80. There was an Old Man who said, Hush!..

Перевод:
Важных лиц лорд призвал к тишине:
"В чаще, там, птица видится мне!";
"Сколь мала Ваша птица?" - вытянулись все лица;
Лорд в ответ: "Крупней чащи втройне!".

Edward Lear. A Book of Nonsense

There was an Old Man who said, "Hush!
I perceive a young bird in this bush!"
When they said, "Is it small?" he replied, "Not at all!
It is four times as big as the bush!"


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