"Dahl, Roald - Revolting Rhymes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dahl Roald)

Upon this dainty precious chair,
And crunch! It busts beyond repair.
A nice girl would at once exclaim,
СOh dear! Oh heavens! What a shame!Т
Not Goldie. She begins to swear.
She bellows, СWhat a lousy chair!Т
And uses one disgusting word
That luckily youТve never heard.
(I dare not write it, even hint it.
Nobody would ever print it.)
YouТd think by now this little skunk
Would have the sense to do a bunk.
But no. I very much regret
She hasnТt nearly finished yet.
Deciding she would like a rest,
She says, СLetТs see which bed is best.Т
Upstairs she goes and tries all three.
(Here comes the next catastrophe.)
Most educated people choose
To rid themselves of socks and shoes
Before they clamber into bed.
But Goldie didnТt give a shred.
Her filthy shoes were thick with grime,
And mud and mush and slush and slime.
Worse still, upon the heel of one
Was something that a dog had done.
I say once more, what would you think
If all this horrid dirt and stink
Was smeared upon your eiderdown
By this revolting little clown?
(The famous story has no clues
To show the girl removed her shoes.)
Oh, what a tale of crime on crime!
LetТs check it for a second time.
Crime One, the prosecutionТs case:
She breaks and enters someoneТs place.
Crime Two, the prosecutor notes:
She steals a bowl of porridge oats.
Crime Three: She breaks a precious chair
Belonging to the Baby Bear.
Crime Four: She smears each spotless sheet
With filthy messes from her feet.
A judge would say without a blink,
СTen years hard labour in the clink!Т
But in the book, as you will see,
The little beast gets off scot-free,
While tiny children near and far
Shout, СGoody-good! Hooray! Hurrah!Т
СPoor darling Goldilocks!Т they say,
СThank goodness that she got away!Т