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Илья Франк
When Robin saw the king's ring, he went down on his knee. «I love no man in the world,» he said, «so well as I love my king. Thank you, Sir Abbot, for your words, and today you must have dinner with me under my greenwood tree.» And he led the king there.
The king saw men working to make food ready (король увидел, как работают люди, чтобы приготовить пищу).
«Are these all your men (кто все эти люди)?» he asked.
Robin sounded his horn three times (Робин протрубил в свой рог три раза), and a hundred young men in Lincoln green came running (и сотня молодых людей в ярко-зеленых костюмах выбежала /из леса/), and stood in lines in front of Robin (и встала рядами перед Робином;
«I like this (мне это нравится),» the king thought (подумал король).«He rules his men better than I can rule mine (он правит своими людьми лучше, чем я могу управлять своими;
The dinner was soon ready (вскоре обед был готов) — good deer meat (свежее мясо оленя = оленина;
working ['wq:kIN], food [fu:d], ready ['redI], these [Di:z], rule [ru:l], better ['betq], meat [mi:t], bread [bred]
The king saw men working to make food ready.
«Are these all your men?» he asked.
Robin sounded his horn three times, and a hundred young men in Lincoln green came running, and stood in lines in front of Robin.
«I like this,» the king thought. «He rules his men better than I can rule mine.»
The dinner was soon ready — good deer meat, fine bread, and good drink. The king ate and drank well.
«Now, Sir Abbot (а теперь, господин аббат),» said Robin, «you must see how we play (ты должен взглянуть, как мы веселимся;
He and his men jumped up, with their bows in their hands (он и его люди вскочили на ноги с луками в руках). «Are they going to shoot me (они что, собираются застрелить меня)?» the king asked himself (спросил себя король). Then very quickly they put up two marks for shooting (затем они очень быстро выставили две мишени для стрельбы;
jump [dZAmp], going ['gquIN], himself [hIm'self], quickly ['kwIklI], small [smO:l]
«Now, Sir Abbot,» said Robin, «you must see how we play.»
He and his men jumped up, with their bows in their hands. «Are they going to shoot me?» the king asked himself. Then very quickly they put up two marks for shooting. «The marks are small, and fifty metres away,» the king thought. «Can they hit them as far away as that?»