). Pathetic, that's what it is (душераздирающе, именно так: «вот что оно есть»).”
water [], pathetic [], care []
EEYORE, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water.
“Pathetic,” he said. “That's what it is. Pathetic.”
He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side. Then he looked at himself in the water again.
“As I thought,” he said. “No better from this side. But nobody minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that's what it is.”
There was a crackling noise in the bracken behind him, and out came Pooh (был = раздался трескучий шум = треск в папоротнике-орляке позади него, и /оттуда/ вышел Пух).
“Good morning, Eeyore,” said Pooh (доброе утро, Иа, — сказал Пух).
“Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily (доброе утро, Медведь Пух, — сказал мрачно Иа). “If it is a good morning,” he said (если это доброе утро, — сказал он). “Which I doubt,” said he (в чем я сомневаюсь, — сказал он).
“Why, what's the matter (а что же случилось)?”
“Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing (ничего, Медведь Пух, ничего). We can't all, and some of us don't (мы не можем все, и некоторые из нас не делают = и некоторым из нас не удается). That's all there is to it (вот и все: «это все здесь к этому = что можно сказать по этому поводу»).”
“Can't all what?” said Pooh, rubbing his nose (все не могут что? — спросил Пух, потирая /свой/ нос).
doubt [], can't [], don't []
There was a crackling noise in the bracken behind him, and out came Pooh.
“Good morning, Eeyore,” said Pooh.
“Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he.
“Why, what's the matter?”
“Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it.”
“Can't all what?” said Pooh, rubbing his nose.
“Gaiety (веселье = веселиться). Song-and-dance (/устраивать/ песни-пляски). Here we go round the mulberry bush (вот мы ходим хороводим вкруг шелковицы куста[30]).”
“Oh!” said Pooh (о, — сказал Пух). He thought for a long time, and then asked (он долго думал, а потом спросил), “What mulberry bush is that (а что такое шелковицы куста)?”
“Bon-hommy,” went on Eeyore gloomily (бономи, — продолжал мрачно Иа). “French word meaning bonhommy[31],” he explained (французское слово, означающее «святую простоту», — объяснил он). “I'm not complaining, but There It Is (я не жалуюсь, но Это Так / Так Уж Повелось).”
