As he had no clothes I set to work to make him a suit. I gave him some linen trousers which had belonged to one of our sailors, and which I had not worn because they were too small.
Then I made him a little jacket of goatskin, and from the skin of a rabbit I fashioned a very good cap that fitted his head quite well.
You should have seen him when he was clothed. He was very proud, but oh, so awkward!
He went around with a broad smile on his face. He tried to do everything that was pleasing to me.
And indeed I was much delighted with him. For no man ever had a more faithful servant.
I TEACH FRIDAY MANY THINGS
(я учу Пятницу многим вещам)
WHEN my man Friday had been with me three days I took him out hunting (когда мой слуга Пятница пробыл со мной три дня, я взял его на охоту).
As we were going through some woods (когда мы шли через лес), I saw a wild goat lying under a tree with two young kids sitting by her (я увидел дикую козу, лежащую под деревом с двумя молодыми козлятами, сидящими рядом с ней). I caught hold of Friday (я схватил Пятницу).
"Stop," I said. "Stand still (стой смирно)."
Then I took aim at one of the kids (затем я прицелился в одного из козлят; to take aim — целиться: «брать цель»), shot and killed it (выстрелил и убил его; to shoot — стрелять).
The noise of the gun so frightened the poor savage (шум ружья так испугал бедного дикаря) that he did not know what to do (что он не знал, что делать). He shook like a leaf (он трясся как лист; to shake — трясти/сь/). He thought that I was going to kill him (он подумал, что я собираюсь убить его).
He did not see the kid I had shot (он не видел козленка, которого я застрелил). He threw himself at my feet (он бросился к моим ногам; to throw — бросать). Although I could not understand a word he said (хотя я не мог понять ни слова из того, что он говорил), yet I knew that he was begging me to have pity on him (все же я знал = понял, что он просил меня иметь жалость к нему = помиловать его).
And indeed I did pity him (и я в самом деле пожалел его) — he was so frightened (он был так напуган).
I took him by the hand and lifted him up (я взял его за руку и поднял). I laughed at him (я рассмеялся) and pointed to the kid that I had killed (и показал на козленка, которого я убил). When he saw it and understood me (когда он увидел его и понял меня), he ran to fetch it (он побежал подобрать его; to fetch — принести, достать; приносить убитую дичь /о собаке/).
Going on through the woods (продолжая идти по лесу: «через лес»), I saw a big bird sitting on a tree (я увидел большую птицу, сидящую на дереве). I thought it was a hawk (я подумал, что это ястреб/сокол).
"See there, Friday (посмотри-ка, Пятница)!" I said, as I pointed to it (указывая на нее: «когда я указывал на нее»).
Bang (бам)! went my gun (выстрелило: «пошло» мое ружье). The bird fell to the ground (птица упала на землю; to fall — падать). It was not a hawk, but a parrot (это был не ястреб, а попугай).
Friday was amazed (Пятница был удивлен; to amaze — изумлять, поражать, удивлять). He looked at the gun and trembled (он смотрел на ружье и дрожал).
For a long time he would not touch a gun (долгое время он не хотел прикасаться к ружью). He would look at it and talk to it (он смотрел на него и заговаривал с ним). He would say, in his own language (он говорил на своем языке): "O wonderful thing (о удивительная вещь)! Do not kill me (не убивай меня)! Do not kill me!"
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