Цитаты из книги «Лайзл и По. Удивительные приключения девочки и ее друга-привидения», страница 3
Вот так и обнаруживаешь, что вещи меняются. И твоего на это разрешения совсем даже не спрашивают.
There was a hollow feeling in her chest. The house, the pond, the tree — it was all both overwhelmingly familiar and different from what she remembered — smaller and shabbier, somehow. It was like waking up to find that your reflection in the mirror had aged overnight, or had sprouted a new mole: You were forced to admit that things changed, whether you gave them permission to or not.
“We’ve been walking all day and we’re not getting anywhere. I’ve passed this rock twenty times in the past two hours, I’d swear to it!”
“Are you questioning my capacity to navigate?” Po asked coldly, and Bundle made a noise somewhere between a growl and a hiss.
“I’m sorry if I’m not particularly inclined to believe a ghost. Probably just bringing us out here to kill us.”
“So I could spend eternity in your delightful company? I don’t think so.”
“Well, I’ll be dagged. I coulda swore I heard somethin’.”
“Probably a rat.”
“Don’t be stupid. A rat’s got no footsteps.”
“I’ve seen rats in your factory so big, it’s a miracle they don’t got boots and a pocket watch.”
“Oh, yeah... ? At least my wife don’t put rats in the stew when meat’s running low...”
“That’s cuz you don’t got a wife...”
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