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"What are your commands (каковы будут твои приказания)?" inquired the King of the Monkeys, bowing low (спросил Король Обезьян, низко кланяясь).

utter ['Atq], prompt [prOm(p)t], entire [In'taIq]

"What can we do, then?" she asked.

"Call the Winged Monkeys," suggested the Tin Woodman. "You have still the right to command them once more."

"Very well," she answered, and putting on the Golden Cap she uttered the magic words. The Monkeys were as prompt as ever, and in a few moments the entire band stood before her.

"What are your commands?" inquired the King of the Monkeys, bowing low.

"Carry us over the hill to the country of the Quadlings (перенесите нас над этим холмом, /и отнесите/ в страну Кводлингов)," answered the girl.

"It shall be done (будет сделано)," said the King (сказал Король), and at once the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms (и тут же Крылатые Обезьяны подхватили четырех путешественников и Тото на руки) and flew away with them (и улетели с ними прочь).

As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation (когда они пролетали над холмом, Молоткоголовые завопили от досады; to pass over — проходить; переправляться; пролетать), and shot their heads high in the air (и стали стрелять своими головами высоко в воздух), but they could not reach the Winged Monkeys (но они не могли достать Крылатых Обезьян), which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill (которые благополучно перенесли Дороти и ее спутников над холмом) and set them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings (и опустили их на землю в прекрасной стране Кводлингов).

"This is the last time you can summon us (это /был/ последний раз, когда ты могла вызвать нас)," said the leader to Dorothy (сказал вожак Дороти); "so good-bye and good luck to you (поэтому прощай и удачи тебе)."

yell [jel], vexation [vek'seIS(q)n], summon ['sAmqn], leader ['li:dq], luck [lAk]

"Carry us over the hill to the country of the Quadlings," answered the girl.

"It shall be done," said the King, and at once the Winged Monkeys caught the four travelers and Toto up in their arms and flew away with them.

As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation, and shot their heads high in the air, but they could not reach the Winged Monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill and set them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings.

"This is the last time you can summon us," said the leader to Dorothy; "so good-bye and good luck to you."

"Good-bye, and thank you very much (прощайте, и спасибо вам большое)," returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air (и Обезьяны поднялись в воздух) and were out of sight in a twinkling (и скрылись из вида в мгновение ока; twinkling — мерцание, мигание; мгновение, миг).

The country of the Quadlings seemed rich and happy (страна Кводлингов казалась богатой и счастливой). There was field upon field of ripening grain (/вокруг расстилались/ поля за полями созревающих злаков; ripe — зрелый, созревший, спелый /о фруктах, зерне и т. п./; to ripen — зреть, созревать), with well-paved roads running between (между /полями/ бежали = тянулись хорошо вымощенные дороги), and pretty rippling brooks (и /протекали/ прелестные журчащие ручьи) with strong bridges across them (через которые были /перекинуты/ крепкие мосты).

The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red (заборы, дома и мосты были выкрашены в ярко-красный цвет), just as they had been painted yellow in the country of the Winkies (так же, как они были выкрашены в желтый в стране Винки) and blue in the country of the Munchkins (и в голубой в стране Манчкинов). The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat (и сами Кводлинги, которые были невысокого роста и толстенькими) and looked chubby and good-natured (и выглядели круглолицыми и добродушными), were dressed all in red (были одеты во все красное), which showed bright against the green grass and the yellowing grain (и ярко выделялись на фоне зеленой травы и желтеющих злаков; to show — показывать; быть видным, казаться; against — прямо напротив, лицом к; на фоне; to yellow — желтеть).

twinkling ['twINklIN], ripening ['raIp(q)nIN], grain [greIn], paved [peIvd], chubby ['tSAbI]

"Good-bye, and thank you very much," returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air and were out of sight in a twinkling.

The country of the Quadlings seemed rich and happy. There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well-paved roads running between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong bridges across them.

The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red, just as they had been painted yellow in the country of the Winkies and blue in the country of the Munchkins. The Quadlings themselves, who were short and fat and looked chubby and good-natured, were dressed all in red, which showed bright against the green grass and the yellowing grain.

The Monkeys had set them down near a farmhouse (Обезьяны опустили их на землю рядом с фермерским домом), and the four travelers walked up to it and knocked at the door (и четверо путешественников подошли к нему и постучали в дверь). It was opened by the farmer's wife (ее открыла жена фермера), and when Dorothy asked for something to eat (и когда Дороти попросила у нее чего-нибудь поесть) the woman gave them all a good dinner (женщина угостила их всех сытным обедом; good — хороший; достаточный, обильный), with three kinds of cake (/который состоял/ из трех видов пирогов) and four kinds of cookies (четырех видов печений), and a bowl of milk for Toto (и кувшина молока для Тото).

"How far is it to the Castle of Glinda (как далеко находится Замок Глинды)?" asked the child.

"It is not a great way (не так далеко: «это не большой = долгий путь»)," answered the farmer's wife. "Take the road to the South and you will soon reach it (идите по дороге, которая ведет на Юг, и вы вскоре доберетесь до него; to take — брать, хватать; выбрать /дорогу, путь/, отправиться /по какой-либо дороге/)."

knock [nOk], cookie ['kukI], child [tSaIld], wife [waIf]

The Monkeys had set them down near a farmhouse, and the four travelers walked up to it and knocked at the door. It was opened by the farmer's wife, and when Dorothy asked for something to eat the woman gave them all a good dinner, with three kinds of cake and four kinds of cookies, and a bowl of milk for Toto.

"How far is it to the Castle of Glinda?" asked the child.

"It is not a great way," answered the farmer's wife.

"Take the road to the South and you will soon reach it."