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Stephen King
He ran past a sign that said (он пробежал знак с надписью): YOU ARE NOW LEAVING GATLIN (вы сейчас покидаете Гатлин), NICEST LITTLE TOWN IN NEBRASKA (милейший городок в Небраске) — OR ANYWHERE ELSE (или где бы то ни было еще)! DROP IN ANYTIME (приезжайте еще: «заезжаете в любое время»)!
I'll be sure to do that (непременно так и сделаю), Burt thought dimly (подумал Берт мрачно).
swordlike ['sLdlaIk], leaves [lJvz], rustle [rAs(q)l]
Burt ran.
He ran past the gas station marking the edge of town. His breath gasped and roared in his chest. The sidewalk ran out under his feet. And now there was only one thing to do, only one chance to beat them and escape with his life. The houses were gone, the town was gone. The corn had surged in a soft green wave back to the edges of the road. The green, swordlike leaves rustled softly. It would be deep in there, deep and cool, shady in the rows of man-high corn.
He ran past a sign that said: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING GATLIN, NICEST LITTLE TOWN IN NEBRASKA — OR ANYWHERE ELSE! DROP IN ANYTIME!
I'll be sure to do that, Burt thought dimly.
He ran past the sign like a sprinter closing on the tape (он пробежал этот знак, как спринтер, приближающийся к финишу: «к /финишной/ ленте»;
