). Just lend me one (просто дайте мне одного;
to lend — одалживать, давать взаймы), and I will show you how to raise them in a hurry (и я покажу вам, как растить их в спешке = быстро;
in a hurry)."
foe [fqu], travel [trevl], folk [fqulk], nurse [nWs], raise [reIz], country [`kAntrI]
The Raccoon lay quite still till his foe was gone, and then went on his travels. Now he was a great magician, though little to other folks' good. And he came to a place where there were many women nursing their babes, and said, "This is but a slow way you have of raising children." To which the good women replied, "How else should we raise them?" Then he answered, "I will show you how we do in our country. When we want them to grow fast, we dip them into cold water over night. Just lend me one, and I will show you how to raise them in a hurry."
They gave him one (они дали ему одного): he took it to the river (он отнес его к реке; to take — брать; доставлять; сопровождать; провожать; вести; брать с собой), and, cutting a hole in the ice (и, прорезав дырку во льду), put the child into it (опустил ребенка в нее). The next morning he went to the place (на следующее утро он пришел на место = туда), and took out a full-grown man (и вытащил взрослого человека: «полностью выросшего человека»), alive and well (живого и здорового). The women were indeed astonished at this (женщины были, несомненно, поражены этим; indeed — в самом деле, действительно; конечно, несомненно; to astonish — изумлять, поражать, удивлять). All hastened to put their babes that night under the ice (все поспешили опустить своих малышей тем вечером под лед), and then the Raccoon rushed away (и тогда Енот заторопился прочь; to rush — бросаться, мчаться, нестись, устремляться). So they all died (и все они погибли).
river [`rIvq], alive [q`laIv], indeed [In`dJd], astonish [q`stOnIS], night [naIt]
They gave him one: he took it to the river, and, cutting a hole in the ice, put the child into it. The next morning he went to the place, and took out a full-grown man, alive and well. The women were indeed astonished at this. All hastened to put their babes that night under the ice, and then the Raccoon rushed away. So they all died.
Then he came to another camp (затем он пришел на другую стоянку/в другой лагерь), where many women with fine stuff and furs were making bags (где много женщин из отличной ткани и меха делали/шили сумки). "That is a very slow way you have of working (как медленно вы работаете: «это очень медленный способ работы»)," he said to the goodwives (он сказал добрым хозяйкам). "In our country we cook them under the ashes (в нашей стране мы готовим их под углями). Let me see the stuff and show you how (позвольте мне взглянуть на ткань и показать вам, как)!" They gave him a piece (они дали ему кусок): he put it under the hot coals and ashes (он поместил его под горячие угли и золу), and in a few minutes drew out from them a beautiful bag (и через несколько минут вытащил из них красивую сумку;
