), and he fell, crushed flat beneath the weight of the great fish (и он упал, раздавленный весом огромной рыбины;
to fall; to crush — давить; мять/ся/; flat — плоский).
banquet [`bxNkwIt], appoint [q`poInt], power [`pauq], whale [weIl], beyond [bI`jOnd], magic [`mxGIk], mortal [`mLt(q)l], common [`kAm(q)n]
When the Turtle married, the Master bade him make a feast, and wished that the banquet should be a mighty one. To do this he gave him great power. He bade him go down to a point of rocks by the sea, where many whales were always to be found. He bade him bring one; he gave him power to do so, but he set a mark, or an appointed space, and bade him not go an inch beyond it. So the Turtle went down to the sea; he caught a great whale, he bore it to camp; it seemed to him easy to do this. But like all men there was in him vain curiosity; the falsehood of disobedience was in him, and to try the Master he went beyond the mark; and as he did this he lost his magic strength; he became as a man; even as a common mortal his nerves weakened, and he fell, crushed flat beneath the weight of the great fish.
Then men ran to Glooskap, saying that Turtle was dead (тогда люди побежали к Глускапу, говоря, что Черепаха мертв; to run). But the Master answered (но Хозяин ответил), "Cut up the Whale; he who is now dead will revive (разрежьте Кита; он = тот, кто сейчас мертв, оживет)." So they cut it up (итак, они его разрезали); (and when the feast was ready (и когда пир был готов) Turtle came in yawning (Черепаха вошел, зевая; to come in — входить), and stretching out his leg he cried (и, растягивая ногу = потягиваясь, он объявил; to stretch out — растягивать; to cry — кричать, объявлять, оглашать, восклицать), "How tired I am (как я устал)! Truly, I must have overslept myself (в самом деле, я, должно быть, проспал; to oversleep — проспать, заспаться /тж. oversleep oneself/)." Now from this time all men greatly feared Glooskap (и вот, с тех пор все люди очень боялись Глускапа; now — /и/ вот /в нач. предлож./), for they saw that he was a spirit (ведь они поняли, что он был не человек: «дух»; to see — видеть; понимать, сознавать; spirit — дух, привидение, призрак).
turtle [tWtl], revive [rI`vaIv], feast [fi:st], ready [`redI], yawn [jLn], fear [fIq], spirit [`spIrIt]
Then men ran to Glooskap, saying that Turtle was dead. But the Master answered, "Cut up the Whale; he who is now dead will revive." So they cut it up; (and when the feast was ready) Turtle came in yawning, and stretching out his leg he cried, "How tired I am! Truly, I must have overslept myself." Now from this time all men greatly feared Glooskap, for they saw that he was a spirit.
