Mousie Squeaks told Mousie Snooks:
“You know, I’m very fond of books.
Of course, I cannot read a line.
But eating books is jolly fine!”
Говорила мышка мышке:
— До чего люблю я книжки!
Не могу я их прочесть,
Но зато могу их съесть.
«Little house with light blue shutters, / I will never forget you, no way! / All these years that have gone with the shadows / Seemed so recent and not far away. / / Up to now I've been dreaming about / Our fields, woods and clouds on high / Under cover of grey cotton shroud / Of...»
«Don't torment me with coldness and stiffness / And don't ask me my age and so on. / I have serious falling sickness / With my soul like a yellow bone. / / Years ago I wasn't the same as / I am now. I was dreamy and all / I imagined that I would be famous / Very wealthy and favoured...»
«Snowdrift, piled up, is now brittle and callous, / Cold is the moon that shines from the height. / Now I am back at my dear old house, / And through the blizzard I see the light. / / Well, we are homeless but we do not suffer. / I laud what I've got, without complain. / Here I am bac...»
«The snow is whirling lively and strong, / A three horse sleigh is dashing along. / / Some young ones are in the sleigh. Oh Boy! / Where is my happiness? Where is my joy? / / All has slipped by through the storm in this way, — / Dashing like mad in a three horse sleigh.»