the blue one home with you (и поэтому ты принес с собой домой зеленый один =
шарик и голубой шарик;
to bring — приносить).
“Which one would you like (который бы ты хотел)?” you asked Pooh (ты спросил Пуха). He put his head between his paws and thought very carefully (он обхватил /свою/ голову /своими/ лапами: «положил свою голову между своих лап» и очень тщательно подумал).
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Well, it just happened that you had been to a party the day before at the house of your friend Piglet, and you had balloons at the party. You had had a big green balloon; and one of Rabbit's relations had had a big blue one, and had left it behind, being really too young to go to a party at all; and so you had brought the green one and the blue one home with you.
“Which one would you like?” you asked Pooh. He put his head between his paws and thought very carefully.
“It's like this,” he said (/это/ так, — сказал он). “When you go after honey with a balloon (когда /ты/ идешь за медом с воздушным шариком), the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming (главное дело: «великая вещь» — не дать пчелам узнать, /что/ ты идешь). Now, if you have a green balloon (и вот, если у тебя зеленый шарик), they might think you were only part of the tree, and not notice you (они могут подумать, /что/ ты /был/ лишь часть дерева, и не заметят тебя), and if you have a blue balloon (а если у тебя голубой шарик), they might think you were only part of the sky, and not notice you (они могут подумать, /что/ ты лишь часть неба, и не заметят тебя), and the question is: Which is most likely (и вопрос /заключается в том/: что вероятнее всего / самое вероятное)?”
“Wouldn't they notice you underneath the balloon (они не заметили бы тебя под шариком)?” you asked (спросил ты).
“They might or they might not (может, да, а может, нет: «они могут или не могут»),” said Winnie-the-Pooh (сказал Винни-Пух). “You never can tell with bees (/ты/ никогда /не/ можешь понять = /не/ знаешь с пчелами).” He thought for a moment and said (он задумался на минутку и сказал): “I shall try to look like a small black cloud (я попробую быть похожим = стать похожим на маленькую черную тучку). That will deceive them (это обманет их).”
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“It's like this,” he said. “When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming. Now, if you have a green balloon, they might think you were only part of the tree, and not notice you, and if you have a blue balloon, they might think you were only part of the sky, and not notice you, and the question is: Which is most likely?”
