Английский язык c дружелюбным скелетом. Легенды североамериканских индейцев | страница 22
secret [`si:krIt], crafty [`krQ:ftI], liar [`laIq], feather [`feDq], true [trH], determine [dI`tWmIn]
Now, in after years, the younger brother would learn in what lay the secret of the elder's death.
And Glooskap, being crafty, told the truth and yet lied; for his name was the Liar, yet did he never lie for evil or aught to harm. So he told his brother that the blow of a ball, or handful of the down of feathers, would take away his life; and this was true, for it would stun him, but it would not prevent his returning to life. Then Glooskap asked the younger for his own secret. And he, being determined to give the elder no time, answered truly and fearlessly, "I can only be slain by the stroke of a cat-tail or bulrush."
And then the younger (и тогда младший), having gathered the down of bird's feathers (насобирав пуха птичьих перьев), struck the elder (ударил /им/ старшего; to strike), so that he fell dead (так что тот упал мертвый = замертво; to fall), and therein he told the truth (и тем самым он /старший/ сказал правду; therein — здесь, там, в этом, в том; в этом отношении). But he soon recovered (но он вскоре оправился/пришел в себя; to recover — вновь обретать; возвращать, получать обратно