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horizon [hq'raIzn], nevertheless ["nevqD(q)'les], neighbor ['neIbq]

She was indeed a corker — a huge orange ball hoisting itself over the horizon. I thought there was nevertheless something terrible about it. It looked both pregnant and infected. Looking at the rising moon, a sudden and awful thought came to me: what if I got to the hospital and my ma didn't recognize me? What if her memory was gone, completely shot, and she didn't know aye, yes, no, nor maybe? What if the doctor told me she'd need someone to take care of her for the rest of her life? That someone would have to be me, of course; there was no one else. Goodbye college. What about that, friends and neighbors?

“Make a wish on it, boyo (загадывай желание, малыш/парень)!” the old man cried (воскликнул старик). In his excitement his voice grew sharp and unpleasant (в волнении = отволнения его голос стал резким и неприятным) — it was like having shards of glass stuffed into your ear (как будто вам в уши напихали осколки стекла: «как иметь осколки стекла набитыми в ухо»). He gave his crotch a terrific tug (он страшно дернул себя за пах: «дал паху страшный рывок»). Something in there made a snapping sound (что-то там щелкнуло/треснуло: «произвело щелкающий звук»). I didn't see how you could yank on your crotch like that and not rip your balls right off at the stem (я не понимал, как можно так тянуть себя за пах и не оторвать себе с корнем яйца; stem — ствол, стебель), truss or no truss (бандаж /там/ или не бандаж). “Wish you make on the ha'vest moon allus comes true (желание, загаданное в полнолуние всегда сбывается; harvest moon — полнолуние, ближайшее к дню осеннего равноденствия; harvest — страда; жатва; сбор урожая; to come true — осуществляться, сбываться), that's what my father said (так говорил мой отец)!”

excitement [Ik'saItmqnt], shard [SRd], terrific [tq'rIfIk]

“Make a wish on it, boyo!” the old man cried. In his excitement his voice grew sharp and unpleasant — it was like having shards of glass stuffed into your ear. He gave his crotch a terrific tug. Something in there made a snapping sound. I didn't see how you could yank on your crotch like that and not rip your balls right off at the stem, truss or no truss. “Wish you make on the ha'vest moon allus comes true, that's what my father said!”

So I wished that my mother would know me when I walked into her room (и я пожелал/загадал, чтобы моя мама узнала меня, когда я войду в ее комнату), that her eyes would light up at once (чтобы ее глаза сразу же осветились) and she would say my name (и /чтобы/ она произнесла мое имя). I made that wish and immediately wished I could have it back again (я загадал это желание и тотчас же пожелал, чтобы я смог взять его назад); I thought that no wish made in that fevery orange light could come to any good (я подумал, что никакое желание, загаданное в этом лихорадочном оранжевом свете, не приведет ни к чему хорошему; fever — жар, лихорадка).