). Drink, my friends, drink (пейте, друзья мои, пейте)!»
«He's a fool (он глупец; fool — дурак, глупец),» the other butchers said (сказали другие мясники).
I'll [aIl], even ['i:v(q)n], fool [fu:l]
«Bring lots to drink!» said Robin. «I'll pay for it all, even if it adds up to five pieces of gold or more. Drink, my friends, drink!»
«He's a fool,» the other butchers said.
The sheriff thought (шериф подумал), «This is the son of a rich farmer (это сын какого-нибудь богатого фермера). He has sold his land for silver and gold (он продал свою землю за серебро и золото), and he wants to live foolishly (и хочет жить по-глупому/безрассудно). I'll get something from the fool (я что-нибудь да получу от этого дурака).» Then to Robin he said (тогда Робин сказал), «Do you have any horned beasts that you will sell to me (есть ли у тебя какой-нибудь рогатый скот, который ты бы продал мне; horned — рогатый; beast — зверь, животное, скотина)?»
farmer ['fQ:mq], silver ['sIlvq], gold [gquld], horned [hO:nd], beast [bi:st]
The sheriff thought, «This is the son of a rich farmer. He has sold his land for silver and gold, and he wants to live foolishly. I'll get something from the fool.» Then to Robin he said, «Do you have any horned beasts that you will sell to me?»
«Yes, a lot (да, много),» said Robin. «Two or three hundred (две или три сотни). And I have a lot of land — good free land (и у меня много земли — хорошей свободной земли; free — свободный, вольный, независимый). Would you like to see my land and my beasts (хотел бы ты взглянуть на мою землю и моих животных)? They are mine, just as they were my father's (они принадлежат мне, так же, как они принадлежали моему отцу; mine — мой, моя, мое, принадлежащий мне), and his father's before him (и его отцу до него). But I can sell them if you want to buy them (но я могу продать их, если ты захочешь купить их).»
lot [lOt], two [tu:], three [Tri:], they [DeI], before [bI'fO:], buy [baI]
«Yes, a lot,» said Robin. «Two or three hundred. And I have a lot of land — good free land. Would you like to see my land and my beasts? They are mine, just as they were my father's, and his father's before him. But I can sell them if you want to buy them.»
The Sheriff of Nottingham took three hundred pieces of gold (шериф Ноттингемский взял триста золотых монет). He rode with Robin to see the «horned beasts» and the land (он поскакал с Робином, чтобы взглянуть на "рогатый скот" и землю).
Robin led the way into Sherwood Forest (Робин вел путь к Шервудскому Лесу;