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camel ['kxmql], desert ['dezqt], excruciating [Iks'krHSIeItIN]

NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump.

In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a Howler himself. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles, most ‘scruciating idle; and when anybody spoke to him he said ‘Humph!’ Just ‘Humph!’ and no more.

Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning (некоторое время спустя в понедельник утром к нему пришел Конь; to come — приходить, приезжать), with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth (с седлом на спине и удилами во /его/ рту), and said, ‘Camel, O Camel (и сказал: Верблюд, О Верблюд), come out and trot like the rest of us (выходи и побегай, как остальные мы; to trot — идти рысью /о лошади/).’

‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Horse went away and told the Man (а Конь ушел и рассказал Человеку; to tell — рассказать; to go away — уходить).

Presently the Dog came to him (некоторое время спустя к нему пришел Пес), with a stick in his mouth (с палкой в /его/ пасти), and said, ‘Camel, O Camel (и сказал: Верблюд, О Верблюд), come and fetch and carry like the rest of us (иди и /принеси/ /и/ поноси, как мы остальные; to fetch — принести, сходить за; to carry — носить).’

‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Dog went away and told the Man (а Пес ушел и рассказал Человеку).

presently ['prezntlI], mouth [mauT], carry ['kxrI]

Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.’

‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Horse went away and told the Man.

Presently the Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.’

‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Dog went away and told the Man.

Presently the Ox came to him (некоторое время спустя к нему пришел Бык), with the yoke on his neck and said (с ярмом на /его/ шее и сказал), ‘Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us (Верблюд, О Верблюд, иди и попаши, как все остальные мы).’

‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Ox went away and told the Man (а Бык ушел и рассказал Человеку).

At the end of the day (в конце дня) the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together (Человек созвал Коня, и Пса, и Быка; to call together — созывать), and said, ‘Three, O Three (и сказал: Трое, О Трое), I’m very sorry for you (мне очень жаль вас) (with the world so new-and-all (со всем миром таким новеньким)); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t work (но это Грпающее существо в Пустыне не может работать), or he would have been here by now (иначе он был бы уже сейчас здесь),’ so I am going to leave him alone (поэтому я оставлю его в покое; to leave alone — оставить в покое, не трогать), and you must work double-time to make up for it (а вам придется работать в два раза больше /времени/, чтобы возместить это; to make up for — возместить, компенсировать).’