), and came out on the other side (и выбежал на другой стороне рощи), and lo (и, подумать только)! there was indeed a thing of gold lying on the white snow (там действительно, на белом снегу, лежал некий золотой предмет). So he hastened towards it (тогда он поспешил к нему), and stooping down (и, склонившись;
to stoop — сутулиться; наклоняться, нагибаться) placed his hands upon it (положил на него руки;
to place — ставить, помещать), and it was a cloak of golden tissue (это оказался плащ из золотистой парчи), curiously wrought with stars (необычно расшитый звездами;
wrought — арх. книжн. выделанный; с отделкой вышивкой), and wrapped in many folds (и сложенный во много раз: «и завернутый во множество складок»;
to wrap — укутывать, обертывать).
outstrip [aVt'strIp] force [fO:s] hasten ['heIs(q)n] tissue ['tISu:, 'tIsju:]
wrought [rO:t] wrapped [rxpt]
And one of them ran faster than his mate, and outstripped him, and forced his way through the willows, and came out on the other side, and lo! there was indeed a thing of gold lying on the white snow. So he hastened towards it, and stooping down placed his hands upon it, and it was a cloak of golden tissue, curiously wrought with stars, and wrapped in many folds.
And he cried out to his comrade (и он крикнул своему товарищу) that he had found the treasure (что он отыскал/нашел сокровище) that had fallen from the sky (что упало с небес), and when his comrade had come up (и, когда его товарищ подошел), they sat them down in the snow (они уселись на снегу; to sit (sat) down — садиться, занимать место), and loosened the folds of the cloak (и развернули складки плаща; to loosen — ослаблять, развязывать) that they might divide the pieces of gold (для того, что бы они могли разделить золотые монеты; piece — кусок; монета). But, alas (но, увы)! no gold was in it (в нем /плаще/ не было ни золота), nor silver (ни серебра), nor, indeed, treasure of any kind (ни, на самом деле, какого-либо сокровища), but only a little child who was asleep (а был только маленький спящий ребенок: «ребенок, который спал»).
comrade ['kOmr(e)Id] treasure ['treZq] piece [pi:s]
And he cried out to his comrade that he had found the treasure that had fallen from the sky, and when his comrade had come up, they sat them down in the snow, and loosened the folds of the cloak that they might divide the pieces of gold. But, alas! no gold was in it, nor silver, nor, indeed, treasure of any kind, but only a little child who was asleep.
