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Илья Михайлович Франк

“Wouldn't they notice you underneath the balloon (они не заметили бы тебя под шариком)?” you asked (спросил ты).

“They might or they might not (может, да, а может, нет: «они могут или не могут»),” said Winnie-the-Pooh (сказал Винни-Пух). “You never can tell with bees (/ты/ никогда /не/ можешь понять = /не/ знаешь с пчелами).” He thought for a moment and said (он задумался на минутку и сказал): “I shall try to look like a small black cloud (я попробую быть похожим = стать похожим на маленькую черную тучку). That will deceive them (это обманет их).”

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“It's like this,” he said. “When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming. Now, if you have a green balloon, they might think you were only part of the tree, and not notice you, and if you have a blue balloon, they might think you were only part of the sky, and not notice you, and the question is: Which is most likely?”

“Wouldn't they notice you underneath the balloon?” you asked.

“They might or they might not,” said Winnie-the-Pooh. “You never can tell with bees.” He thought for a moment and said: “I shall try to look like a small black cloud. That will deceive them.”

“Then you had better have the blue balloon (тогда тебе лучше иметь = взять голубой шарик; had better V — лучше — рекомендация, совет),” you said; and so it was decided (сказал ты, и так /это/ было решено).

Well, you both went out with the blue balloon (ну, вы оба вышли с голубым шариком), and you took your gun with you (а ты взял с собой свое ружье), just in case, as you always did (на всякий случай: «просто на случай», как ты всегда делал), and Winnie-the-Pooh went to a very muddy place that he knew of (и Винни-Пух пошел к очень грязному месту, о котором он знал), and rolled and rolled until he was black all over (и катался и катался, пока он /не/ был = стал везде / весь черный); and then, when the balloon was blown up as big as big (и потом, когда шарик был надут = надули большой-/пре/большой; to blow up — надуть), and you and Pooh were both holding on to the string, you let go suddenly (и ты и Пух оба держались за веревочку, ты отпустил /ее/; to let smth go — отпустить что-либо), and Pooh Bear floated gracefully up into the sky, and stayed there (и Пух воспарил грациозно в небо и остановился / задержался там) — level with the top of the tree and about twenty feet away from it (на уровне = вровень с верхушкой дерева и футах в двадцати от нее).

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“Then you had better have the blue balloon,” you said; and so it was decided.

Well, you both went out with the blue balloon, and you took your gun with you, just in case, as you always did, and Winnie-the-Pooh went to a very muddy place that he knew of, and rolled and rolled until he was black all over; and then, when the balloon was blown up as big as big, and you and Pooh were both holding on to the string, you let go suddenly, and Pooh Bear floated gracefully up into the sky, and stayed there — level with the top of the tree and about twenty feet away from it.