кусаться).
In the late afternoon he came upon scattered bones (в конце второй половины дня он наткнулся на разбросанные кости) where the wolves had made a kill (где поохотились волки;
Now and again the wolves, in packs of two and three, crossed his path. But they sheered clear of him. They were not in sufficient numbers, and besides they were hunting the caribou, which did not battle, while this strange creature that walked erect might scratch and bite.
In the late afternoon he came upon scattered bones where the wolves had made a kill. The
But he did not moralize long (но он не долго морализировал). He was squatting in the moss, a bone in his mouth (он сидел на корточках во мху с костью во рту), sucking at the shreds of life that still dyed it faintly pink (обсасывая кусочки жизни, которые еще окрашивали ее в слабый розовый цвет). The sweet meaty taste, thin and elusive almost as a memory, maddened him (сладкий мясной вкус, слабый и ускользающий, почти как воспоминание, сводил его с ума). He closed his jaws on the bones and crunched (он сомкнул челюсти на костях и захрустел). Sometimes it was the bone that broke (иногда ломалась кость), sometimes his teeth (иногда его зубы). Then he crushed the bones between rocks (потом он раздробил кости между камней), pounded them to a pulp, and swallowed them (растолок их в мягкую массу и проглотил их). He pounded his fingers, too, in his haste (в спешке он разбил и свои пальцы), and yet found a moment in which to feel surprise at the fact (и однако нашел =
But he did not moralize long. He was squatting in the moss, a bone in his mouth, sucking at the shreds of life that still dyed it faintly pink. The sweet meaty taste, thin and elusive almost as a memory, maddened him. He closed his jaws on the bones and crunched. Sometimes it was the bone that broke, sometimes his teeth. Then he crushed the bones between rocks, pounded them to a pulp, and swallowed them. He pounded his fingers, too, in his haste, and yet found a moment in which to feel surprise at the fact that his fingers did not hurt much when caught under the descending rock.
Came frightful days of snow and rain (наступили страшные дни снега и дождя). He did not know when he made camp (он не ведал, когда он разбивает лагерь), when he broke camp (когда он сворачивает лагерь). He travelled in the night as much as in the day (он шел как ночью, так и днем). He rested wherever he fell, crawled on (он отдыхал, где бы ни упал, полз дальше) whenever the dying life in him flickered up and burned less dimly (когда бы ни вспыхивала и ни горела менее тускло =
Came frightful days of snow and rain. He did not know when he made camp, when he broke camp. He travelled in the night as much as in the day. He rested wherever he fell, crawled on whenever the dying life in him flickered up and burned less dimly. He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on. He did not suffer. His nerves had become blunted, numb, while his mind was filled with weird visions and delicious dreams.
But ever he sucked and chewed on the crushed bones of the caribou calf (но все время он обсасывал и жевал размолотые кости олененка), the least remnants of which he had gathered up and carried with him (меньшие останки которого он подобрал и понес с собой). He crossed no more hills or divides (он не пересекал более холмы или водоразделы), but automatically followed a large stream which flowed through a wide and shallow valley (а машинально следовал за большим потоком, который протекал через широкую и плоскую долину). He did not see this stream, nor this valley (он не видел ни этого потока, ни этой долины). He saw nothing save visions (он не видел ничего, кроме видений). Soul and body walked or crawled side by side (душа и тело шли или ползли рядом;
He awoke in his right mind (он проснулся в здравом уме;
But ever he sucked and chewed on the crushed bones of the caribou calf, the least remnants of which he had gathered up and carried with him. He crossed no more hills or divides, but automatically followed a large stream which flowed through a wide and shallow valley. He did not see this stream, nor this valley. He saw nothing save visions. Soul and body walked or crawled side by side, yet apart, so slender was the thread that bound them.
He awoke in his right mind, lying on his back on a rocky ledge. The sun was shining bright and warm. Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves. He was aware of vague memories of rain and
