THE STORY OF THE THREE GOBLINS BY MABEL G. TAGGART LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1903 ИСТОРИЯ О ТРЕХ ГОБЛИНАХ Once upon a time there were three little goblins (однажды жили-были три маленьких гоблина; once upon a time — однажды: «однажды во время= в одно время»; there were — были: «там были»; goblin — гоблин; goblins — гоблины).
Their names were (их звали: «их имена были») Red-Cap, Blue-Cap and Yellow-Cap (Красный Колпак, Синий Колпак и Желтый Колпак), and they lived in a mountain (и они жили в горе; to live — жить; lived — жили). Once upon a time there were three little goblins.
Their names were Red-Cap, Blue-Cap and Yellow-Cap, and they lived in a mountain. The goblins had a great friend (у гоблинов был большой друг: «гоблины имели большого друга»)—a green frog whose name was Rowley (зеленую лягушку по имени Роули: «чье имя было Роули»).
Rowley came every year to see the little goblins (Роули...