantooktheslatefromhernose,
и
andhavingreadthewordsonit,asked,“IsyournameDorothy,mydear?”
“Yes,”answeredthechild,lookingup
и
anddryinghertears.
“Thenyou
должен
mustgototheCityofEmeralds.
Возможно
PerhapsOzwillhelpyou.”
“Whereis
этот
thiscity?”
askedDorothy.
“Itisexactlyinthecenterofthe
страны
country,andisruledbyOz,the
Великий
GreatWizardItoldyouof.”
“Ishea
хороший
goodman?”