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Илья Франк
As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation (когда они пролетали над холмом, Молоткоголовые завопили от досады;
"This is the last time you can summon us (это /был/ последний раз, когда ты могла вызвать нас)," said the leader to Dorothy (сказал вожак Дороти); "so good-bye and good luck to you (поэтому прощай и удачи тебе)."
yell [jel], vexation [vek'seIS(q)n], summon ['sAmqn], leader ['li:dq], luck [lAk]
"Carry us over the hill to the country of the Quadlings," answered the girl.
"It shall be done," said the King, and at once the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms and flew away with them.
As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation, and shot their heads high in the air, but they could not reach the Winged Monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill and set them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings.
"This is the last time you can summon us," said the leader to Dorothy; "so good-bye and good luck to you."
"Good-bye, and thank you very much (прощайте, и спасибо вам большое)," returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air (и Обезьяны поднялись в воздух) and were out of sight in a twinkling (и скрылись из вида в мгновение ока;
The country of the Quadlings seemed rich and happy (страна Кводлингов казалась богатой и счастливой). There was field upon field of ripening grain (/вокруг расстилались/ поля за полями созревающих злаков;
The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red (заборы, дома и мосты были выкрашены в ярко-красный цвет), just as they had been painted yellow in the country of the Winkies (так же, как они были выкрашены в желтый в стране Винки) and blue in the country of the Munchkins (и в голубой в стране Манчкинов). The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat (и сами Кводлинги, которые были невысокого роста и толстенькими) and looked chubby and good-natured (и выглядели круглолицыми и добродушными), were dressed all in red (были одеты во все красное), which showed bright against the green grass and the yellowing grain (и ярко выделялись на фоне зеленой травы и желтеющих злаков;
