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THE DEVOTED FRIENDOnce upon a time
Перейти в мобильную версию. Темы на английском языке. Сочинения по английскому языку. Книги на английском языке. Сказки на английском языке. Новости на английском языке. Полезные фразы на английском языке. TOEFL, IELTS, CPE, CAE. Быстро развить понимание на слух. Изучение английского языка полезные материалы. Цитаты на английском языке. Пословицы и поговорки на английском языке. Вы можете скачать сказку на свой компьютер. Скачать сказку The Devoted Friend на свой компьютер. The Devoted Friend Преданный друг One morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole. He hadbright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber. The little ducks were swimming about in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries, and their mother, who was pure white with real red legs, was trying to teach them how to stand on their heads in the water. But the little ducks paid no attention to her. They were so young that they did not know what an advantage it is to be in society at all. I know nothing about the feelings of parents," said the Water- rat; "I am not a family man. In fact, I have never been married, and I never intend to be. Love is all very well in its way, but friendship is much higher. Indeed, I know of nothing in the world that is either nobler or rarer than a devoted friendship. He lived in a tiny cottage all by himself, and every day he worked in his garden. In all the country-side there was no garden so lovely as his. There were damask Roses, and yellow Roses, lilac Crocuses, and gold, purple Violets and white. Indeed, so devoted was the rich Miller to little Hans, that be would never go by his garden without leaning over the wall and plucking a large nosegay, or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with plums and cherries if it was the fruit season. During the spring, the summer, and the autumn he was very happy, but when the winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to bring to the market, he suffered a good deal from cold and hunger, and often had to go to bed without any supper but a few dried pears or some hard nuts. In the winter, also, he was extremely lonely, as the Miller never came to see him then. That at least is my idea about friendship, and I am sure I am right. So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I shall pay him a visit, and he will be able to give me a large basket of primroses and that will make him so happy. It is quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship. I am sure the clergyman himself could not say such beautiful things as you do, though he does live in a three-storied house, and wear a gold ring on his little finger. You seem not to learn anything. I am his best friend, and I will always watch over him, and see that he is not led into any temptations. Besides, if Hans came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not do. Flour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they should not be confused. Why, the words are spelt differently, and mean quite different things. Everybody can see that. It is just like being in church. However, he was so young that you must excuse him. That is the new method. I heard all about it the other day from a critic who was walking round the pond with a young man. I like the Miller immensely. I have all kinds of beautiful sentiments myself, so there is a great sympathy between us. And mind you take the big basket with you for the flowers. I am afraid I had rather a hard time of it, but now the spring has come, and I am quite happy, and all my flowers are doing well. How lovely your primroses are looking, by-the-bye"! You see the winter was a very bad time for me, and I really had no money at all to buy bread with. So I first sold the silver buttons off my Sunday coat, and then I sold my silver chain, and then I sold my big pipe, and at last I sold my wheelbarrow. But I am going to buy them all back again now. It is not in very good repair; indeed, one side is gone, and there is something wrong with the wheel-spokes; but in spite of that I will give it to you. I know it is very generous of me, and a great many people would think me extremely foolish for parting with it, but I am not like the rest of the world. I think that generosity is the essence of friendship, and, besides, I have got a new wheelbarrow for myself. Yes, you may set your mind at ease, I will give you my wheelbarrow. How lucky you mentioned it! It is quite remarkable how one good action always breeds another. I have given you my wheelbarrow, and now you are going to give me your plank. Of course, the wheelbarrow is worth far more than the plank, but true, friendship never notices things like that. Pray get it at once, and I will set to work at my barn this very day. And now, as I have given you my wheelbarrow, I am sure you would like to give me some flowers in return. Here is the basket, and mind you fill it quite full. I may be wrong, but I should have thought that friendship, true friendship, was quite free from selfishness of any kind. So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall. I have got all my creepers to nail up, and all my flowers to water, and all my grass to roll. However, he went on bravely, and as last he reached the market. After he had waited there some time, he sold the sack of flour for a very good price, and then he returned home at once, for he was afraid that if he stopped too late he might meet some robbers on the way. Really, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, I think you might work harder. You must not mind my speaking quite plainly to you. Of course I should not dream of doing so if I were not your friend. But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good. Do you know that I always work better after hearing the birds sing? But I am afraid I shall never have such beautiful ideas as you have. At present you have only the practice of friendship; some day you will have the theory also. It took him the whole day to get there and back; and when he returned he was so tired that he went off to sleep in his chair, and did not wake up till it was broad daylight. Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend. It was a very wild night, and the wind was blowing and roaring round the house so terribly that at first he thought it was merely the storm. But a second rap came, and then a third, louder than any of the others. My little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself, and I am going for the Doctor. But he lives so far away, and it is such a bad night, that it has just occurred to me that it would be much better if you went instead of me. You know I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, and so, it is only fair that you should do something for me in return. But you must lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch. The night was so black that little Hans could hardly see, and the wind was so strong that he could scarcely stand. At last he lost his way, and wandered off on the moor, which was a very dangerous place, as it was full of deep holes, and there poor little Hans was drowned. His body was found the next day by some goatherds, floating in a great pool of water, and was brought back by them to the cottage. It is very much in my way at home, and it is in such bad repair that I could not get anything for it if I sold it. I will certainly take care not to give away anything again. One always suffers for being generous. However, I can say it now"; so he shouted out "Pooh" at the top of his voice, gave a whisk with his tail, and went back into his hole. And I quite agree with her. RU Английские тексты и учебные материалы для самостоятельного изучения Видео и аудио уроки, словари, тесты и тексты Не нашли то, что искали? 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Перейти в мобильную версию. Темы на английском языке. Сочинения по английскому языку. Книги на английском языке. Сказки на английском языке. Новости на английском языке. Полезные фразы на английском языке. TOEFL, IELTS, CPE, CAE. Быстро развить понимание на слух. Изучение английского языка полезные материалы. Цитаты на английском языке. Пословицы и поговорки на английском языке. Вы можете скачать сказку на свой компьютер. Скачать сказку The Devoted Friend на свой компьютер. The Devoted Friend Преданный друг One morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole. He hadbright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber. The little ducks were swimming about in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries, and their mother, who was pure white with real red legs, was trying to teach them how to stand on their heads in the water. But the little ducks paid no attention to her. They were so young that they did not know what an advantage it is to be in society at all. I know nothing about the feelings of parents," said the Water- rat; "I am not a family man. In fact, I have never been married, and I never intend to be. Love is all very well in its way, but friendship is much higher. Indeed, I know of nothing in the world that is either nobler or rarer than a devoted friendship. He lived in a tiny cottage all by himself, and every day he worked in his garden. In all the country-side there was no garden so lovely as his. There were damask Roses, and yellow Roses, lilac Crocuses, and gold, purple Violets and white. Indeed, so devoted was the rich Miller to little Hans, that be would never go by his garden without leaning over the wall and plucking a large nosegay, or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with plums and cherries if it was the fruit season. During the spring, the summer, and the autumn he was very happy, but when the winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to bring to the market, he suffered a good deal from cold and hunger, and often had to go to bed without any supper but a few dried pears or some hard nuts. In the winter, also, he was extremely lonely, as the Miller never came to see him then. That at least is my idea about friendship, and I am sure I am right. So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I shall pay him a visit, and he will be able to give me a large basket of primroses and that will make him so happy. It is quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship. I am sure the clergyman himself could not say such beautiful things as you do, though he does live in a three-storied house, and wear a gold ring on his little finger. You seem not to learn anything. I am his best friend, and I will always watch over him, and see that he is not led into any temptations. Besides, if Hans came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not do. Flour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they should not be confused. Why, the words are spelt differently, and mean quite different things. Everybody can see that. It is just like being in church. However, he was so young that you must excuse him. That is the new method. I heard all about it the other day from a critic who was walking round the pond with a young man. I like the Miller immensely. I have all kinds of beautiful sentiments myself, so there is a great sympathy between us. And mind you take the big basket with you for the flowers. I am afraid I had rather a hard time of it, but now the spring has come, and I am quite happy, and all my flowers are doing well. How lovely your primroses are looking, by-the-bye"! You see the winter was a very bad time for me, and I really had no money at all to buy bread with. So I first sold the silver buttons off my Sunday coat, and then I sold my silver chain, and then I sold my big pipe, and at last I sold my wheelbarrow. But I am going to buy them all back again now. It is not in very good repair; indeed, one side is gone, and there is something wrong with the wheel-spokes; but in spite of that I will give it to you. I know it is very generous of me, and a great many people would think me extremely foolish for parting with it, but I am not like the rest of the world. I think that generosity is the essence of friendship, and, besides, I have got a new wheelbarrow for myself. Yes, you may set your mind at ease, I will give you my wheelbarrow. How lucky you mentioned it! It is quite remarkable how one good action always breeds another. I have given you my wheelbarrow, and now you are going to give me your plank. Of course, the wheelbarrow is worth far more than the plank, but true, friendship never notices things like that. Pray get it at once, and I will set to work at my barn this very day. And now, as I have given you my wheelbarrow, I am sure you would like to give me some flowers in return. Here is the basket, and mind you fill it quite full. I may be wrong, but I should have thought that friendship, true friendship, was quite free from selfishness of any kind. So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall. I have got all my creepers to nail up, and all my flowers to water, and all my grass to roll. However, he went on bravely, and as last he reached the market. After he had waited there some time, he sold the sack of flour for a very good price, and then he returned home at once, for he was afraid that if he stopped too late he might meet some robbers on the way. Really, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, I think you might work harder. You must not mind my speaking quite plainly to you. Of course I should not dream of doing so if I were not your friend. But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good. Do you know that I always work better after hearing the birds sing? But I am afraid I shall never have such beautiful ideas as you have. At present you have only the practice of friendship; some day you will have the theory also. It took him the whole day to get there and back; and when he returned he was so tired that he went off to sleep in his chair, and did not wake up till it was broad daylight. Little Hans was very much distressed at times, as he was afraid his flowers would think he had forgotten them, but he consoled himself by the reflection that the Miller was his best friend. It was a very wild night, and the wind was blowing and roaring round the house so terribly that at first he thought it was merely the storm. But a second rap came, and then a third, louder than any of the others. My little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself, and I am going for the Doctor. But he lives so far away, and it is such a bad night, that it has just occurred to me that it would be much better if you went instead of me. You know I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, and so, it is only fair that you should do something for me in return. But you must lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch. The night was so black that little Hans could hardly see, and the wind was so strong that he could scarcely stand. At last he lost his way, and wandered off on the moor, which was a very dangerous place, as it was full of deep holes, and there poor little Hans was drowned. His body was found the next day by some goatherds, floating in a great pool of water, and was brought back by them to the cottage. It is very much in my way at home, and it is in such bad repair that I could not get anything for it if I sold it. I will certainly take care not to give away anything again. One always suffers for being generous. However, I can say it now"; so he shouted out "Pooh" at the top of his voice, gave a whisk with his tail, and went back into his hole. And I quite agree with her. RU Английские тексты и учебные материалы для самостоятельного изучения Видео и аудио уроки, словари, тесты и тексты Не нашли то, что искали? 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