Английские волшебные сказки / English Fairy Tales

But he had scarcely begun munching it as slowly as he could when thump! thump! they heard the giant’s footstep, and his wife hid Jack away in the oven.

All happened as it did before. In came the ogre as he did before, said: ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum,’ and had his breakfast of three broiled oxen. Then he said: ‘Wife, bring me the hen that lays the golden eggs.’ So she brought it, and the ogre said: ‘Lay,’ and it laid an egg all of gold. And then the ogre began to nod his head, and to snore till the house shook.

Then Jack crept out of the oven on tiptoe (тогда Джек выбрался из печи на цыпочках) and caught hold of the golden hen (и схватил золотую курицу; to catch – ловить; hold – ухват, захват), and was off before you could say ‘Jack Robinson’ (и был таков: «прочь» прежде, чем ты мог бы сказать «Джек Робинсон»).

But this time the hen gave a cackle which woke the ogre (но на этот раз курица издала кудахтанье, которое разбудило людоеда), and just as Jack got out of the house (и как раз, когда Джек выбирался из дома) he heard him calling (он услышал его зовущего = как тот зовет):

‘Wife, wife (жена, жена), what have you done with my golden hen (что ты сделала с моей золотой курицей)?’ And the wife said (и жена сказала): ‘Why (в чем дело: «почему»), my dear (мой дорогой)?’

But that was all Jack heard (но это было все, что Джек услышал), for he rushed off to the beanstalk (ибо он помчался прочь к бобовому стеблю) and climbed down like a house on fire (и слез вниз очень быстро: «как дом на огне = как горящий дом»).

And when he got home (и когда он добрался домой) he showed his mother the wonderful hen (он показал своей матери чудесную курицу), and said ‘Lay’ to it (и сказал «неси» ей); and it laid a golden egg every time he said ‘Lay’ (и она сносила золотое яйцо каждый раз, как он говорил «неси»).

    cackle [‘k?k(?)l], wonderful [‘w?nd?f(?)l]

Then Jack crept out of the oven on tiptoe and caught hold of the golden hen, and was off before you could say ‘Jack Robinson’.

But this time the hen gave a cackle which woke the ogre, and just as Jack got out of the house he heard him calling:

‘Wife, wife, what have you done with my golden hen?’ And the wife said: ‘Why, my dear?’

But that was all Jack heard, for he rushed off to the beanstalk and climbed down like a house on fire. And when he got home he showed his mother the wonderful hen, and said ‘Lay’ to it; and it laid a golden egg every time he said ‘Lay’.