female [`fJmeIl], turtle [tq:tl], master [`mQ:stq], daughter [`dLtq], caribou [`kxrIbH], tradition [trq`dIS(q)n]

Who was his mother? The female Turtle was his mother.

The Master was the Lord of Men and Beasts. Beasts and Men, one as the other, he ruled them all. Great was his army, his tribe was All. In it the Great Golden Eagle was a chief; he married a female Caribou. The Turtle was Glooskap's uncle; he married a daughter of the Golden Eagle and Caribou. Of all these things there are many and long traditions. Our people tell them in the winter by the fire: the old people know them; the young forget them and the wisdom which is in them.

When the Turtle married (когда Черепаха женился), the Master bade him make a feast (Хозяин повелел ему собрать: «сделать» пир), and wished that the banquet should be a mighty one (и пожелал, чтобы застолье было громадным; mighty — большой, громадный; might — мощь). To do this he gave him great power (чтобы сделать это, он наделил его великой силой). He bade him go down to a point of rocks by the sea (он приказал ему пойти вниз на скалистый мыс у моря; point — мыс, выступающая морская коса; to bid — приказывать; просить), where many whales were always to be found (где всегда можно было найти много китов). He bade him bring one (он повелел ему принести одного); he gave him power to do so (он дал ему силу сделать так = это), but he set a mark, or an appointed space (но он установил границу, или обозначенное пространство), and bade him not go an inch beyond it (и приказал ему не выходить ни на дюйм за него). So the Turtle went down to the sea (итак, Черепаха пошел вниз = спустился к морю); he caught a great whale (он поймал огромного кита; to catch), he bore it to camp (он принес его на место привала/стоянки; to bear); it seemed to him easy to do this (ему показалось легко сделать это = что это было легко). But like all men there was in him vain curiosity (но, как и во всех людях, было в нем пустое любопытство; vain — напрасный, бесполезный, тщетный; поверхностный, пустой); the falsehood of disobedience was in him (вероломство неповиновения было в нем; obedient — покорный, послушный, готовый подчиняться), and to try the Master he went beyond the mark (и, чтобы испытать Хозяина, он зашел за границу = переступил границу); and as he did this he lost his magic strength (и когда он сделал это, он потерял свою волшебную силу; to lose); he became as a man (он стал как человек; to become); even as a common mortal (даже как простой смертный) his nerves weakened (его силы ослабли; nerve — нерв; мускул, сухожилие), and he fell, crushed flat beneath the weight of the great fish (и он упал, раздавленный весом огромной рыбины; to fall; to crush — давить; мять/ся/; flat — плоский).

banquet [`bxNkwIt], appoint [q`poInt], power [`pauq], whale [weIl], beyond [bI`jOnd], magic [`mxGIk], mortal [`mLt(q)l], common [`kAm(q)n]

When the Turtle married, the Master bade him make a feast, and wished that the banquet should be a mighty one. To do this he gave him great power. He bade him go down to a point of rocks by the sea, where many whales were always to be found. He bade him bring one; he gave him power to do so, but he set a mark, or an appointed space, and bade him not go an inch beyond it. So the Turtle went down to the sea; he caught a great whale, he bore it to camp; it seemed to him easy to do this. But like all men there was in him vain curiosity; the falsehood of disobedience was in him, and to try the Master he went beyond the mark; and as he did this he lost his magic strength; he became as a man; even as a common mortal his nerves weakened, and he fell, crushed flat beneath the weight of the great fish.

Then men ran to Glooskap, saying that Turtle was dead (тогда люди побежали к Глускапу, говоря, что Черепаха мертв; to run). But the Master answered (но Хозяин ответил), "Cut up the Whale; he who is now dead will revive (разрежьте Кита; он = тот, кто сейчас мертв, оживет)." So they cut it up (итак, они его разрезали); (and when the feast was ready (и когда пир был готов) Turtle came in yawning (Черепаха вошел, зевая; to come in — входить), and stretching out his leg he cried (и, растягивая ногу = потягиваясь, он объявил; to stretch out — растягивать; to cry — кричать, объявлять, оглашать, восклицать), "How tired I am (как я устал)! Truly, I must have overslept myself (в самом деле, я, должно быть, проспал; to oversleep — проспать, заспаться /тж. oversleep oneself/)." Now from this time all men greatly feared Glooskap (и вот, с тех пор все люди очень боялись Глускапа; now — /и/ вот /в нач. предлож./), for they saw that he was a spirit (ведь они поняли, что он был не человек: «дух»; to see — видеть; понимать, сознавать; spirit — дух, привидение, призрак).

turtle [tWtl], revive [rI`vaIv], feast [fi:st], ready [`redI], yawn [jLn], fear [fIq], spirit [`spIrIt]

Then men ran to Glooskap, saying that Turtle was dead. But the Master answered, "Cut up the Whale; he who is now dead will revive." So they cut it up; (and when the feast was ready) Turtle came in yawning, and stretching out his leg he cried, "How tired I am! Truly, I must have overslept myself." Now from this time all men greatly feared Glooskap, for they saw that he was a spirit.

It came to pass (случилось /так/) that the Turtle waxed mighty in his own conceit (что Черепаха чрезвычайно возвысился в собственном самомнении; to wax — /уст./ увеличиваться, расти; mighty — весьма, сильно, чрезвычайно), and thought that he could take Glooskap's place and reign in his stead (и подумал, что он мог /бы/ занять место Глускапа и править за него; stead — место /место или позиция лица, вещи и т. п., которое замещается другим лицом, вещью и т. п./). So he held a council of all the animals (поэтому он созвал совет всех животных; to hold a council — созвать, провести: «держать» совет) to find out how he could be slain (чтобы узнать, как он мог /бы/ быть повержен; to find out — выяснить, понять, разузнать; to slay /slew, slain/ — убивать, уничтожать, лишать жизни). The Lord of Men and Beasts laughed at this (Господин Людей и Зверей рассмеялся над этим). Little did he care for them (/как/ мало они его волновали; to care for — заботиться о /чем-либо/)!

pass [pQ:s], wax [wxks], conceit [kqn`sJt], reign [reIn], stead [sted], council [kaunsl], laugh [lQ:f]

It came to pass that the Turtle waxed mighty in his own conceit, and thought that he could take Glooskap's place and reign in his stead. So he held a council of all the animals to find out how he could be slain. The Lord of Men and Beasts laughed at this. Little did he care for them!

And knowing all that was in their hearts (и, зная все, что было в их сердцах), he put on the shape of an old squaw (он принял облик старой скво) and went into the council-house (и вошел в дом совета = в дом, где проходило заседание совета). And he sat down by two witches (и он сел рядом с двумя ведьмами; to sit down): one was the Porcupine (одна была Дикобраз), the other the Toad (другая — Жаба); as women they sat there (в облике женщин: «как женщины» они сидели там). Of them the Master asked humbly how they expected to kill him (их Хозяин спросил кротко, как они надеялись убить его; humble — скромный, застенчивый; покорный, смиренный; простой; to expect — ожидать; надеяться, предполагать). And the Toad answered savagely (и Жаба ответила грубо; savage — дикий /находящийся в первобытном состоянии, не подвергшийся воздействию человека/; грубый), "What is that to thee (что тебе до этого), and what hast thou to do with this thing (и какое отношение ты имеешь к этому; hast — /уст./ 3-е л. ед.ч. от to have; to have to do with smth. — /разг./ иметь какое-то отношение к чему-либо)?"

heart [hRt], squaw [skwL], women [`wImIn], answer [`Q:nsq], savagely [`sxvIGlI], thou [Dau]

And knowing all that was in their hearts, he put on the shape of an old squaw and went into the council-house. And he sat down by two witches: one was the Porcupine, the other the Toad; as women they sat there. Of them the Master asked humbly how they expected to kill him. And the Toad answered savagely, "What is that to thee, and what hast thou to do with this thing?"