Английские легенды / The English Legends

excuse him to her father – оправдать его перед отцом

half an hour – полчаса

pocket – карман

reply – отвечать

she gave him leave to go to sleep – она отпустила его спать

shepherd – пастух

show – показывать

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The shepherd smiled cleverly and drew a fish out of his pocket and showed it to her, and she said it was the finest she had ever seen.

About half an hour afterwards, she said,

“Shepherd, do you think you could get me one more?”

He replied, “Maybe,” and after a little while he brought out another.

It was finer than the first, and the princess was so delighted that she gave him leave to go to sleep, and promised to excuse him to her father.

In the morning the princess told the king to his great astonishment that the shepherd must not be beheaded, for he had been fishing in the hall all night. The shepherd agreed.

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Утром принцесса рассказала королю, к его великому astonishment, что the shepherd отрубать голову не следует, потому что он всю ночь ловил in the hall рыбу.

The shepherd подтвердил её слова.

Но когда король услышал, как the shepherd вытащил такую красивую рыбину из своего pocket, он попросил поймать рыбку в своём royal pocket.

The shepherd согласился, попросил короля прилечь и, держа в своей ладони ещё одну рыбу, притворился, что ловит её в королевском pocket. Затем он уколол короля with a needle, вытащил рыбину и показал её королю.

И хотя королю не понравился такой method рыбной ловли, принцесса и shepherd в тот же день сыграли свадьбу и lived вместе много лет.

astonishment – удивление

hall – зал

live – жить

method – метод, способ

needle – игла

pocket – карман

royal – королевский

shepherd – пастух

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In the morning the princess told the king to his great astonishment that the shepherd must not be beheaded, for he had been fishing in the hall all night. The shepherd agreed.

But when the king heard how the shepherd had caught such beautiful fish out of his pocket, he asked him to catch one in his own royal pocket.

The shepherd agreed, bid the king lie down, and pretended to fish in his pocket while he had another fish hidden and ready in his hand. At last he gave the king a prick with a needle, held up the fish, and showed it to the king.

And even though the king did not delight in such a fishing method, nevertheless the princess and shepherd were united the same day and lived for many years together.