Валерий Ларченко - Let’s read in english! Fairy tales

Then (потом) for (для) him (него) was (было) brought (принесено) some (около) two (двух) pounds (фунтов) of cheese (сыра),

In (в) pan (сковороде) potatoes (картошка) fried (жареная) and (и) a plate (тарелка) of hot (горячего) peas (гороха).

Our (наш) old (старый), feeble (хилый) man (человек), tiny (крошечный) Ronny (Ронни).

Old man Ronny ate macaroni

With a great river trout fish.

He ate sausage, meat, and a lot of seaweed

From a big, deep and brown clay dish.

Then for him was brought some two pounds of cheese,

In pan potatoes fried and a plate of hot peas.

Our old, feeble, man, tiny Ronny.

My (моя) white (белая), little (маленькая) duck (уточка)

She (она) can (может) swim (плавать) and (и) quack (крякать).

She (она) can (может) whirl (кружиться) and (и) dance (танцевать),

Can (может) sing (спеть) old (старый) romance (романс).

My (моя) happy (веселая), white (белая), little (маленькая) duck (уточка).

My white, little, duck

She can swim and quack,

She can whirl and dance,

Can sing old romance.

Once (однажды), a соску (петушок) went (пошел) to (в) town (город).

He (он) bought (купил) there (там) a loaf (буханку), big (большую) ’n’ (и) brown (коричневую).

The cock (петух) brought (принес) it (ее) to (в) his (свой) hens’ house (курятник).

The (эта) loaf (буханка) was (была) eaten (съедена) by a brisk (проворной) grey (серой) mouse (мышкой).

Once, a cocky went to town.

He bought there a loaf big «n’ brown.

The cock brought it to his hen’s house.

The loaf was eaten by a brisk, grey mouse.

A cow (корова) goes (идет) – moo!

An owl (сова) flies (летит) – to-who!

A horse (лошадка) jumps (скачет) – neigh!

How (how) do we (мы) say (говорим)?

A cow goes – moo!

An owl flies – to-who!

A horse jumps – neigh!

How do we say?

Once (однажды), a little (маленький) blind (слепой) mole (крот)

In (в) the ground (земле) dug up (выкопал) a long (длинную) hole (нору)

Right (прямо) to (к) the very (самой) surface (поверхности).

It ventilates (он проветривает) its (свой) office (кабинет).

Once, a little blind mole

In the ground dug up a long hole

Right to the very surface.

It ventilates its office.

My (моя) piggy (свинка) is little (маленькая)

My (моя) piggy (свинка) is pinky (розовенькая)

Its (ее) snout (рыльце) is wet (мокрое)

Its (ее) face (мордочка) is so (такая) winky (подмигивающая).

My piggy is little

My piggy is pinky

Its snout is wet

Its face is so winky.

Birdie (птичка), birdie (птичка), hop (прыг), hop (прыг), hop (прыг)!

She (она) washes (моет) her (свой) house (дом)

With a pink (розовой) little (маленькой) mop (шваброй).

She (она) sweeps (подметает) her (свой) house (дом) with a blue (голубой) tiny (крошечной) broom (метелочкой):

A parlor (гостиную),

A bedroom (спальню),

A dining room (столовую).

Birdie, birdie, hop, hop, hop!

She washes her house with a pink little mop.

She sweeps the floor with a blue tiny broom:

A parlor, a bedroom, a dining room.

Once (однажды), a postman (почтальону) snail (улитке)

Was told (сказали) he would carry (занести) a mail (почту) To (в) a nearest (ближайший) neighboring (соседний) house (дом).

Three (тремя) weeks (неделями) after (позднее)

For (для) everyone’s (всеобщего) laughter (смеха)

The snail (улитка) reached (добралась до) the house (дома).

Once, a postman snail

Was told he would carry a mail

To a nearest neighboring house.

Three weeks after

For everyone’s laughter

The snail crawled up to the house.

Green (зеленые) wet (мокрые) slimy (скользкие)

Little (маленькие) frogs (лягушки)!

How (как) do you (вам) live (живется) there (там)

In (в) your (ваших) cold (холодных)

Foggy (туманных) bogs (болотах)?

In (в) our (ваших) chilly (прохладных) bogs (болотах) croak (квакать) happily (счастливо) we’d (мы бы) might (могли)

At night (ночью) and (и) in (при) the bright (ярком) daylight (дневном свете).

Green wet slimy little frogs!

How do you live there,

In your cold foggy bogs?

In our chilly bog croak happily we would might

At night and in the bright daylight.

Once (однажды), an elephant (слон) began (начал) to cry (заплакал).

Why (почему) cannot (не можем), we (мы), elephants (слоны), fly (летать)?

Up above (над) the world (миром) we’d (мы бы) flew (летали)

Like (как) small (маленькие) clouds (облачка) light (легкие) «n’ (и) whitish-blue (беловато-голубые).

Once, an elephant began to cry.

Why, cannot we, elephants, fly?

Up above the world we’d flew

Like small clouds light «n’ whitish-blue.

Farmer (у фермера) John Noodle (Макарон) had (была) a duck (утка)

The duck (она) was (была) all green (зеленая) and (и) she (она) said (говорила) – Quack (квак)!

She (она) caught (ловила) fishes (рыбу) in (в) water (воде),

Served (служила) as (как) a porter (носильщик),

That (того) farmer (фермера) Noodle’s (Лапши) clever (умная) duck (утка).

Farmer John Noodle had a duck

The duck was all green and she said – Quack!

She caught fishes in water,

Served as a porter.

That farmer Noodle’s clever duck.

Once (однажды), I (мне) was gifted (подарили) a kitten (котенка).

It (он) was (был) very (очень) small (маленький) like (как) my (моя) mitten (варежка).

It (он) drank (пил) milk (молоко) played (играл) and (и) slept (спал).