14. Папаша
Таков он, да! –
«Сынишка мой!» –
Твердил всегда
В дыре любой.
«Что мой сынок
Сказал да смог!»
Он невпопад
Который раз:
«Сынку-то три!
Лепечет в лад!» –
Завёл рассказ.
Заслон смели,
Его заткнули.
* * * *
THE FATHER
That was his sort.
It didn't matter
What we were at
But he must chatter
Of this and that
His little son
Had said and done:
Till, as he told
The fiftieth time
Without a change
How three-year-old
Prattled a rhyme.
They got the range
And cut him short.
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, иллюстрация: Наталия Протченко, 2016 г.
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