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Илья Франк
giant ['GaIqnt], queer [kwIq], head [hed]
HERE is the Whale looking for the little ‘Stute Fish, who is hiding under the Door-sills of the Equator. The little ‘Stute Fish’s name was Pingle. He is hiding among the roots of the big seaweed that grows in front of the Doors of the Equator. I have drawn the Doors of the Equator. They are shut. They are always kept shut, because a door ought always to be kept shut. The ropy-thing right across is the Equator itself; and the things that look like rocks are the two giants Moar and Koar, that keep the Equator in order. They drew the shadow-pictures on the doors of the Equator, and they carved all those twisty fishes under the Doors. The beaky-fish are called beaked Dolphins, and the other fish with the queer heads are called Hammer-headed Sharks. The Whale never found the little ‘Stute Fish till he got over his temper, and then they became good friends again.
NOW this is the next tale (а вот следующая сказка), and it tells how the Camel got his big hump (и она рассказывает /о том/, как у Верблюда появился его большой горб).
In the beginning of years (в начале лет), when the world was so new and all (когда весь мир был таким новеньким;
