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STORIES AND TALES
FOR CHILDREN
КНИГА Д Л Я ЧТЕН И Я
НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ Я ЗЫ К Е
Д Л Я VI КЛАССА
ВОСЬМИЛЕТНЕЙ Ш КОЛЫ

Составители:
М. М. М а р к о в а , Н. А. М ас т а л ы г и н а

ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ
УЧЕБНО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО
МИНИСТЕРСТВА ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЯ РСФСР
Москва 1962
 ДОР ОГ ИЕ Р Е Б Я Т А I

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 A R ID D L E 1

I have a face.2
I have a little hand.
I have, a big hand.
My face is w hite.
My hands are black.
I have no fe e t.3
I can run.
W hat a m i?

WHAT THE CLOCK SAYS TO TED DY1

The clock says, “Eight!

Q uick,5 you’ll be late,*
Breakfast’s ready,
M aster7 Teddy.”

1 riddle — загадка
1 face — лицо
9 feet — ноги
4 Teddy — Тэдди (имя мальчика)
1 quick [kwik] — быстро
e you’ll be late — ты опоздаешь
7 master ['m asta] — обращение (ставится перед именем юноши)

1* 3
 The clock says, “One!
Pudding is d o n e ,'
D inner’s ready,
Master Teddy.”
The clock says, “Five!
Cake will arrive,*
And te a ’s ready,
Master Teddy.”
The clock says, “Eight!
P u t up * your slate,4
Supper’s ready,
Master Teddyl”

JACK FROST*
Fred — Фрэд (имя мальчика)
Магу — Мери (имя девочки)
Frisk— Фриск (кличка собаки)
One cold evening Frisk says, “Bow-wow.”
Fred asks, “W hat is it,
Frisk?”
Frisk goes to the door.
Father goes to the door
too.
Fred and Mary go to
the door.

1 pudding is done ['pudig

iz ёлп] — пудинг готов
(сделан)
1 cake' will arrive
[a'raivj — прибудет пирог
* put up — спрячь,
отложи
4 slate — грифельная
доска
’ Jack Frost — Дед
Мороз
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 Father says, “Sh-h-h-h! Sh-h-h-h!”
Mary says, “W hat is it? Is it a bird?”
Father says, “Frisk, w hat is it?”
“Is it. Jack Frost?” asks Fred.
“It is Jack F rost,” says Mary.
“Open the door, Father!”
Father opens the door.
Som ething1 w hite runs into the house.
Frisk runs after it.
Mary and Fred run after it too.
“W hat is it? Is it a dog or a cat?” asks Mary.
Fred says, “It is a dog. A little w hite dog.
He is very cold. He cries.”
Mary says, “Let us* call* him Jack Frost.”
“Yes,” says Fred. “Let us call him Jack Frost.
Jack Frost is hungry.” *
And the children go to get something for Jack
Frost.

A DANDELION*
I ’m a yellow
L ittle fellow.*
W hen I ’m old, I ’m grey.7
If you shake* me
You can make me*
Sail far aw ay.1*

1 something ['sAmOig] — что-то

* let us — давайте
8 to call — называть
4 hungry ['hAijgn] — голодный
5 dandelion ['daendilaian] — одуванчик
• fellow ['felou] — парень
7 when Г т old, Г т grey — когда я стар, я сед
8 to shake — трясти
9 you can make me — вы можетезаставить меня
10 to sail far away [a'wei] — улететь далеко

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 DP AND DOWN
Mr. Green — Мистер Грин
Billy — Билли {имя мальчика)
One day B illy goes to Mr. Green’s house. He sees a
m other cat and her two kittens. He plays w ith the kittens.
The kittens roll over1 and over.
B illy says, “W hat do you c a ll2 the kittens?”
Mr. Green says, “I call them Up and Down.”
B illy asks, “Up and Down?”
Mr. Green says, “Yes, I call the kittens Up and Down.
W hen I put the kittens on a table they want to get down. *
S o 4 I take them down. Then they w ant to get up. So I put
them up again. When I put them up they want to get down.
When I take them down they w ant to get up a g a in .5
Up and Down
Up and Down
Up and Down they go.”
B illy is very happy. He says to Mr. Green.
“Up and Down
Up and Down
T hat is like the seesaw6 song.”

GOOD-BYE TO THE BIRDS

Good-bye, little birdies,
F ly 7 through the s k y ,1
Singing* and singing
__________ A m e rry 10 good-bye.
1 to roll over [roul 'ouvaj — перекатываться, кувыркаться
1 to call — называть
• to get down — спускаться вниа
4 so — итак, тогда
8 again [a'gein] — опять, снова
• seesaw [' sL-sd:] — качели
7 to fly [flai] — лететь
8 through [0ru;] the sky — по небу
9 singing ['sirpr)] — напевая
10 m erry — весёлый

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 UP IN AN AIRPLANE*

Uncle ['лдк1] John — дядя Джон (имя)

Mary — Мэри (имя девочки)
Fred — Фрэд (имя мальчика)

On Sunday Uncle John comes and takes Mary and Fred

to the airplane fie ld .2
The airplane is on the field. Uncle John opens the door
and helps little Mary to get i n .8 The airplane begins to
m ove.4 Then it begins to go up. It goes up, up, up. Mary looks
out of the window. “Oh, we are up in the sky!” she says.
She can see her school. It looks lik e 6 a toy school. Fred
sees a bus. It looks like a toy bus. The trees look little .
Then the airplane comes down, down, down, and stops
on the field.
The children are very happy.
Mary says, “How good you are, Uncle John!”
Fred says, “I w ant to fly an airplane,® Uncle Jo h n l”

A RHYME

Two little ro b in s’ up in a tree.

They m ake/ a nest * as you can see.
Two little robins up in a tree.
E g g s10 in a nest as you can see.
Three baby robins" up in a tree.
They want to f ly 11 as you can see.

1 airplane ['esplein] — само­ 7 robin ('robin] — малиновка

лёт * to make — делать
* airplane Held — аэродром * nest — гнездо
* to get In — входить, войти *® egg — яйцо
4 to move [mtrv] — двигаться 11 baby robins — птенчики
* to look like— выглядеть как малиновки
* to fly an airplane — управ­ 11 to fly — летать]
лять самолётом
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 TWO WHITE DUCKS
W addle — Уодл (имя селезня)
P o d g e — Подж (имя утки)
Two w hite ducks,1 W addle and Podge, live in a lake.*
W addle thinks it is his lake, Podge thinks it is her lake.
“Q uack!3 Quack! I t ’s my lake,” says W addle.
“Quack! Quack! I t ’s my lake,” says Podge.
One day W addle sees a frog4 in the lake. “Off you
go!” 4 he quacks, “this is my lake.”
Podge sees a frog in the lake. "Off you go,” she quacks,
“this is my lake.”
The frogs jump out of the lake. “Bad
ducks,” they say.
W addle sees a fish® in the lake. “Off you
go!” he quacks, “this is my lake.”
Podge sees a fish in the lake. “Off you go,
she quacks, “this Is my lake.* The fishes jump
out of the lake. “Bad ducks,” they say.

1 duck — утка
1 lake — озеро
• quack! [kwaek] — кряк! to quack — крякать
4 frog — лягушка
• off you go — уходите
• fish — рыба
 One day many w ild 1 ducks come down to the lake.
“My lake,” quacks W addle.
“My lake,” quacks Podge.
“I t ’s anybody’s lake. Move out of the w ayl”* The wild
ducks say.
“Take W addle and Podge aw ay,”’ the fishes and the frogs
say.
“Please, take them aw ay.”
“Very w ell,” the wild ducks say. “L iste n ,4 W addlel
Listen, Podge! Do you w ant to fly away and to see blue ri­
vers and green fields?”
“Yes, we do,” say Podge and W addle.
“Then come w ith us,” the wild ducks say,
“One! Two! Three!”
Up and up they go.
“Stop! Stop!” quack W addle and Podge. But the wild
ducks fly o n 5 and on.Then W addle flies down to the ground.*
Podge flies down to the ground.
“Here is a hole in the field,” says W addle, “let us go in
and rest.”
But a m other rab b it7 puts her head out of the hole.
“Off you go,” she says, “this is my hole.”
They walk * and walk. “Here is a big nest in the field,”
says Podge, “let us go in and rest.”* But a bird flies down
and says, “Off you go! This is my nest.”
At last W addle and Podge see their lake. “Quack! Quack!
We are at home!”
But the frogs put their heads out of the lake. “Off you
go!” they say.
The fishes pu t their heads out of the lake. “Off you go,
this is our lake now,” they say.
“I t ’s anybody’s 1аЦ ,” 1в W addle and Podge say. “L et’s
live here together.”
1 wild [waild] — дикий • ground [graund] — земля
* move [mitv] out of the way— 7 rabbit — кролик
уходите с дороги • to walk [wD:k] — идти
• to take away [a'wei]—убрать • to rest — отдыхать
4 to listen [lisn] — слушать 10 it’s anybody’s lake — это
• t o fly on — лететь дальше ничьё озеро

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 BUTTER *

This is a field of grass.

This is the cow 2 th at feeds3
in the field of grass.
3 *-

This is the m ilk th at comes

from the cow th at feeds
in the field of grass.

This is the cream 4 th a t comes

on the m ilk th at comes from
the cow th a t feeds in the field of grass.

This is the b u tter th at comes

from the cream th at comes on
the m ilk th at comes from the cow
th a t feeds in the field of grass.

This is the hot cake th at

m elts5 the b u tter th at comes
from the cream, th at comes on
the m ilk th at comes from the cow
th at feeds in the field of grass.

1 butter f'bAta] — масло

1 cow [kau] — корова
* feeds — кормится
4 cream [krfcm] — сливки
* to m e’t — растапливать
 THE LITTLE RED HEN*
PART ONB
A little red Hen lives in a little house near a big forest.
Every m orning she gets up very early and cleans her little
house. A C at, a R abbit* and a Mouse live w ith the little red
Hen.
The little red Hen takes good care of them; * but they are
very laz y 4 and do not help her.
One m orning the little red Hen gets up very early and
says, “I w ant to make a nice cake today.”
The Cat says, “T h a t’s good!”
The R abbit says, “T h a t’s very good!”
The Mouse says, “T h at’s very, very good!”
Then the little red Hen asks, “Who wants to go to the
forest and to b rin g 5 some wood* for my nice cake?”
The Cat says, “I don’t want to .’’7
The R abbit says, “I don’t want to .”
The Mouse says, “I don’t want to .”
So the little red Hen goes to the forest and' brings some
wood. \
Then she says, “Who wants to go to the field and milk*
the cow and bring some m ilk to put it into my nice ca^e?”
The Cat says, “I don’t want to .”
The R abbit says, “I don’t want to .”
The Mouse says, “I don’t want to .”
So the little red Hen goes to the field, milks the cow and
brings some m ilk to put it into her nice cake.
Then the little red Hen says, “Who wants to go to the
yard and to bring five eggs* for my nice cake?”

1 hen — курица ‘ to bring — приносить

* rabbit ['raebit] — кролик
* takes good care [kea] of
them — очень о них забо-
тится
4 lazy I'leizi] — ленивый
* wood [wud] — здесь дрова
7 I don’t want to — я не
хочу (это делать)
* to milk — доить
* egg [egj — яйцо

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 The Cat says, “I don’t want to .”
The R abbit says, “I don’t want to.” -
The Mouse says, “I don’t want to .”
So the little red Hen goes to the yard, brings five eggs,
and puts them into her nice cake.
Then the little red Hen says, “Who wants to go to the
sh o p 1 and bring some sugar for my nice cake?”
The Cat says, “1 don’t want to .”
The R abbit says, “1 don’t want to .”
The Mouse says, “I don’t want to .”
So the little red Hen goes to the shop and brings some
sugar to put it into her nice cake.
Then she puts her nice cake in the o v en .1
The Cat sits by the oven door and sniffs.®
The R abbit sits by the oven door and sniffs.
The Mouse sits by the oven door and sniffs.
When the cake is ready, the little red Hen puts it on the
table and asks, “Now, who wants to help me to eat my nice
cake?”
The Cat says, “I want to .”
The R abbit says, “I want to.”
The Mouse says, “I want to .”
But the little red Hen says, “Oh, no! I want to eat my
nice cake myself.” 4

' PART TWO

Suddenly the old Fox * puts his head * in the window.

When the little red Hen sees him, she jumps up on the top
of the oven. The Cat runs under the bed. The R abbit runs in­
to his basket behind the oven. The Mouse runs into her lit­
tle hole behind the door.

1 shop f/эр ] — лавка * myself [mai'sell] — сама

* oven fAvn] — печь ‘ fox — лиса
* lo sniff — нюхать .. • head [hed] — голова
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 The old Fox comes into the kitchen and looks all a ro u n d .1
“Who is at home!” he asks, “but, oh, what a nice cake!
I want to eat it up!” And he begins to eat this nice cake.
Then the little red Hen jumps down at him and begins to
peck* at him.
But the old Fox only laughs and laughs. He puts the
little red Hen into his big bag and runs out of the house.
He runs and runs and then sits down under a big tre e
and falls asleep.3
The little red Hen makes a hole in the bag, an d runs home.
When she comes home she sees her nice cake safe and
sound 4 on the table.
The Cat sees her and comes out from under the bed. T he
R abbit jumps out of his basket. The Mouse comes from behind
the oven.
They are very happy to see
their dear little red Hen at home
again safe and sound. And they
say, “Now we want to help you
all the tim e.”

1 all around — вокруг

1 to peck (at) — клевать
* falls asleep — засыпает
* safe and sound [saund] — целый
и невредимый

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 The little red Hen gives them her nice cake. And the
Cat and the R abbit, and the Mouse are very happy.
They eat the cake all up, it is so nice!

THE CAT AND THE BELL1

There are many m ice2 in the house. The m aste r3 of the

house has a cat.
Every day the cat k ills 4 many mice.
One day the oldest mouse says, “All the mice m ust come
to my h o le .6 Let us think what we can do.”
All the mice come. Many mice sp eak 6 but nobody7
knows what to do.
At la s t8 a mouse says, “We do not hear when the cat
comes. We must put a bell on the c a t.”
“H urrah,”* cry all the mice. “H urrah!”

1 bell — колокольчик • hole — нора

* mice (мн. ч . от mouse) —
мыши
* master ['mctsta] — хозяин
4 to kill — убивать
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®Mo speak [spi:k] — говорить
7 nobody ['noubadi] — никто
8 at last — наконец
8 hurrah [hu'rtt] — ypa
 “Our dear friend has a good plan. His plan is the best
of all the plans. Let us run and get a bell.”
B ut the old mouse says, “This plan is good, b u t tell me
who w ants to put the bell on the cat?”
No «mouse answers.
The old mouse repeats,1 “Who w ants to put th e bell on
the cat?”
No mouse answers.
Then all the mice run away. v

• CREEP1 MOUSE CREEP

Creep, mouse, creep.
The old cat is asleep,
The dog’s away,*
The kittens play,
Creep, mouse, creep.
Run, mouse, run!
The sleepy tim e is done,4
The c a t’s awake,*
For p ity ’s sake,*
Run, mouse, run!

WHAT A FUNNY7 WALK*

One day Edick sees Henry at the garden gate and says,
“H ullo!”’
“Hullo!” says Henry.
1 to repeat [ra'pfct] — повторить
1 creep — крадись
• the dog’s away — собаки нет
4 the sleepy time is done — время сна окончилось (прошло)
1 awake [a'weik] — бодрствующий, проснувшийся
• for pity’s sake — умоляю тебя
7 funny [Ч аш] — смешной
• walk — прогулка; to walk ходить (пешком)
9 hullo ['hA 'lou]— алло ( приветствие)

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 “W hat do you want to do?” asks Edick.
“I must go to the forest and bring some w o o d ' for Mum­
m y,”* says Henry.
“May I go with you?” asks Edick.
“You may if you like,” says Henry, “but we m ust walk
very fast. * Can you walk as fast as I can?”
“Yes, I can,” says Edick, “I am the stro n g est4 and the big­
gest boy in our form.”
“Then let us* go,” says Henry.
And they go very fast. Very soon they rea c h 4 the forest.
“1 can take m ore7 wood, than you can take, I am stron­
ger than you,” says Henry.
“And I can run faster than you,” says Edick, “I am stron­
ger than you.”
“Let us see who can run faster,” says Henry and begins
to run.
Edick runs after him . They run and run and very soon
they reach their house.
H enry’s Mother is at the garden gate.
“Where is your wood?” she asks.
Henry looks at Edick and Edick looks at Henry.
They have nothing in their hands.

PETER RABBIT8
Flopsy — Флопси (имя кролика)
Mopsy — Мопси ( имя кролика)
Cotton-Tail — Бумажный хвостик (прозвище кролика)

Four little rabbits, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail and Pe­

ter, live under a big tree. They have only a m other.
"Now, my dears,” says old Mrs. R abbit one morning,
* let us — давай(те)
1 wood [wud| — дрова • to reach — подходить, до-
* Mummy ['mAmi] — мама стигать
* fast [fast) — быстро 7 m ore [m o :]— больше
4 strong Istrorj] — сильный • 'ra b b it — кролик
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“you may go into the fields, but don’t go into Mr. Green’s
garden. He is not good. Your poor father was put into a pie*
by Mrs. Green. Now run and be good.”
Then old Mrs. R abbit takes a basket and goes to get
some food.
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail, who are good little
rabbits, run into the fields.
But Peter runs to Mr. Green’s garden.
First he eats some b ean s,2 then he eats some cabbage. *
Suddenly he sees Mr. Green and ju m p s4 up. Mr. Green
runs after Peter. He cries, “Stop! Stop! Stop!”
But Peter runs away from him. First he loses5 his shoes, *
then he loses his cap.
At last 7 he sees his m other. He runs up to her and falls
dow n8 under the big tree. Peter is not very well. *
His m other puts him into bed. She m akes10 some tea and
gives it to Peter.
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail are good little rabbits, and
their m other gives them bread and butter for dinner.

THE F IR E 11

It is n ig h t.11 Ted sleeps in his bed. Suddenly1* he opens

his eyes.
Clang14! Clang! Clang!
Ted jumps out of his bed. He begins to cry.
“Get up! Get up! Fire! Fire!”

1 was put into a pie — попал в 8 to fall down — упасть

пирог (был положен в пи-
рог)
* beans [bl-nz] — бобы
3 cabbage ['каеЫбз]—капуста
4 to jump — прыгать, скакать
5 to lose [luizl — терять
®shoe [Ju:] — ботинок
7 at last — наконец
2 М. М. Маркова
8 is not well — нехорошо се­
бя чувствует
10 to make — приготовить
11 fire [faia] — пожар, огонь
12 night [nait] — ночь
18 suddenly ['sAdnli] — вне­
запно
14 clang [klaeij] — резкий звук
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 Father and M other run out of their room.
“Do not cry, Ted,” they say. “P ut on your coat and hat,
and go out into the street.”
He sees the firem en .1 They rid e 2 very quickly2 and very
soon4 they are near Ted’s house.
Ted looks at the firemen. He thinks th at they must be
very b ra v e .5 He wants to be a fireman too.
The firemen work very quickly. One of them says, “Open
the windows! Open the door! Give the ladder!® P o u r7
w aterl”
The firemen work and work. They open windows. They
take the ladder. They pour w ater on the fire.
And they stop the fire and go away.
“I want to be a fireman!” says Ted.
“Very w ell,” says his Mother, “be a fireman, but now
wash your hands and go to bed.”

CAN YOU GUESS?8

We have friends. They cannot walk,* and cannot see,

B ut they are very good to you and me.

W ith these10 friends we sail on ships" and ride on train s11

and e v e n " fly in airplanes.14

These friends show us towns, seas," and lan d s."

Can you guess who are these good friends?
1 fireman ['faiaman] — no-
жарный
* to ride — ехать
* quickly — быстро
4 soon — скоро
* brave — храбрый
1 ladder ['laeda] — лестница
’ to pour [рэ:] — лить
1 to guess [ges] — угада.ь
* to walk — ходить
18
(sqoog)
10 these [dfcz] — эти
11 to sail on ship [seil] — пла-
вать на корабле
,3 to ride on train — ехать на
поезде
11 even ['fcvan] — даже
14 to fly in airplane ['eaplein]
— летать на самолете
15 sea [si:] — море
13 land — земля
 THE BRAVE HUNTER1
One morning a hunter was in the forest. It was a hot day
in Spring. The grass was green, the sky was blue. It was
very nice in the forest. Suddenly2 the hunter stopped.
He looked to the r ig h t,3 to the le ft4 and then stooped dow n.5
A farmer worked in the forest. “W hat do you want here
my friend?” asked the farmer.
“Look at this track ,” 6 answered the hunter. “I think,
it is a bear’s 7 track, isn’t it?”
The farmer stooped down. “Yes, it is. Come on!8 1 know
the forest better than you do. I can show you the bear.”

1 the brave hunter ['hAnta] — 5 to stoop [stirp] down — на­

храбрый охотник гибаться
* suddenly — внезапно • track — след
1 to the right [rait] — направо 7 bear [beaj — медведь
4 to the left — налево 8 Come on! — Пошли!

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 “Oh!” answered the hunter. “I do not look for the bear.
I look only for his track. Good-bye, my friend! Good-bye!0

THE CLOUDS1

W hite sheep,2 white sheep, You walk far away,®

On a blue h ill,3 When the winds b low ,7
When the w inds4 stop, W hite sheep, white sheep
You all stand s ti l l.6 Where do you go?

THE WONDERFUL8 ROOM

PART ONE
“Your Granny wants to see you,” said Mother. “She is
very old and she wants you to live at her house9 this sum­
m er.” So seven children, Ann and M atilda, Jam es and Dan,
H enry, Jane and Nel, came to see10 their Grandmother.
Their Grandmother was very happy to see them. She
asked their names and kissed11 all her grandchildren, and she
gave nice presents18 to everybody: a work-basket18 to Ann,
a pencil-case14 to Jam es, a red ball to Nel.

I cloud [klaud] — облако

* sheep — овца, овцы
* hill — холм
4 wind — ветер
* still — спокойно, неподвижно
* far away [a'wei] — далеко
7 to blow [blou] — дуть
8 wonderful ['wAndaful] — удивительный
8 she wants you live at her house — она хочет, чтобы вы по­
жили у неё
10 cam e to see [keim] — приехали навестить
II to kiss — целовать
11 present [preznt] — подарок
13 work-basket l'wa:k,baskit] — корзинка для рукоделия
14 pencil-case — пенал
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 “My dears,” she said," I want to see you g a y 1 and happy
in my house. I am very old, so I cannot jump and run with
you; but Ann can look after you, she is a big girl. Every mor­
ning and every evening you must come to see your Granny,
and then you may do what you want, my dears. I want
to tell you one thing m o re.2 There is a large room with the
black door in the house. Play where you like in the house
but don’t e n te r’ this room, there is nothing interesting
there.” 4
The weeks passed b y .5 The seven children lived in the
old house. They played everywhere, * but not in the large
room with the black door.

PART TWO

One evening Henry did not want to play and run w ith
his brothers and sisters. He wanted to know what was in the
large room with the black door. He walked to this room,
looked arid looked at the black door, then opened it and
entered the room. The black door closed s o ftly 7 behind
him.
“Where is Henry?” asked the children, and walked all
over the house* to look for him.*
“Let us go10 to the large room with the black door,” said
Jane.

1 gay Fgei] — весёлый

1 I want to tell you one thing more — еще об одном я хочу вам
сказать
* to enter — входить
4 there 1$ nothing interesting there — там нет ничего интерес­
ного
* to pass by — проходить
* everywhere — везде, всюду
7 softly ['softli] — тихо
* all over the house — по всему дому
* to look for him — искать его
10 let us go — пойдёмте

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 But Ann said, “Do you remember1 what Granny said?
D on’t enter this room.”
But all the children wanted to see what was in the room.
So they opened the black door and entered the room. The
door closed softly behind them.
Then Ann walked to her G randm other’s room and said,
“Oh, Granny, dear, my brothers and sisters opened the black
door and entered the large room.”
“My dear A nn,” said Granny, “this black door is a wonder­
ful door, you may open it only outside* the room, but not
from inside. *
T h a t’s why I did not want you to enter this room.4 And
now go, open the door and let your brothers and sisters go
out of the room. I am sure they are tired already.”

A RHYME
W hat does little b ird ie ‘ say
In her n e s t4 at peep of d a y ? 7
“Let* me fly,” says little birdie,
“Mother, let me fly away!” *

“Birdie, rest a little longer,

Till the little wings are stronger.”
So she rests a little longer
Then she flies away.

1 to rem em ber — помнить

J outside [aut'said] — снаружи
* inside I'm'saidJ — внутри
4 th a t’s why I did not want you to enter this room — вот почему
я не хотела, чтобы вы входили в эту комнату
* birdie — птичка
4 nest — гнездо
7 at peep of day — на рассвете
* to let — позволять
* to fly away — улетать

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 THE DONKEY* AND TWO BAGS OF SALT
One day a farm er2 and his donkey went to the town. The
donkey carried* two bags of s a lt.4 Soon they came to a small
river.
There was a bridge across the rive . 5 The donkey stepped *
on the bridge but stum bled7 and fell down into the river.
He got up very happy: there was no salt in his bags.
Do you know why?
Some days passed. The farmer loaded8 the donkey with
two bags of salt and they started for the town.
When the donkey was in the m iddle of the bridge he did
not stum ble but jumped into the river. He was very happy
again: there was no salt in his bags.
Next day the farmer loaded the donkey w ith sponges.*
He wanted to see. Mr. Donkey’s tric k s.10 They went to the
town again. When they were in the m iddle of the bridge, the
donkey jumped into the water. But this tim e he was not
happy.
Do you know why?

NAUGHTY** WEE ONE*1

“Must I go to school today, Mummy?”asked Wee One one
morning.
“Yes, Wee One,” said Mummy Bear. “You m ust go to
school and learn to be a clever little bear.”
I donkey ['dAQki] — осёл
* farmer i'tam a] — фермер (хозяин сельскохозяйственной усадьбы)
4 to carry — вести, нести, тащить
4 salt [sa:lt] — соль
4 a bridge across the river — мост через реку
4 to step — вступать, шагнуть
’ to stumble — спотыкаться
4 to load [loud] — нагружать
* sponge [spAnd3] — губка
10 trick — трюк
II naughty ['n3:ti] — непослушный
14 Wee One — Малыш (имя медвежонка)

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 “I am a clever little bear, M umm y,” said Wee One.
“Look!” and he stood on his head and walked all round*
the table on his front p aw s.2
“Yes, Wee One,” said Mummy Bear. “But you must
learn to read and w rite too.”
Wee One put his paw in his m outh. He wanted to stay
at home and play with his Mummy.

“Now come along,' Wee One,” said Mummy Bear. “It

will soon be tim e for you to come back home, and I shall
make m any nice things for your dinner.”
So Mummy Bear washed his paws, gave him a kiss4 on
his little black nose5 and sent him off to school.®

1 all round — вокруг

* paw [рэ:] — лапа
' come along — иди
4 kiss — поцелуй
‘ nose [nouz] — hoc
4 sent him off to school — отправила его в школу
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 Wee One went all the roundabout ways1 he could think
of, until he got to school at la st.1
“Why are you so late, Wee One?” asked the teacher.
“Sit down and begin to w rite at once.” 1
Wee One went to his desk. On the way, he pulled one of
the pupils by his nose. The little bear jumped and made a
big b lo t4 on his copy-book.
“Sit down at once, Wee One!” said the teacher.
Wee One was just about to climb up1 his desk when he
saw the teacher’s box of chalk. He took it and put under his
desk.
Then Wee One thought it was tim e to climb up on the top
of the classroom bookcase* and go to sleep.
“W here is my chalk?” said the teacher Bear, when she
w anted to w rite new words oin the blackboard.
The little bears looked around, but they could not find ’
chalk.
“Where is Wee One?” asked the teacher at last. Suddenly
she saw him fast asleep * on the top of the bookcase.
“Come down at once, Wee One!” said the teacher Bear,
“W hat a naughty little bear you are today! I shall send you
home to your M ummy.”
The teacher did not stop speaking, when Wee One was
on his way home.*
“Mummy! M ummy!” he cried, as he ran into the kitchen.
“The teacher told me to go home and play with you, Mum­
my”!

1 all the roundabout ways — все окольные пути

1 at last — наконец
1 at once — сейчас же
4 blot — клякса
1 was just about to climb [klaim] up— как раз собрался взобраться
4 bookcase — книжный шкаф
7 to find [faind] — находить
* fast asleep — крепко спящий
• on his way home — по дороге домой'
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 MR. SPARROW* AND MR. FOX*

Mr. Sparrow was a little bird. He was not a nice bird —

not nice at all, for* he liked to tell stories about one person
to another person.4
One day Mr. Sparrow sat in a tree. Suddenly he saw Mr.
R abbit.
Mr. R abbit came up to the tree. He did not see Mr. Spar­
row and said, “I shall do something which will make Mr.
Fox an g ry .5 Hal Hal Ha! He
will be so^ angry!”
Then Mr. Sparrow said to
Mr. R abbit, “No, you will not
do it! For I shall go and tell
Mr. Fox about your plan!” ®
Mr. Rabbit thought, “Now
I do not know what to do.”
He thought and thought. At
last he said, “I know what I
shall say.”
Soon Mr. R abbit saw Mr.
Fox. He cried to him, “Mr.
Fox! Mr. Foxl”
“W hat do you w ant?” asked
Mr. Fox.
“Do not come up to m e,”
said Mr. R abbit.
“W hy?” asked Mr. Fox.
“Because you want to kill me and set my house on fire,” 7
said Mr. R abbit.
1 sparrow ['spaerou] — воробей
* fox — лиса
* for — потому что, так как
• to tell stories about one person to another person [paisnj — сплет­
ничать
1 angry ['aerjgri] — сердитый
• plan — план
1 to set my house on fire — поджечь мой дом
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 “Who told you th a t? ” asked Mr. Fox.
“It was Mr. Sparrow,” answered Mr. R abbit.
Next day Mr. Fox saw Mr. Sparrow in the forest.
“I have something to ask you,” said Mr. Fox. “Stand on
my head, little Mr. Sparrow, for my e a rs1 are bad.”
So Mr. Sparrow jumped on Mr. Fox’s head.
“Stand on my tongue,” * said Mr. Fox, “then I shall
hear you better.”
Mr. Sparrow stood on Mr. Fox’s tongue.
Mr. Fox shut* his m outh and ate Mr. Sparrow. “Now,
go and tell stories about m e,” said Mr. Fox.

LITTLE BETTY BLUE4

L ittle B etty Blue

Lost ‘ her little sh
W hat can little
B etty do?
Give her another 4
To m atch 1 the oth
And then she maj
W alk in two.

1 ear — yxo
* tongue [tag] язык
* to shut (shut) — закрывать
4 Betty Blue — Бэтти Блу (имя девочки)
* lost — потеряла
* another [э'плбэ] — ещё один, другой
7 to match —подходить, соответствовать
 It was a summer morning. Nora and Dick w ith their dog
Sandy went to Storm y C ove1 to play Robinson Crusoe.
Stormy Cove is a good place for this play. But you can
walk to Storm y Cove only when the tide is o u t .1
Dick and Nora did not tell their mother th a t they
wanted to go to th at place. You cannot be a Robinson
Crusoe if other people know where you are.
The children were very happy and had a good tim e.
At dinner-tim e Nora ran to take bread, b u tter and m ilk
out of her basket.
Dick looked for a good place to have dinner in. But sud­
denly he cried, “Nora, look at the tidel We cannot go home
now, and nobody knows where we are! W hat shall we do?”

’ Stormy Cove ['sto:mi 'kouv] — Б урная гавань

4 the tide is out — нет прилива
ae
 “Dick,” said Nora, “listen to me: we must send1 Sandy
for help.” Nora took a w hite sto n e2 and wrote;
“We are In Storm y Cove. Come quickly.”
Dick put the stone into their little basket and tied it to
Sandy’s collar.
“Home, Sandy I Home!” cried Dick. B ut Sandy only bark­
ed in answer.
“Oh, Sandy, dear, please go home!” cried Nora.
At last Sandy guessed w hat Nora and Dick w anted. He
jumped into the w ater and sw am 3 home.
The children looked at the sea and trem bled w ith fea r.4
Suddenly they saw a little b o a t5 w ith three men. The first
was their father. Sandy was behind him.
“Father! Sandy!” cried the children.
How happy Nora and Dick were when they were in the
boat!
Dick and Nora are older and cleverer now. And Sandy
has a nice collar a w ith these words: “Sandy. In m em ory7
of Stormy Cove. 2nd August 1952.”

PAPER NELLY®

Paper Nelly! It Is not N elly’s name. It Is my pet name*

for her.
Every m orning at eight o’clock I hear a ra t-ta t10 on my
door, and I know th a t Nelly is there.

1 to send — посылать
1 stone — камень
• swam npoiu. вр. от гл. to swim — плавать
4 trembled with fear — дрожали от страха
1 boat — лодка
• collar — ошейник
7 In memory ['ш е тэп ] — в память
• Paper Nelly — Нелли-сгазетка»
• pet name — ласкательное имя
10 ra t-ta t — стук в дверь
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 She is only nine years old but she has to help her
mother.
Every m orning she brings * me a newspaper. *
She is a nice little girl w ith a rosy* face and bright blue
eyes. Summer and w inter she is always the same. Every
m orning she drinks a cup of m ilk and then runs from house
to house w ith her papers. Then she takes her bag and runs
to school.
One cold m orning Nelly did not come. There was no
rat-ta t at eight o’clock and 1 had no paper to read.
After breakfast I went to the little house in the village,
where Nelly and her m other lived.
“Where is Nelly?” 1 asked.
H er m other did not know.
We went out to look for 4 her. It was a very dark w inter
m orning. There were many clouds in the sky. The trees were
white with. snow.
Soon we came to a lane* leading* from one part of the
village to another. There, on the ground7 we saw little
N elly..She slipped on a s lid e ,8 h u rt* her foot1* and could
not stand up. We took her home and put her into bed. She
did not cry.
Soon her foot was well again.
I was very glad to hear the ra t-ta t on my door again
and see Paper N elly’s rosy face as she ran from house to
house. >

1 to bring — приносить
1 a newspaper ['nju.*s,peip3] — газета
• rosy — розовый
4 to look for — искать
* lane — узкая дорожка
8 leading ['lfcdii)] — ведущая
7 ground fgraund] — земля
8 to slip on a slide — поскользнуться
8 to hurt [h at] (hurt) — повредить
,a foot — нога (ступня ноги)
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 THE NORTH WIND
“The North wind is cold,”
The ro b in s1 say;
And th at is why robins
Must fly away. *

“The North wind is cold

As* cold can be
B ut I ’m not afraid,”4
Says the chikadee.

So the chickadee6 stays

And sees the snow,
And likes to hear
The north wind blow. •

TIM — THE BRAVE SAILOR7

PART ONE
L ittle Tim lived in a house by the sea. When it was fine*
he liked to play near the sea.
W hen it was wet * or very cold, he visited1®his friend—
the old b oatm an.” He liked to speak w ith him because the
old boatm an told him m any interesting things about the sea
and ships.11
I robin ['robin] — малиновка
* to fly away — улетать
* as — как
* to be afraid [a'freid] — бояться
* chickadee ['tfikadi] — гаичка (разновидность синицы)
* likes to hear the north wind blow — любит слуш ать, как дует
северный ветер
7 brave sailor ['breiv 'seila) — храбрый моряк
* it was fine — была хорошая погода
* wet — мокрый, сырой
10 to visit — посещать
II boatman ['boutm an] — лодочник
11 ship — корабль
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 Tim wanted to be a sailor.
But when he said to his father and m other th at he wanted
to be a sailor, they laughed at him. His father said: “Now
you are too young to think about t h a t .1 Learn your lessons,
lead books, be a nice and clever boy; th at is what you must
think about now.”

Tim was very sad.;1 He thought: “I shall run away from

my home if my father and mother do not want me to be a
sailor!” *
And he began to plan4 how to do it.
One day the old boatm an sailed* in his m otor boat*
to a ship which was in the open sea. The c a p ta in 7 of this

1 too young to think about that — слишком молод, чтобы думать

об этом
2 sad — печальный
8 do not want me to be a sailor — не хотят, чтобы я был мо­
ряком
4 to plan — планировать
* to sail — плыть
8 motor boat ['mouta'bout] — моторная лодка
7 captain ['kaeptm] — капитан
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ship was his old friend and the boatm an wanted to say good­
bye to him.
The boatm an did not see th at Tim was in the boat,
too.
It was a fine day. The sea was blue, and the little waves 1
danced in the sun light. Tim was very happy. He thought:
“Soon I shall see the big ship, and I shall ask the captain of
the ship to take me on board the ship.”*

PART TWO
The boatm an went to see the C aptain and Tim climbed
up* on board the ship. When the boatm an went away
Tim looked out of his corner; he saw a s a ilo r4 and went up
to him.
“Tell me, please,” said Tim, “Where is the Captain?”
I want to speak to him .”
The sailor took him to the C aptain.
“W hat is the m atter?”* asked the Captain, “Who are you
and why are you here?”
“I w ant to stay on board your ship, I want to be a sail­
or, and I shall work as the other sailors,” answered Tim.
The C aptain looked at him and said, “Very well, let us
see w hat you can do; now, first of all * clean the deck.” 7
It was very hard * for Tim to clean the deck, it was so
big, but he worked and worked.
At last* a sailor came and took him to the dining-room.
There he had his dinner. He liked it very much.
1 wave [weiv[ — волна
1 board the ship, board [bo:d] — борт корабля
* to climb up ['klaim] — взойти
4 sailor ['seilo] — матрос
1 what is the m atter? ['maeta] — в чём дело?
4 first of all — прежде всего
7 deck [dek] — палуба
8 hard — трудный, тяжёлый
9 a t last — наконец

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 Days passed, weeks passed and Tim lived on the ship.
All the sailors lo v ed 1 him, because he was a nice and clever
boy. B ut T im ’s best friend was the cook. Tim helped him to
wash and clean the dishes* and did other work in the k it­
chen. The cook gave him nice things to eat, and told him
many interesting stories.*

PART TH REE

One m orning the wind began to blow* hard, and the wa­
ves got higher and higher. *
Tim looked at the sea with great interest. Now it was not
blue, but very dark. The waves did not dance in the sunlight,
but jumped higher and higher on the dark sea.
Tim looked and looked until everything got dark before
his eyes and he fell down.
W hen he opened his eyes and stood up, he heard cries:
“To the boats! To the boats!”
The ship has started to leak! *
The sailors jumped into the boats.
Tim did not jum p. He saw th at the C aptain did not jump
into the boat, and he wanted to stay w ith him . He was so
little, and stood so still in his corner, th at nobody saw him.
So, all the boats w ith sailors went away. Now the Cap­
ta in saw Tim . “Why didn’t you jump into the boat?” he
asked.
“I wanted to stay w ith you,” answered the боу.
“You are a brave boy,” said the C aptain.

1 to love — любить
1 dish [dij] — тарелка
1 stories ['sto:nz] — истории, рассказы
4 to blow [blou] — дуть
4 high ['hai]t higher — высокий, выше
4 the ship has started to leak ['lfck] — корабль дал течь
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 They stood hand in hand ‘ and looked at the sea.
Suddenly Tim cried, “I see a boatl I aee a boatl”
A boat sailed to the ship. There were two fishermen *
in it.
It was a hard t a s k ’ to reach* the lan d .’ But they
reached it at lastl All of them were very cold and wet, but
happy.
Tim and the C aptain thanked the fishermen and went to
see Tim ’s father and m other.
Tim was very happy to see his m other and fath er and
his old friend, the boatm an.
His m other and his father were so happy to see him, th?t
they did not ask him about his adventures.* They only
kissed’ him.
But the C aptain told them about their adventures.
“Tim is a very brave boy,” he said, “and I think he will
be a good sailor. He can work, and he likes the sea. Let him
be a sailor.” *
Tim was very happy when his father said “YES”.
* * *

The night is calm * and cloudless,”

And still as still can be,
And the stars come fo rth ” to listen
To the music of the sea.

1 hand in hand — рука об руку

1 fishermen ['fijam an] — рыбаки
• task [task] — задача
4 to reach [rirtj*] — достичь
• land — земля
• adventure [ad'yentfa] — приключение
I to kiss — целовать
8 let him be a sailor — позвольте ему быть моряком
• calm [kam] — спокойный
10 cloudless ['klaudlis] — безоблачный
II com e forth [fo:0] — выходят
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 THE YOUNG FIREMAN1

One hot evening in Ju n e Bill and his friends ran to the

old b a rn 2 near the river. They wanted to play circu s3 on
Saturday.
Je n n y ’s little dog Pep was w ith them . Pep could jump
over chairs and walk on his hind legs.4 The children liked to
play w ith him.
The girls were up in the barn loft.® They m ade dresses
for the circus.
The boys worked in the yard. They wanted to make a
beautiful tent for the circus.
“Come down, girls! Come down! We shall show you our
te n t,” cried Dan.
The girls came down.
“W hat a nice tent!” they cried.
There were two windows and one door in the tent. The
tent was blue, the windows and the door were w hite. The
children were very happy. They spoke about the circus and
laughed.
Suddenly Pep began to bark. •
“Where is Pep?” asked Bill.
“He is on the loft,” answered Mary.
“He does not like to be w ithout m e,” said Jenny.
Suddenly someone in the street cried: “Fire! Fire! The
roof is on fire!7 Get out! Quick! Run for help!” Many people
came and began to put out the fire .8

1 young fireman [jaq 'faiaman] — юный пожарный

* barn [ban] — сарай
* circus I'ssrkas] — цирк
4 hind [haind] legs — задние лапы
* loft — чердак
4 to bark [bak] — лаять
7 the roof is on fire [fais] — крыша в огне
* to put out the fire — тушить огонь
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 “Oh, B ill,” cried Jenny. “Look! Pep Is on the loft! Pepl
Pep!”
Pep came to the window and barked. There was a big
tree near the window where Pep was.
“Poor dog!” thought B ill. “I must help him ." Bill climbed
up the tree as quickly as he could.
Bill took the little dog in his arms and looked down.
“How could he come down w ith Pep in his arms?”
He saw m any people in the street. “Hold o n !1 Hold on!”
they cried.
Here came the firemen. They helped him to come down.
Jenny took Pep in her arms and said, “I th in k Bill is
the bravest* boy in the world!”'

THE MAGIC WORD4

Jim — Джим (имя мальчика)
Betty — Бэтти (имя девочки)
Nancy — Ненси (имя девочки)
Billy — Билли (кличка пони)

“Get up, B illy ,” called Jim , “Get up.” But Billy, the lit­
tle black and w hite pony, did not want to go.
The four children jum ped down from the cart. Jim and
Tom ran in front and began to pull. B etty and Nancy ran to
the back of the cart and began to push.
B ut B illy stood still and did not want to pull the cart.
Then the children saw their G randfather. He laughed.
“Get into the cart * again,” he said. “I th in k I can make
B illy go.” 4

1 Hold on! — Держись!

1 brave — храбрый
' world [ws:id] — мир
4 magic ['maedjik] word — волшебное слово
* to get into the cart — сесть в повозку
* I can make Billy go — я могу заставить Билли идти
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 G randfather came up to the pony and w hispered1 some­
thing right into B illy ’s e a r .1 B illy jumped and went gallo­
ping* down the street.
“Thank you, G randfather,” shouted4 the children.
When the children came home Jim ran to fin d 6 Grand­
father.
“G randfather,” he said, “w hat secret* did you whisper
to B illy?”
G randfather laughed. “I whispered a magic word to B il­
ly,” he said. “The word was please. Next tim e try this magic
word. But whisper it right into his ear.”
For some tim e after th at Billy was a good little pony.
But one day when the children came to a bridge Billy did
not want to cross7 it.
1 to whisper ['wisps] — шепнуть
* right into Billy’s ear — прямо в ухо Билли
* went galloping ['gaelapigj — пустился галопом
4 to shout — кричать
* to lind [faindj — искать
* secret ['sLkrit] — секрет
7 to cross — переехать через
It
 “Get up, B illy,” they all shouted. B illy began to run.
Trip-trap, trip-trap went his feet on the bridge. Suddenly
he stopped.
The children shouted at Billy, they pulled him and
pushed him, but he did not w ant to go. Soon there were
many carts behind them .
“Oh, dear,” said B etty, “look at all the carts behind us.
W hat shall we do?”
- “I shall try the magic word,” thought Jim . So he told
the other children to get into the cart. Then he put his mouth
right into B illy ’s ear and whispered please as loud as he
c o u ld .1 Billy jumped and went galloping across the bridge.
That evening Jim said, “please is a magic word, Grand­
father.”
G randfather answered,“You see th at please is the magic
word. People will always try to help you when you say
it. But 1 shall tell you a secret about B illy. When you whis­
per in his ear, th at tic k le s2 him and he cannot stand s till.”
After th at Jim always knew what to do when the little
pony did not want to go.

THE COUNTRY MOUSE* AND THE CITY MOUSE

Once there was a Mouse. She lived in the country. One

day her cousin* came to see her. Her cousin lived in the ci­
ty. •
The Country Mouse was very glad to see the City Mouse,
and asked her to stay to dinner.
“Thank you,” said the City Mouse. She took off her hat
and coat and helped to put the plates on the table.

1 as loud as he could — так громко, как только мог

1 to tickle — щекотать
9 mouse (mice) [maus, mais] — мышь (мыши)
4 cousin [клгп] — двоюродная сестра
• city — город

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 When dinner was ready, the City Mouse looked at the
corn1 and said, “W hat a funny® dinnerl Come to my house.
Every day I have a piece of -cheese’ for my dinner.”
“Thank you very m uch,” said the Country Mouse. “I ’ll
come.”
So the two Mice went to the city.
When they came to the city they were very hungry.

“Come to the kitchen,” said the City Mouse,” the Cook4

made a cake.® Here it is.This is better than your corn.”
They began to eat. Suddenly they heard a terrible noise® in
the kitchen.
“W hat’s th at?” asked the Country Mouse.
“T h at’s the C at,” answered the City Mouse. “Run!”
The Mice ran.
When they were sa fe ,7 the Country Mouse asked, “Why
did you run?”
“N ever8 stay in the kitchen when the Cat comes,” said
the City Mouse. “Every day she kills* m any mice. Let us
go to the cellar.”10
1 corn [ko:n] — зерно
* funny П лш ] — смешной, забавный
* a piece of cheese [tfirz] — кусок сыра
4 cook [kuk] — повар
* cake — пирог
• terrible noise ['ten b l noiz] — ужасный шум
7 safe — безопасный
• never — никогда
• to kill — убивать
10 cellar ['selaj — погреб
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 “Do you sm ell1 cheese?” asked the City Mouse.
“Yes, I smell cheese,” answered the Country Mouse.
“Do not eat it. It is in a trap l” 3 cried the City Mouse.
“W hat is a trap?” asked the Country Mouse.
The City Mouse showed her the trap. “The Cook puts a
piece of cheese in it,” said the City Mouse, “but if you eat the
cheese, som ething comes down on your head and kills you.”
The Country Mouse looked at the trap.
“I shall go hom e,” she said. “I do not like your house.
There is a Cat in the kitchen, and a trap in the cellar. I
like my corn better than your cake and cheese.”

WHY THE RABBIT’S TAIL’ IS SHORT

Once a little rabbit went along the bank of a riv e r.4
He was hungry and looked at the green grass on the other
side of the river. He wanted to cross5 the river, but he could
not swim.
Suddenly an old alligator® poked his nose o u t7 of the
river.
“It is hot, Friend R a b b it,” said the alligator. “Why don’t
you come into the water?”
The alligator knew* very well th at the rabbit could not
swim.
“I ’ll try to ask him to take me to the other side of the
river,” thought the little rabbit. “No, I shall not. He is too
bad. He wants to eat me. I shall play a trick on him .”*

1 to smell — чувствовать запах

* trap — мышеловка
* tail [teil] — хвост
4 bank [baerjk] of a river — берег реки
* to cro ss— здесь переплыть
4 alligator ['aeligeita] — аллигатор, крокодил
7 poked his nose out — высунул свой нос
8 knew [nju:] npotu. время от to know — знать
0 I shall play a trick on him — я его обману
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 “It is not hot to-day,” said the rab b it.” Oh, Friend A lli­
gator, there are many rabbits in this forest. There are hund­
reds1 and hundreds of them . There are many more rabbits
than alligators.”
“How foolish* you are,” cried the alligator. There are
more than a hundred alligators in this river. Can you find *
a hundred rabbits in the forest?”
“Yes, I can,” answered the rabbit. “I shall c o u n t1 the
alligators and you will count the rabbits.C all the alligators!
Make a line of them 5 and I shall count them .”
The old alligator called his friends. Big alligators and
little alligators came* The old alligator made a line of.them
across the river, just like a bridge.
“Now, count them , Friend R ab b it,” he said.
The rabbit ran upon the alligator bridge and counted,
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten ,” and
so on up to a hundred.1
Now the rabbit was on the other side of the river. “I shall
call th e rabbits some other day. Good-bye! Who is foolish
now?” he said to the old alligator.
But he laughed too soon: one of the alligators caught ’
the end of the ra b b it’s tail and bit it off.*
And th at is why the rab b its’ tails are so short.

TOBY

“W atch * my sledge, Toby,” said Fred,” I shall come back

soon.” Toby sat down on the snow near the sledge. “You

* hundred J'hAndrad] — сотня

* foolish — глупый
* to find — находить
* to count [kaunt] — считать
1 to make a line of them — поставить их в ряд
1 so on up to a hundred — и так далее до 100
т caught [ko:t] прош. время от to catch — поймать
1 b it off прош. время от to bite off — откусить
* to watch lw 3tj“l — караулить, сторожить
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may go, Fred, nobody will take it u n til1 you come back,”
barked® Toby.
The boy ran down the hill to the town.
Toby did not m ove8 from his place. He sat and sat until
the sun went down and the north wind began to b lo w .4 But
Fred did not come back. Toby was very cold, but he did
not move from his place. When night came he stayed at his
place.
But where was Fred? Why didn’t he come back?
Down in the town Fred met a friend who asked him to go
to the cinema.
They went to the cinema.
Then they began to play chess,
and Fred did not think about
poor Toby.
But next m orning when
Fred got up he rem em bered5
about his dog.
“Poor, poor Toby,” he cried
when he jumped out of his
bed. “If he is frozen® I shall
be very unhappy.” 7
He dressed very quickly
and ran up the hill.
Fred ran faster8 and faster and thought about his poor
dog.
At last* he saw his little dog. And Toby saw him too. He
wanted to stand up to meet him, but his legs were so frozen
th at he could not stand up. Then Fred took Toby, put him
in the sledge and ran home.

1 until [an'til] — пока • is frozen ['frouzn] — замёрз

* to bark [berk] — лаять 7 unhappy [An'haepi] — несча­
* to move [mirv] — двигаться стный
4 to blow [blou] — дуть 8 fast [fcrst], — быстро, faster
* to remember [ri'm em ba]— — быстрее
вспоминать • at last — наконец
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 At home Toby had a good breakfast and a long sleep in
F red’s bed.
“Poor Toby!” said Fred and kissed1 his nose.* “I shall
never8 do th at again!”

THOSE TIRESOME4 BOYS

Betty ['beti] — Бэтти ( имя девочки)
W alter ['woilta] — Волтер (имя мальчика)
Charlie ['tfa li] — Чарли (имя мальчика)

B etty was very happy when those tiresome boys went

for a m onth to Aunt M ary’s.*
“It will be very nice w ithout them ,” she said, “W alter
threw my doll out of the window yesterday and Charlie left*
the back yard gate open so th at the rabbits got out and ate
all the green leaves in my garden.”
For the first two days of her brothers’ absence’ B etty
was very gay and happy. Nobody threw her dolls out of the
window. She could play where she liked. Nobody cried all
the tim e, “Look out! * Get out of the way!”* as the boys did
when they played tennis or cricket.10
B ut before a week was over B etty was not so happy. It
was not interesting to sit w ith her dolls in the garden all the
tim e.
“I think I am not well M ummy,”11 said B etty one morning
at breakfast. “I am so tire d .”

1 to kiss — целовать
* nose [n o y z ] — h oc
I never ['neva] — никогда
4 tiresome ['taiasam] — надоедливый, скучный
* to Aunt [ant] Mary’s — к тёте Мэри (в дом)
4 left — оставил
7 absence ['aebsans] — отсутствие
8 look out! — осторожнее!
8 get out of the way! [wei] — прочь с дороги!
10 cricket ['knkit] — крикет (игра)
II Mummy ['т л п и ] — мама
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 Mother looked at her and s a id ,. “Then you cannot go
to the station w ith me to meet your brothers. Aunt Mary
has to go away and they cannot stay at her house any
longer.” 1
B etty did not look very tired when, an hour later, she
ran along the p latfo rm 2 to meet her brothers.
“I am so happy you are back!” she cried.
“Dear me!” said Mother, “you told me a week ago that
boys were so tiresom e.”
B etty laughed, “B ut I did not know then how very
tiresom e it is w ithout them ,” she answered.

A RHYME
Tommy Snooks ['tom i 'snuks] — Томми Снуке
(имя мальчика)
Bessie Brooks ['besi'bruks] — Бесси Бруке
(имя девочки)]

As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks

Were w alking out ’ one Sunday,
Says Tommy Snooks to Bessie Brooks,
“To-morrow will be M onday.”

"Of all the days th a t’s in the week

I dearly4 love* but* one day,
And th a t’s the day th at comes betw een’
A Saturday and a M onday.”

1 any longer — дольше

1 along the platform ['plaetfr.m ] — вдоль платформы
• were walking out [wa: 'wa:kii)] — выходили на прогулку
• dearly — нежно
1 to love — любить
• but — только
1 between [bi'twiin] — между
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 THAT IS MY PLACE
PART ONE
A finch1 lived in an old tree. She came there for two
years and built* her nest* on the same branch. 4
The third year, when she came to build her nest, she saw
a young5 finch on what she called ' her ow n7 branch.
“W hat are you here for?” said tfre old finch.
"I want to build my nest here,” said the young finch.
“You must not; th at is my place!” said the old finch.
“It is not, it is my place!” cried the young finch. “I came
here first this spring.”
“It is my place,” said the old finch.
“I had this tree first; and now when I come back, I find®
you here.”
“And I want to stay here,” said the young finch.
PART TWO
The old finch gave the young finch a peck.* The young
finch flew a t14 her and they had a fight.11
The old finch cried out, “It is my place!”
“No, it is my place!” “I came here first!” cried the young
finch.
“W hat is th a t? ” said an old cat. “W hat a noise!” I must go
and see.”
She climbed ” the tree and heard w hat the two birds said.
The birds were too angry” to see the cat. But suddenly
they heard a voice which said, “You both ” cannot have
the same place.”
1 finch [fintf] — зяблик 4 gave a peck — клюнула
* built (bilt) npoui. время от flew at [flu:] — набросн-
to build — строить лась
* nest — гнездо 11 fight [fait] — драка
* branch [b ran tf] — ветка “ noise [naiz] — шум
* young [j'aij] — молодой 11 to climb [klaim] — прыг-
* to call — называть нуть, вскарабкаться
7 own [oun] — собственный 14 angry [зеддп] — сердитый
* to find [faind] — находить u both [bout] — оба
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 And the cat caught '
them.
“It is not your place,”
she said to the old finch.
“You were too late this
year.You are a bad bird,
and you tight. I cannot
let you live.”
And she ate her up.
“And it is not your
place,” she said to the
young finch. The old
finch had it last year, you know. I cannot let you live.”
And she ate her up too.
Then the cat sprang dow n8 the tree and said, “That is
a ll,” *

REX AND ROY

Rex — Рекс (кличка собаки)
Roy — Рой (кличка собаки)
Polly — Полли (имя девочки)
May — Мэй (имя девочки)
Will — Уилл (имя мальчика)

Polly, May and little W ill had two big dogs — Rex and
Roy. Rex and Roy were brothers. Rex was two years old and
Roy was only one year old. They lived in a big dog-house, *
ate of the same p late and played in the yard.
One Sunday the children got up early in the morning and
went for a walk. Rex and Roy ran in front of them. The child­
ren played w ith them and laughed.

1 caught [ko:t] прош. время * that is all — вот и всё

от to catch — поймать * dog-house — конура
* sprang [spraeg] down —
спрыгнула
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 Roy took a stick in his m outh and ran to a little river.
There were m any red, blue and w hite flowers near the river.
There were many birds in the trees. The sun was bright. The
sky was blue. It was very nice near the river.
The children sat down on the grass under a big tree.
Polly opened her bag and said: “Here are eggs and some bread
for you.”
The children began to eat and talk about many interes­
ting things.
Suddenly they heard a splash* and saw Roy in the water.
Roy wanted to get out, but the b a n k 2 was very steep* and the
dog slip p e d 1 down into the water. At his cry of distress® Rex
ran to the bank. He saw a big stone* on the bank of the ri­
ver and ran down to it.
Roy swam up to this stone. H e wanted to get o u t7 but
slipped back Into the water again.
Then Rex caught * hold of R oy’s ear
and pulled him out on the bank.
The children cried w ith joy.®
They were very happy but Rex and
4 /* Roy were the happiest of all.
ed round the children and ran about
the fields.
1 splash — всплеск
* bank [baerjk] — берег
* steep — крутой
* to slip — соскользнуть
* at his cry of distress— на его
крик отчаяния
* stone — камень
* to get out — вылезать
' caught [ko:t] hold [houldj
of Roy’s ear — ухватил Роя за ухо
* cried with Joy [ 6301] — крича­
ли от радости

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 AN OLD TALE1

Once a little old w om an2 baked cakes* in her oven.4

She had o n 5 a black dress and a small® w hite apron.7
A red cap was on her head. A poor old man came to her k it­
chen] door] and said, “1 am hungry, good woman, please give
me one of your cakes.”
The old woman said, “These cakes are too large for you.
I shall bake you a little cake.”
So she made a very little cake and put it into the oven.
But the cake began to grow 8 bigger and bigger.
“This cake is too large,” said the old woman. Then she
made a tiny® cake and put it into the oven. But it began to
grow bigger too.

1 tale — сказка • she had on — на ней было

1 woman ['wuman] — женщи­ 4 small — маленький
на 7 apron ['eipran] — передние
* to bake cakes — печь ле­ • to grow — расти, становить­
пёшки ся больше
4 oven [луп] — печь • tiny — крошечный
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 “I shall not give you this cake,” said the old wom an,
“it is too large for you.”
Then she made a tiny cake again and put it into her
oven.
But th at cake began to grow bigger and bigger.
“I don’t want to give you any cake,” said the old woman.
“I shall eat them but not you. Go
aw ay.”
So the poor old man went away
hungry.
Now comes the strangest* part of
this story. As the old woman began
to eat her cakes she began to grow
sm aller and sm aller. Her nose became
a sharp* bill.* She looked at her
arms. And what did she see? She saw black wings.4
She looked at her black dress and w hite apron. But
they were all feathers. * Now she was a bird.
You can see this little bird. She hops * up and down trees
and looks for worms.7 You will know her when you see her.
People say th at the old woman who did not want to give
one tiny cake to a poor old man is a woodpecker ' now.

THE GOLDEN DUCK*

PART ONE
Once there lived a poor m an. He worked in a forest. He
had three sons,14 Dan, Pete and John. One day he said to them
“I cannot give you food any longer.** You must work and
get your own ** money*’ and food.
7 worm [worm] — червяк
1 strange [streind 3] — стран­ 8 woodpecker fw ud,peka] —
ный дятел
* sharp — острый * • duck — утка
* bill — клюв 10 son — сын
4 wing [wiqJ — крыло 11 any longer — больше
1 feather f'feda] — перо u own — собственный
• to hop — прыгать 18 money — деньги
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 So he gave an a x e 1 to Dan and said, “Go to the forest and
bring* some wood.’”
Dan took the axe and an apple and went to the forest. He
saw a big tree and said, “I shall get this tree down and take
it to my father.”
Then he said, “But first I shall e a t.” He sat down and be­
gan to eat the apple. Suddenly he saw a little old man. The
man said, “Please give me a b i t 4 of your apple; I am hungry.”
Dan said, “My apple is too big for you. Go away!”
The little old man went away.
Dan took his axe and began to work. But the axe did not
hit the tree, it hit * his foot. He could not work and went
home. His father was very angry. *
Next day the father said to Pete, “To-day you will go to
the forest and get some wood.”
Pete took some bread and an apple and went to the forest.
He came to the same tree; he sat down and began to eat the
apple.
The little old man came up to Pete and said, “Please
give me a bit of this apple.” Pete said, “Go awayl E at your
own apples.”
The little old man went away.
Pete took the axe and began to work. But when he hit
the tree the axe hit his foot. He could not work and went
home. His father got very angry.
Then he said to his youngest son John, “To-day you will
go to the forest and bring some wood.”
John went to the forest and came up to the same tree. He
sat down to eat his apple.
The little old man came up to him and said, “Please give
me a bit of your apple.”
John said, “Take this apple. I shall eat some bread.”
1 axe — топор * hit npotu. время от to hit —
1 to bring — приносить ударять
* wood — дрова • angry ['aeggri] — разгне-
4 a bit — кусочек ванный

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 The little old man took the apple and said, “H it the tree
on this m ark. 1 Soon you will see a hole. * P u t your hand
into the hole and you w ill find som ething which will make
you happy.” Then the little man went away.
When John h it the tree w ith his axe, the tree opened and
he saw a hole. He put his hand into the hole and took a
golden duck out of it.
He said, “I shall take this golden duck to the c ity * and
s e ll4 it. I shall get much money and help my father.”
So he went to the city w ith the golden duck in his arms.

PART TWO
There was a k in g ' in th at city, who had a daughter.*
The Princess’ was very sad. * She cried from m orning till
night. Once the King said, “The man who will make the
Princess laugh will m arry * her.”
John went down the street of the city w ith the golden
duck in his arms. A girl saw the duck and said to her friend
“M ary, Look at th at duckl Is it alive?” 10 Mary came up to
John and put her hand on the duck. But she could not take
her hand away from the duck. She cried out to her friend,
“Come and help mel I cannot take my hand away!”
M ary’s friend run up and took the girl’s arm. B ut she
saw th at she could not take her hand away from the girl’s
arm, too. So the two girls had to run after John and the
golden duck.
An old man saw the two girls and said, “Why are you run­
ning after th a t young man?” And he took the g irl’s arm. But
he could not take his hand away, too. So the old man had to
run after the two girls, John and the golden duck.

my, i n u , u a u g llic i I U J .ld J -

2 hole — отверстие 7princess ['prinsas]

* city {'siti] — город * sad — печальный
4 to sell — продавать • to m arry ['maeri] -
• king — король 10alive — живой
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 A fat m a n 1 saw them and cried out to the old man,
“W hy are you running* after those two girls and the young
man?”
He took the old m an’s arm. But he could not take his
hand away. So the fat man had to run after the old man and
the two girls, and John, and the golden duck.

1 fat — толстяк
1 why are you running — почему вы бежите
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 They ran near the K ing’s palace.1 The sad Princess look­
ed out of the window and cried, “Ha! Ha! Ha! How funny
it is!”
The King heard this and said, “1 am very glad! My dear
daughter is happy!”
Then he looked out of the window and saw John. He
c a lled 2 him and said, “At last my daughter is happy. Now
my dear, you may m arry her.”
So John m arried the Princess and they lived very hap­
pily.
LONG TIME AGOs
Once there was a little K itty
W hite as the snow;
In a b a rn 4 she liked to frolic*
Long tim e ago.

In a barn a little M ousie8

Ran to and fro ,7
F o r8 she heard the little K itty
Long tim e ago.

Four soft* paws10 had little K itty,

paws soft as snow;
And they caught11 the little Mousie
Long tim e ago.

Nine w hite teeth had little K itty

All in a row;1*

1 palace ['paelis] — дворец 7 to and fro [frou] — взад и

1 to call — позвать вперёд
1 long time ago — давным • for — так как
давно • soft [soft] — мягкий
4 barn [ban] — сарай ,*• paw [рэ:] — лапа
• to frolic ['frolik] — рез­ 11 catch (caught) [kaetj,
виться ko:t] — поймать
• mousie ['mausi] — мышка u in a row [rou] — в ряд

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 And they b i t 1 the little Mousie
Long tim e ago.
When the teeth bit little Mousie
Mousie cried out, “Oh!”
But she slipped aw ay2 from K itty
Long tim e ago.

APPLESEED JOHN8
John was a poor old man. He lived all a lo n e .1 “I want to
do something good* for the people,” he said to him self,9
“but how can I? I am old and I have little money!” 7
One day he said, “I know what 1 can do.” He got some ap­
ples — red apples, big yellow apples and green apples.
When he ate them he saved * the seeds * and put them into
a bag.
One m orning he took the bag and a stick and walked far10
into the country. “Here is a good place,” he said.
He made a little hole in the ground11 with his stick and
p lan te d 12 an apple seed.
“Good-bye, little seeds,” he said. “Some day you will be
nice apple-trees.” He planted many apple seeds th at day and
the next day too.
Then he got more apples, saved all the seeds and put them
into his big bag. When his bag was fu ll18 of seeds again he
1 bit npotu. время от to bite—укусить
* to slip away [a'wei] — ускользнуть
’ Appleseed John ['aeplsi:d'd 3Dn] — Джон-яблочное зерно
4 all alone — совершенно один
1 to do something good — принести какую-нибудь пользу
4 said to himself — сказал (самому) себе
7 money ['т л ш ] — деньги
4 to save — сохранять
* seed — зерно, семечко
10 far — далеко
u ground [graund] — земля
u to plant [plaint] — сажать
15 full [ful] — полный
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took the bag and a stick, made little holes in the ground
w ith his stick and planted apple seeds.
People began to know him as he went about the c o u n try .1
Boys laughed at him when they saw him.
“They won’t do you any good,” 2 they said. “You will
be d e a d 3 before the apples come.”
Old John laughed too. “Yes,” he said. “But someone4
must plant the seeds before others eat the fru it.” 5
So the years went b y ,5 and once the old man died.
To-day in th at country you can see many, many apple-
trees. If you ask someone why there are so many apple-
trees in the country, he will say:
“Oh! The old Appleseed John planted them long, long
ago.” And then he will tell you this story.
WILLIAM TELL
PART ONE
William Tell ['wiljam tel] — Вильям Телль
Gessler — Гесслер
Switzerland ['switsaland] — Швейцария
Many, many years ago a ty r a n t,7 Gessler by name, lived
in Switzerland. He was a cruel* man and all the people ha­
ted * him.
One day Gessler said to one of his soldiers, “Take my cap
and put it on the top10 of a pole11 in the m iddle of the m arket­
1 about the country — по стране
* they won’t do you any good — они не принесут вам никакой
пользы
* you will be dead [ded] — вы умрёте
4 someone ['sAmwan] — кто-то
* fruit [fruitJ — плод, фрукты
4 years went by — проходили годы
* tyrant ['taisrant] — тиран
* cruel [krual] — жестокий
* to hate — ненавидеть
*• top — верхушка
" pole — столб

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p lac e .1 Then go and tell the people of the town to bow down 3
before it.”
So the soldiers went out and put the cap on the top of
the pole.
The people bowed down before the cap when they passed
by. They didn’t like to do it, but they were afraid* of Gess-
ler.
W illiam Tell was the only man who was not afraid of
Gessler and who didn’t bow down. When Gessler learned it,
he told his soldiers to b rin g 4 Tell before him.
“I know th at you are the best h u n te r5 in Sw itzerland,”
said Gessler, “Show® me how you can sh o o t.7 Place yovr
little boy under th at big tree and h i t 8 the apple on his head.
If you do not obey* me, I shall tell one of my soldiers to
shoot your boy.”
Then the little boy said, “Father, I am not afraid! I
know you will hit th e apple.”

PART TWO

The little boy stood by the tree. His father went to the
other side of the m arket-place and let the arrow f ly .14
Then Tell looked up. The boy was safe.11 The apple di­
vided into two pieces1* fell under the big tree.
All the people cried with joy.1’
1 m arket-place ['m akitpleis] — рыночная площадь
* to bow [bau] down — кланяться
* to be afraid [a'freid] — бояться
4 to bring — привести
* hunter ('lu n ta ] — охотник
• to show (,fou] — показывать
7 to shoot [Juit] — стрелять
• hit npoiu. время от to hid — попадать
• to obey — подчиняться *
14 let the arrow ['aerou] fly — пустил стрелу
11 safe — невредимый
17 divided into two pieces — разделённое на две части
” joy - радость
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 The boy ran to his father. “See, Father, see,” he cried,
“I am safe!”
Suddenly an arrow dropped1 out of T ell’s coat.
“W hat is this?” asked Gessler. “W hat is this second ar­
row for?”
W illiam Tell answered, “This arrow was for you. Be hap­
py th at my boy is safe.”
Gessler’s soldiers wanted to catch* W illiam Tell, but all
the people cried, “Help! Help!” and ran to him.
Gessler was afraid of the people and went away.
1 to drop — падать
* to catch [kaetf] — схватить

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 WHY TOPSY1 BEGAN TO LOVE* CHARLIE

PART ONE

Once upon a tim e 8 there was a little boy; his name was
Charlie. He lived with his mother and father in a house.
There was a big yard near the house. Jane the cat, and J a ­
ne’s kitten Topsy, lived in this house too.
Charlie was a good little boy and everybody loved him;
but Jane the cat, and Topsy
the kitten did not like him
at a ll .4
Charlie loved Jan e and
Topsy very much, much
m ore6 than all his toys. But
Jane and Topsy run away
when they saw him. And why
do you think it was so? I
shall tell you.
Charlie always took them
in his arms and hugged* and
kissed7 them all the tim e.
They liked to run on their
own* four paws* and did not
like to be in C harlie’s arms. Sometimes Jane could run away.
But Topsy was little and could not run away quickly.
C harlie’s mother used to say,'* “Charlie, put th at kitten

1 Topsy ['topsi] — Топси (кличка котёнка)

* to love [Iav] — любить
* once upon a tim e — однажды, когда-то
4 at all — вовсе, совсем
5 much more — гораздо больше
8 to hug [Ьлд] — обнимать, сжимать в объятиях
7 to kiss [kis] — целовать
8 own [oun] — собственные
9 paw [рэ:] — лапа
10 used to say — постоянно говорила
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downl Don’t you see th a t it doesn’t want to be in your arms
all the time? Let him run and play.”
But Charlie did not listen to her. He picked the k itten
u p 1 and carried him in his arms and he kissed him all day
long.
PART TWO
One day Charlie looked for Topsy in the yard, but he
could not fin d 2 him. He sat down to r e s t.3 He closed
his eyes and began to think about Topsy — why he did not
like him at all.
He thought and thought and then he fell fast asleep.4
Suddenly a great big hand lifted 6 Charlie from the bench and
a great big voice* said, “O-o-o-o-o-eee! W hat a dear, nice good
little boy!”
Charlie looked around to see who it was, and saw th at it
was a little giant g ir l.7
She looked at Charlie and said again, “O-o-o-o, you dear,
little thing, I shall take you home to play with you. I like
you very m uch.” And she ran as quickly as she could, with
Charlies in her hands.
Charlie began to cry, “Let me down, let me down!” But
the little giant girl ran and ran.
Then she came to her m other’s house and said, “Mummy,
Mummy! Look at this dear little doll! It can walk and it
can ta lk .” Then she threw Charlie high up in the air and
she kissed him and she hugged him and she kissed him
again, but Charlie did not like it at all.
Then the little giant girl said, “I want tb know if he can

1 lo pick up — поднять, схватить

2 to find |faind] — находить
* to rest — отдыхать
4 fell fast asleep — крепко заснул
• to lift — поднимать
e voice [vdisJ — голос
7 a little giant ['d 3ai9nt] girl — маленькая дочка великана
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eat, Mummy. I shall go and get some cake.” She ran out of
the room, and came back with a big piece1 of cake and gave
it to Charlie. Charlie was very hungry, so he took the cake
and began to eat.
The little giant girl cried, “Look Mummy, he can eat like
a real * boy. Oh, isn’t he clever?” Then she took the cake from
C harlie’s hand and lifted it over his head, and laughed and
sang, “Don’t you w ant some more? I can give you some
more. Do have some m ore.” 3
Then the little giant girl said, "I want to know if he can
sleep, M ummy.”
Then she put him in her big and dirty handkerchief.4
Charlie did not like this at all. He began to cry, “I don’t
want to go to sleep! I don’t want to go to sleep.” But the girl
did not listen to him. She put him down on the sofa. And
w hat do you think? Charlies was so tired th at he fell fast
asleep at once.

PART TH REE

But Charlie did not sleep for a long tim e. He heard the
little giant girl’s great voice: “He was asleep, Mummy. He
can sleep and he can eat and he can walk and talk. Please,
Mummy, may I show 6 him to Sophie?6 Do let me, please,
Mummy!” ’
And the giant girl’s m other said, “You may go and show
him to Sophie."
Then the little giant girl kissed Charlie and hugged him
again and again.

1 piece [pis] — кусок

* real [rial] — настоящий
1 c!o have some more — на ещё
4 handkerchief ['h a eg k a tjif]— носовой платок
* to show — показать
* Sophie ['soufi] — Соня
* do let me, Mummy ['тлгш ] — позволь мне, мама

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 Charlie did not like it and he cried out, “I want to go
home, I want to go home!” But the giant girl only said, “Lis*
ten to the fu n n y 1 noise* he makes, M umm y.” Then she put
him in her pocket and ran to show him to Sophie.
•.There were many things in the little giant g irl’s pocket—
a' dirty handkerchief, and pins, and pencils, and little sticks,
and Charlie did not like to be in a pocket w ith all these
things.
Then suddenly, what to you think? He saw a little hole
in the g irl’s pocket. And the next moment he fell down
through * this hole on the
dirty ro a d .1
The little giant girl ran
and ran and she did not
know th at Charlie fell down
through the hole in her po­
cket.
As for C h arlie,6 you can
guess® th at when he fell
down he opened his eyes
and cried: “Oh, Mother! A
bad little giant girl took
me, and she hugged me and
she kissed me and she
teased 7 me, and I ran away and here I am .”
His m other looked at him and smiled.
Charlie saw Jane and Topsy and he began to cry, “Oh,
Mother, I don’t think Jan e and Topsy will ever love me,
because I hugged them too and kissed them and teased them
all the tim e.”
1 funny [Члш] — смешной
* noise [noiz] — шум
* through [бги:] — через
4 road [roud]— дорога
5 as for Charlie — что касается Чарли
* to guess [ges] — догадаться
7 to tease [ti:z] дразнить
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 Then his m other said, “Don’t cry, Charlie; I can show you
how to m ake friends w ith Ja n e and Topsy.” She gave Charlie
a ball of red y a rn .1 Then she told Charlie to r o ll 2 it round
and round in front of the k itten, which was under the bench.
Very soon a little w hite paw came out, then other paw came
out, and soon Topsy danced and jumped all over the room af­
ter the red ball. Sometimes he danced on four legs, some­
tim es on his two hind paws, and sometimes he jumped up
in the air.
Soon Ja n e came and began to play w ith the ball too.
Well! Never again did Charlie take 3 Topsy or Jane in
his arms against their w ill.4 Never again did he carry Topsy
around and kiss and hugg him.
That is why Topsy began to love Charlie.

THE TWO MILLS*

PART ONE
Tom lives at Rose Bank* M ill. His father is a m iller.*
Every m orning when Tom looks out of his window, he can
see the great m ill wheel, * and hear “splash! * splash!” as the
w ater runs over the wheel.
And Tom knows th at it is tim e to get up. He thinks that
the wheel says, “Get up, Tom. I am at work and you must
work too.”
So Tom goes to the m ill; he wants to help his father.

1 yarn [jam] — пряжа, шерсть

* to roll [roul] — катить
* never again did Charlie tak e... — никогда больше не брал
Чарли
4 will — желание, воля
8 mill [mil] — мельница
* Rose Bank [rouz baeijk] — Розовый Берег (название местечка)
7 m iller ['пп 1э] — мельник
8 wheel [wfcl] — колесо
8 splash [spke j] — звук плескающейся воды
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 Tom is a clever little boy, and he knows very much about
the m ill, th at the farmers always like to talk w ith him.
And Tom likes to speak w ith them . He has no brother,
no little friends to play w ith.
“1 w ant very much to have a brother to play w ith
me!” Tom often says to his m other. “I have no one to play
w ith .”
He has a baby sister Nell, but she is only ten m onths old;
she cannot run, she cannot walk, she cannot talk, she can
only cry and fall down. Tom does not like to play w ith her,
because he is seven years old and he thinks th at he is too big
to play with babies.
How happy Tom was when one m orning a letter came for
his m other. M other said, “You know, Tom, Aunt Jan e and
Cousin 1 W illie* will come to the m ill, and stay five or six
days here.”
W hat a noise there wasl Tom danced and ran to the m ill.
“Fatherl Father!” he cried, “Cousin W illie will come to see
usl May I go to the station to meet him, and may he sleep
in my room?”
The m iller laughed and told him th at he had to ask his
mother about it.
Next m orning Tom got up in good tim e. *
“Good morning, M other,” he cried. “W hat tim e will W il­
lie be here?”
“Oh, the train will not come u n til4 ten, and it is only six
now,” said his m other, “so you have much tim e.”
How slowly ‘ the tim e passed I
At last it was the tim e to sta rt. •

1 cousin [kAzn] — двоюродный брат

* Willie ['will] — Вилли (имя мальчика)
* in good time — вовремя
4 until — пока, до
* slowly I'slouh] — медленно
4 to start [stat] — отправляться

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 “H u rrah !1 here they arel” cried Tom, as the train came
into the station.
Soon he saw Aunt Jan e and Cousin W illie on the p lat­
form. 1
PART TWO
M other m et them at the gate. W illie and Tom wanted to
run away at once, but M other said, “First come in and eat
som ething, I think you m ust be hungry.”
“Come W illie,” said Tom when the breakfast was over,
"I want to show you my friends.”
“And I want to see them ,” said W illie.
So the two boys put on their caps and ran away. First they
went to the yard*to see B ess,3 the horse.
When W illie saw the dog N a n 4 with her four little pup­
pies, he cried, “Oh, dear little things!”
“Do you w ant to have one?” asked Tom.
“Oh, thank you,” cried W illie. “May I take this little
puppy w ith the black spot * on the nose?”
“Yes, yes, you m ay,” said Tom.
W illie took the puppy and kissed it. “1 shall call * you
Spot, my little doggie,” he said. “And now let us go
to your father, I want to thank him for Spot.”
“We can see him at work in the m ill. Let us go to the
m ill. Here it is,” said Tom.
“That is not a m ill,” cried W illie, “it is too small for a
m ill, and has no sails.” ’
“Sails are for ships* and not for m ills,” cried Tom, “I
see you know nothing about a m ill.”

1 hurrah! Ihu'rcr] — ypal

1 platform ['plaetfa:m] — платформа
* Bess [bes] — Бэсс ( кличка лошади)
4 Nan [naen] — Нэн (кличка собаки)
* spot [spotj — пятно
• to call |кэ: 1) — называть
7 sails [seilz] — здесь крылья ветряной мельницы
• ship [J ip] — корабль

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 B ut at th at tim e the m iller came to them . He said: “You
must not q u a rre l,1 boys. Not all m ills are the same. Some
m ills have large wheels which are d riv en 8 by w ater, like our
m ill; the other m ills are driven by wind, like W illie’s. The
wind m ill has large sails, which the wind blows* round and
round. So you see,” he said, “Tom is right* because he knows
about the w ater m ill, and W illie is right because he knows
about the wind m ill. Now run away and do not quarrel
again.”

TRAINS
Over the m ountains
Over the plains,'
Over the rivers,
Here come the trains.

Carrying * passengers, *
C arrying m a il,8
Bringing* their lo a d s18
W ithout fa il."

Over the m ountains,

Over the plains,
Over the rivers,
Here come the trains.

1 to quarrel ['kworal] — ссориться

• are driven [dnvn] — приводятся в движение
• to blow [blou] — дуть, раздувать
i to be right — быть правым
5 plains [plein] — равнины
e carrying ['кэегпг)] — везущие
7 passengers ['paesind 39z] — пассажиры
8 mail [meil] — почта
• bringing ['bngig] — неся, везя
10 loads [loadz] — грузы
11 without fail [wi'daut 'feil] — наверняка (без неудачи)
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 THE LITTLE CRUSOES
PART ONE

Crusoe ['kru-sou] — Крузо

India ['indjo] — Индия
Billy Cranford ['bill 'kraenfo:d] — Билли Кранфорд
(имя и фамилия)

When I was a little boy my m other was in India, and I

lived w ith my aunt in the country. My best friend was Bil­
ly Cranford, who lived in the next house.
On my seventh birthday my m other sent 1 me an inte­
resting book. It was about Robinson Crusoe. There were ma­
ny nice pictures in this book.
1 sent npotu. время от to send — присылать
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 Billy and I liked this book very much and read it very
often.
One day, B illy closed the book and said, “Let us live like
Crusoe.”
“Very w ell,” said I, “but where is the island?”
“1 saw a lake in th at park. There is a little island in the
lake,” said Billy. “Three big tu b s 1 stand in the kitchen; we
can take one of them for a raft.* Then we must take some food
with us. We must take the same as Crusoe — bread, butter,
rice, * and five pieces4 of dried goat’s flesh.” 8
“But where shall we get goat’s flesh?” I asked.
“Oh, we must k i ll 6 N an n y 7 and dry its flesh in the sun;
and we must take two cats too.”
We made a hole in the ground® for Nanny, but B illy ’s
Aunt Jan e fell down into it, and Nanny did not fall down.
Then we wanted to kill Nanny w ith a penknife,® but we
could not do it. So we had no goat’s flesh.
We carried all the things to the park and put them un­
der a big tree.
Next m orning B illy and I came to the big tree. Billy came
with a w hite cat. O ur dog Scraps 14 was with us too.
First we had to c ro s s " the lake. There were so many
things th at I had to cross the lake many times.
When B illy and Scraps s ta rte d 1* the tub began to move

1 tub [1лЬ] — кадка

• raft [raft] — плот
• rice — рис
4 piece [pi:s] — кусок
s dried goat's [gouts] flesh — сушёное козлиное мясо
• to kill — убиЕать
7 Nanny ['naem] — Нэнни (кличка козы)
9 ground [graund] — земля
• penknife ['pennaif] — перочинный нож
10 Scraps [skraeps] — Скрэпс (кличка собаки)
11 to cross — пересекать
M to start [sta t] — отправляться
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up and dow n1 and they fell down
could not swim and he caught Scraps
So Scraps pulled B illy w ith hi m,
the island. B illy took off his clothes
sun.*
into the water. B illy
by his collar.*
and soon they were on
and dried them in the

PART TWO

B illy wanted to be Crusoe. B ut I said th a t I wanted to be

Crusoe, too. Billy said th a t it was his plan. So Billy became
Crusoe and I became Friday.
First we wanted to look for a good place for our house.
At last we found * a very large hole in the ground. We came
down into it, and very soon fell fast asleep.* We slept for
a long tim e.
When I opened my. eyes, it was dark. I wanted to say
som ething to B illy, when I heard a voice.® We listened to it,
and heard our names.
“Don’t speak,” said B illy softly. ’ We did not speak for
some tim e. But suddenly Scraps jumped up, and before I
could stop him, gave a couple of loud barks. * I caught him
by the collar and listened.
For some tim e it was still, and then we saw two men. One
was the old Quirk, * the man who lived near the park. The
other was a man whom I did not know.
“Let us look for them in the island,” said this man; and
they went round the island.

1 to move up and down — двигаться вверх и вниз.

* collar ['kola] — ошейник
* dried them in the sun — высушил их на солнце
* found прош. время от to find — находить
* fell fast asleep — крепко заснули
* voice — голос
* softly — тихо
1 a couple of loud barks — громко тявкнул два раза
* Quirk [kwirk] — Квирк (фамилия)

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 “Someone is here, he said, “I see a boy’s cap here."
“I t ’s all up w ith us now,” 1 said Billy, and we came out
of our hole.
“W ell, boys,” said the man and laughed. Then he looked
at me and asked,” Do you know who I am?”
“No, I don’t know,” I said.
“I am your father’s friend,” he said. “Your m other is at
home now, let us go home to see her.”
He took Billy by one arm, and me by the other, and we
went home.
My m other was in the dining-room; B illy ’s Aunt Jane
was there too. “W ell, my dears...” she began, “I hope you
understand...”
B ut my m other put her arms round both of us and said,
“Oh, Miss Blake, you m ust not scold* these two little Ro­
binsons. * Let us give them their supper and then they will
tell us about their adventures.” 4

RAIN

The rain Is raining all around®

It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas* here
And on the sh ip s7 at sea.

1 it’s all up with us now — всё кончено, мы пропали

1 to scold [skould] — бранить, ругать
* Robinsons — Робинзоны
* adventures [sd'v.entjoz] — приключения
* all around [a'raund] — со всех сторон
* um brella [лш'Ьге!э] — зонтик
7 ship — корабль

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 THE CAMEL*
Do you know who I am? I am a camel — and a very nice
camel. You see th at I have two humps* on my back? Well,
not all camels have two humps, some poor camels have only
one; it is a very good camel who has two humps.
You say it is hot nowl Why, dear me, you don’t know how
hot it is in the d esert3 where I came from.
We s ta rte d 1 out on a journey5 across6 the desert, where
you know there is nothing but sa n d 7 — hot, d ry 8 sand —
and for days, and days,
and days; sometimes
you see a tree, but
not often, and all the
tim e the sun shines*
over your head and
makes everything hot.
B ut here, why, it is
nothing! You always
have some places here,
where you can sit
down under the tree; and you always have some w ater about.
Do you know what they call me sometimes? They call
me the Ship of the Desert — and I th in k i t ’s a very good
name, too. Some people say th a t when they r id e 10 on my back
they fe e l11 as they do when they are on board the ship. I
can c a rr y 1* m any things on my back; I think I am
I camel ['kaemal] — верблюд
* hump [Ьлшр] — горб
’ desert ['dezat] — пустыня
* to start — отправляться
* journey [' 63a: ni] — путешествие
* across — через
7 sand — песок
* dry — сухой
* to shine [Jain] — сиять (о солнце)
10 to ride — ехать
II to feel — чувствовать
** to carry — тащить
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useful. ’ And I have one very good thing about me. When I go
for a long journey over the hot, dry sands, le a n go for a long
tim e w ithout any w ater at all. How do you like that? To be
for days w ithout a drink of w ater or anything else? * I
think you could not do this, could you? Ah, but you are not
a camel, I see.
I can go very quickly, too, when I like. You see, I have
very long legs. B ut when people put things on my back I
have to kneel* down so th a t they can get up to my back;
well, they put the things up on my back and then, when
everything is ready, we sta rt, and I look like a great big tent
w ith long legs.
Some people say I am not always good, but th a t’s when
they w ant me to do som ething th a t I don’t want to do and
when I don’t want to do anything, I don’t do it.
Egypt 4 is the name of the place th at I came from; if
you ever go there, you will see some of my friends, I think.
Now, they want to give me some dinner, so I think I
had better* say good-byel

KING MIDAS
(AN OLD TALE*)
Midas ['midas] — Мидас
Marygold ['mearijgould] — Мериголд
Mercury l'm a:kjuri] — Меркурий
Midas was a very r ic h 7 king. * He had more gold • than
anyone, but he was not happy.

1 useful ['jusful] — полезный

1 else — ещё
* to kneel [ncl] — встать на колени
* Egypt ['fcdjipt] — Египет
* I had better — лучше я
* tale — сказка
7 rich — богатый
* king [кпд] — король
* gold [qould] — золото

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 Every day he co u n ted 1 his gold and wished* for more.*
King Midas had a little daughter Marygold. He loved
her very much and wished to make her the richest princess.4
But Marygold loved * the sun and flowers more than all
the gold in her father’s house.
One day a man came into the king’s room. The king
looked at him and asked, “Who are you?”
“I am Mercury — one of the gods. * You have much gold,
king M idas,” said Mercury.
“I have not so much as I w ish,” said the king.
“Are you not happy, king Midas?” asked Mercury.
“I want th at everything ’ I touch ' will turn to* gold,”
answered the king.

1 to count [kaunt] — считать

1 to wish — желать
1 for more — больше
4 princess [prin'ses] — принцесса
• to love [Uv] — любить
• god — бог
7 everything ['evnBii)]— всё
• to touch [U tJ] — прикасаться
• to turn to — превращаться в

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 “W ell,” said Mercury, “w ait for the m orning and you will
have the golden touch.”
Next morning, when kind Midas began to dress, his
clothes became gold. The chairs, the tables, everything he
touched turned to gold. The bread, became gold too when
he touched it, and the w ater in his glass.
Suddenly the door opened and Marygold came in. She
had a rose in her hand. “Ob, my roses, my rosesl” she cried.
“They all are hard!”
“They are golden roses,” said the king. “Are they not
beautiful?”
“No, no,” cried M arygold, “I do not like them .”
“W ell, w ell,” said the king, “do not cry, eat your break­
fast now.”
Marygold saw th a t the king looked very unhappy and she
kissed him.
But when she touched him, her hands and her feet be­
cam e1 gold and hard.
She was no longer a tittle girl * but a golden doll. *
Suddenly someone said: “Are you happy now, king Mi­
das?”
The king looked up and saw Mercury.
“I am the most unhappy m an,” he cried.
“You have the golden touch,” said M ercury.
“Oh, give me back my little g irl,” said the king, “and I
shall give you all the gold I have.”
“W ell,” said Mercury, “let it be a lesson to you. I take
the golden touch back.”
And Mercury took the golden touch back.
King Midas kissed Marygold and went to play w ith her
in the garden. And they became very happy again.

1 became прош. время от to become — стать, становиться

1 she was no longer a little girl — она больше не была малень­
кой девочкой
* doll — кукла
 ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

A Riddle. . . ........................................................... 3
W hat the Clock Says to Teddy.................................—
Jack F rost...................................................................... 4
A D andelion................................................................. 5
Up and D o w n ........................................................... 6
Good-bye to the B i r d s ........................................... —
Up in an A irplane...................................................... 7
A Rhym e.......................................................................... —
Two W hite D u c k s .................................................. 8
B u tter................................................................................ 10
The L ittle Red H en....................................................11
The Cat and the B e l l ................................................14
Creep Mouse Creep..........................................................15
W hat a Funny W a l k ...............................................—
Peter R a b b it.................................................................. 16
The F i r e .......................................................................17
Can You Guess............................................................... 18
The Brave H u n t e r .................................................... 19
The Clouds......................................................................20
The W onderful Room.................................................. —
A R h y m e ......................................................................22
The Donkey and Two Bags of S a l t ...................... 23
N aughty Wee One ................................................—
Mr. Sparrow and Mr. Fox..........................................26
L ittle Betty B lue.......................*............................... 27
S a n d y ..............................................................................28
Paper N elly.....................................................................29
The N orth W ind........................................... 31
Tim — the Brave S a i l o r ........................................... —
The Young F i r e m a n ................................................36
The Magic W ord..................................... 37
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse . . . 39

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 Why the R a b b it’s Tail is S h o r t .......................... 41
Toby...................................................................................42
Those Tiresome Boys.................................................44
A Rhym e........................................................................ 45
T hat is My Place........................................................... 46
Rex and Roy.................................................................47
An Old T a l e .................................................................49
The Golden D uck.......................................................... 50
Long Time Ago.............................................................54
Appleseed Jo h n ............................................................55
W illiam T ell..................................................................56
Why Topsy Began to Love Charlie . . . . 59
The Two M ills................................................................63
T rains................................................................................ 66
The L ittle Crusoes. ........................................... 67
R ain....................................... 70
The Camel........................................................................71
King M idas..................................................................... 72

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