С больной головы на здоровую
Apr. 14th, 2012 12:01 pmНедавно этот метод отлично сработал, попробую ещё раз.
Случайно наткнулся в ЖЖ на смешное напоминание, что у Пратчетта (в книжке Unseen Academicals) в страшных подвалах Университета жили неизвестные существа, "периодически бормотавшие "о-ок!, о-ок!"" (извините за корявый перевод).
He'd tried wandering around the other cellars, but there was nothing much happening at night, and people gave him funny looks. Ladyship did not rule here. But wizards are a messy lot and nobody tidied up much and lived to tell the tale, so all sorts of old storerooms and junk-filled workshops became his for the use of. And there was so much for a lad with keen night vision to find. He had already seen some luminous spoon ants carrying a fork, and, to his surprise, the forgotten mazes were home to that very rare indoorovore, the Uncommon Sock Eater. There were some things living up in the pipes, too, which periodically murmured, 'Awk! Awk!' Who knew what strange monsters made their home here?( ... )
Случайно наткнулся в ЖЖ на смешное напоминание, что у Пратчетта (в книжке Unseen Academicals) в страшных подвалах Университета жили неизвестные существа, "периодически бормотавшие "о-ок!, о-ок!"" (извините за корявый перевод).
He'd tried wandering around the other cellars, but there was nothing much happening at night, and people gave him funny looks. Ladyship did not rule here. But wizards are a messy lot and nobody tidied up much and lived to tell the tale, so all sorts of old storerooms and junk-filled workshops became his for the use of. And there was so much for a lad with keen night vision to find. He had already seen some luminous spoon ants carrying a fork, and, to his surprise, the forgotten mazes were home to that very rare indoorovore, the Uncommon Sock Eater. There were some things living up in the pipes, too, which periodically murmured, 'Awk! Awk!' Who knew what strange monsters made their home here?( ... )