своей палочки), so he put another stick in the place where the water came up to (поэтому он втыкал следующую палочку в то место, до которого дошла вода), and then he walked home again (и потом он снова уходил домой), and each morning he had a shorter way to walk than he had had the morning before (и каждое утро он имел более короткий путь, чтобы пройти =
он проходил более короткий путь, чем накануне утром). On the morning of the fifth day he saw the water all round him (утром пятого дня он увидел воду повсюду вокруг него), and he knew that for the first time in his life (и он узнал =
понял, что впервые в своей жизни) he was on a real island (он оказался на настоящем острове
[54]). Which is very exciting (что очень волнующе). It was on this morning that Owl came flying over the water to say “How do you do?” to his friend Christopher Robin (именно в это утро Филин прилетел через воду, чтобы сказать «Как поживаете?» =
поприветствовать своего друга Кристофера Робина).
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Christopher Robin lived at the very top of the Forest. It rained, and it rained, and it rained, but the water couldn't come up to his house. It was rather jolly to look down into the valleys and see the water all round him, but it rained so hard that he stayed indoors most of the time, and thought about things. Every morning he went out with his umbrella and put a stick in the place where the water came up to, and every next morning he went out and couldn't see his stick any more, so he put another stick in the place where the water came up to, and then he walked home again, and each morning he had a shorter way to walk than he had had the morning before. On the morning of the fifth day he saw the water all round him, and he knew that for the first time in his life he was on a real island. Which is very exciting. It was on this morning that Owl came flying over the water to say “How do you do?” to his friend Christopher Robin.
“I say, Owl,” said Christopher Robin (послушай, Филин, — сказал Кристофер Робин), “isn't this fun (разве это не забавно)? I'm on an island (я на острове)!”
“The atmospheric conditions have been very unfavourable lately,” said Owl (атмосферные условия были очень неблагоприятны в последнее время, — сказал Филин).
“The what (что)?”
“It has been raining,” explained Owl (шел дождь, — пояснил Филин).
“Yes,” said Christopher Robin (да, — сказал Кристофер Робин). “It has (шел /и продолжает идти/).”
