Kitabı oku: «Scary Fairy Tales. A1 / Страшные сказки», sayfa 8

“There are no boats here,” answered Gretel, “but there is a white duck swimming. If I ask it, it will help us across.”

Then she called out:

 
Duckling, duckling,
Here stand Gretel and Hansel.
Neither a path nor a bridge,
Take us onto your white back.
 

The duckling came up to them, and Hansel climbed onto it, then asked his little sister to sit down next to him.

“No,” answered Gretel. “That would be too heavy for the duckling. It should take us across one at a time.”

That is what the good animal did. When they were safely on the other side, they walked on a little while, and the woods became more familiar to them. Finally, they saw the father's house in the distance. They began to run, ran inside, and threw their arms around the father's neck.

All this time the man was very unhappy and missed his children so much. However, the woman died.

Gretel shook out her apron, throwing pearls and precious stones around the room, and Hansel added to them by throwing all the stones from his pockets.

Now all their problems were at an end, and they lived happily together.

Glossary

woodcutter [wʊdkʌtǝ] – nдровосек

scold [sk(ǝ)ʊɪd] – vругать; бранить

stepmother ['stepmaðǝ] – nмачеха; приемная мать

ɡather['ɡæðǝ] – v собирать; собираться; набирать

apron['eɪpr(ǝ)n] – n фартук; передник

noon[nu:n] – n полдень; обед

awake(awoke, awoken) [ǝ'weɪk] – v проснуться; просыпаться; бодрствовать

nasty[nɑ:stɪ] – adj гадкий; мерзкий

ɡet (ɡot, ɡot) rid of [ɡet rɪd ɒv] – v избавиться

receive [rɪ'si:v] – v получить

crumb [krʌmb] – n крошка; кроха; мякиш

piɡeon ['pɪʤɪn] – n голубь

manaɡe ['mænɪʤ] – v суметь; смочь

reach[ri:ʧ] – v достигать; дотянуться