(и он заскакал и заползал), and he prowled and he howled (и он забродил и завыл), and he hopped and he dropped (и он подпрыгивал и падал = и он стал подпрыгивать и падать), and he cried and he sighed (и он закричал и завздыхал), and he crawled and he bawled (и он заползал и заорал), and he stepped and he lepped[9] (и он зашагал и заскакал), and he danced hornpipes where he shouldn’t (и он затанцевал «яблочко»[10], где не следует; hornpipes — хорнпайпс /матросский танец/), and the Whale felt most unhappy indeed (и Кит почувствовал себя очень несчастным). (Have you forgotten the suspenders (вы /не/ забыли про помочи)?)

mariner ['mxrInq], resource [rI'sLs], howl [haul]

But as soon as the Mariner, who was a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity, found himself truly inside the Whale’s warm, dark, inside cupboards, he stumped and he jumped and he thumped and he bumped, and he pranced and he danced, and he banged and he clanged, and he hit and he bit, and he leaped and he creeped, and he prowled and he howled, and he hopped and he dropped, and he cried and he sighed, and he crawled and he bawled, and he stepped and he lepped, and he danced hornpipes where he shouldn’t, and the Whale felt most unhappy indeed. (Have you forgotten the suspenders?)

So he said to the ‘Stute Fish (и он сказал Хитренькой Рыбке), ‘This man is very nubbly (этот человек очень грубый), and besides he is making me hiccough (и кроме того он заставляет меня икать = он вызывает у меня икоту). What shall I do (что мне делать)?’

‘Tell him to come out (вели ему выйти),’ said the ‘Stute Fish (сказала Хитренькая Рыбка).

So the Whale called down his own throat to the shipwrecked Mariner (и Кит крикнул в глубину своей глотки попавшему в кораблекрушение Моряку), ‘Come out and behave yourself (выходи и веди себя прилично; to behave oneself — вести себя хорошо). I’ve got the hiccoughs (у меня /от тебя/ икота).’

hiccough ['hIkAp], throat [Trqut], behave [bI'heIv]

So he said to the ‘Stute Fish, ‘This man is very nubbly, and besides he is making me hiccough. What shall I do?’

‘Tell him to come out,’ said the ‘Stute Fish.

So the Whale called down his own throat to the shipwrecked Mariner, ‘Come out and behave yourself. I’ve got the hiccoughs.’

‘Nay, nay!’ said the Mariner (нет, нет! — сказал Моряк). ‘Not so, but far otherwise (не так, а совсем иначе). Take me to my natal-shore and the white-cliffs-of-Albion (отвези меня к моему родному берегу и белым утесам Альбиона), and I’ll think about it (и я подумаю об этом).’ And he began to dance more than ever (и он начал плясать = заплясал еще больше, чем когда-либо; to begin — начинать).

‘You had better take him home (тебе лучше отвезти его домой),’ said the ‘Stute Fish to the Whale (сказала Хитренькая Рыбка Киту). ‘I ought to have warned you (мне следовало предупредить тебя) that he is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity (что он человек безграничной находчивости и сообразительности).’

otherwise ['ADqwaIz], natal ['neItql], ought [Lt]

‘Nay, nay!’ said the Mariner. ‘Not so, but far otherwise. Take me to my natal-shore and the white-cliffs-of-Albion, and I’ll think about it.’ And he began to dance more than ever.