"I shall keep it, just the same (я сохраню его =
Instantly the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear (в тот же момент злая женщина издала громкий крик страха), and then, as Dorothy looked at her in wonder (и затем, пока Дороти смотрела на нее в изумлении), the Witch began to shrink and fall away (Ведьма начала усыхать и исчезать;
some day ['sAmdeI], bucket ['bAkIt], dashed [dxSt], instantly ['InstqntlI], shrink [SrINk]
"You are a wicked creature!" cried Dorothy. "You have no right to take my shoe from me."
"I shall keep it, just the same," said the Witch, laughing at her, "and someday I shall get the other one from you, too." This made Dorothy so very angry that she picked up the bucket of water that stood near and dashed it over the Witch, wetting her from head to foot.
Instantly the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear, and then, as Dorothy looked at her in wonder, the Witch began to shrink and fall away.
"See what you have done (что ты наделала)!" she screamed (завопила она). "In a minute I shall melt away (через минуту я растаю;
"I'm very sorry, indeed (очень сожалею, в самом деле)," said Dorothy, who was truly frightened (сказала Дороти, которая была действительно испугана) to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes (видя, как Ведьма действительно таяла, словно коричневый сахар, перед самыми ее глазами).
"Didn't you know water would be the end of me (разве ты не знала, что вода меня прикончит: «будет моим концом»;
"Of course not (конечно, нет)," answered Dorothy. "How should I (откуда мне /было знать/)?"
scream [skri:m], melt away ['meltq'weI], actually ['xktS(u)qlI], sugar ['Sugq], wailing ['weIlIN], despairing [dIs'peqrIN]
"See what you have done!" she screamed. "In a minute I shall melt away."
"I'm very sorry, indeed," said Dorothy, who was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.
"Didn't you know water would be the end of me?" asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice.
"Of course not," answered Dorothy. "How should I?"