Animal Stories. Let's read in English!

Valery Larchenko, 2020

Это книга – сборник сказок, стишков и загадок. Он составлен так, чтобы максимально помочь читателю в освоении и закреплении английской лексики. Сначала идет текст на английском и русском языках. Далее следует русский вариант. И, в завершение, предлагается произведение на английском. Прочитав сказку, или стишок, на сдвоенном, а, затем, русском вариантах, и перейдя к английскому переводу, вы уже понимаете о чем идет речь в произведении. Читая и перечитывая книгу вы будете быстро усваивать английскую лексику. От общего представления будете переходить к детальной картине описываемых событий.

HOW BEES PUNISHED AN EVIL AND GREEDY BEAR

Once, a bear, Clumsy Paw, walked through a forest, hungry, seeking for some food to eat. Suddenly, he saw a bee Buzzy, flying towards him.

— Hello, bear, Clumsy Paw!

— Hello you, too, little Bee Buzzy! Where do you fly to?

— I’m flying to the far meadow. The red, sweet, clover bloomed in there.

— May I go with you, to taste the sweet, red, clover?

— Of course! Let’s go! The meadow is big and there is enough clover for everyone.

Bee Buzzy flew forward and bear Clumsy Paw hobbled after her.

They came to the meadow. And there is clover, like a red carpet!

The bee began to fly from flower to flower, collecting sweet nectar. But, the bear grabbed several flowers with his paw, chewed it, and spat it out.

— Is this enough to satisfy hunger?

By this time Buzzy is going to fly back, already, with full buckets of flower nectar.

— Give me one bucket. I want to taste. — Clumsy Paw begs.

— No, bear! — Little bee says to him. — I cannot give you this nectar. These buckets I will carry to the hive. And from this nectar we shall make sweet fragrant honey and feed our babies. And if I give nectar to you, then our children will remain hungry.

— Oh, — bear got angry here, — then I will come, and take away all your honey!

— See, how big and strong I am. And you are tiny. What can you do to me? Bee Buzzy didn’t say anything. She just buzzed angrily and flew to her beehive.

All day long little bee Buzzy and her girl-friends had been flying around, collecting the flower nectar. Full honeycombs turned out.

And then the bear came out of the forest tired, hungry and angry.

— Bees, give me my honey! — Bear roars.

Bees were surprised

— Is this your honey? Did you fly to the meadow? Did you collect nectar from flowers? Did you make honey from this nectar?

— No, bear, we shall not give you any honey!

— Ah, don’t you give it to me? — Clumsy Paw roars louder.

— Well, I’ll take it from you, then. And I will turn your hives upside down.

And bear hobbled to the beehives.

Bees grew very angry. They began to gather in a swarm. And then they pounced on the bear. And they began to sting him from all sides.

The bear spanned, spanned, trying to fight off the bees. Waved his clawed paws, but everything was useless. Not a single bee he was able to hook. And the bear himself already had his nose swollen and his eyes were swollen; only narrow slits remained. But still the bear could not get to the hive. Finally, Clumsy Foot was not able to withstand the bees’ stings. He turned back and began to run away, trying to escape from the bees. Only his hairless soles flashed through the woods.

And bees flew after bear and stung him in these very soles.

And then bees went back home to the hive. It is necessary to feed little bees with sweet honey, to put them to bed, and to sing them a lullaby.

And bear got it right! Do not open your mouth on someone else’s loaf!