Лев по имени Илай: сказочные истории

V sbornik izvestnogo amerikanskogo detskogo pisatelia, scenarista i hudojnika-multiplikatora studii Uolta Disneia Billa Pita (1915-2002) voshli tri skazochniee istorii: "Derzkii plan Zadirie Piskli", "Lev po imeni Ilai" i "Bolshoi Edvin". Nadvigalas Surovaia Boinia - tak lesniee jiteli okrestili ohotu. V ovrage u Koriavoi Sosnie sobralsia Sovet Zverei. Vse nadeialis, chto naidetsia umnik, kotoriei predlojit genialniei plan spaseniia. No etogo ne sluchilos, i zveri reshili, chto kajdiei budet unosit nogi ot puli ohotnika v odinochku, kak sumeet. I dlia kogo-to iz nih sleduushii den vpolne mog okazatsia poslednim, esli bie ne otvajniei komarik po imeni Zadira Piskli, kotorogo ponachalu i slushat nikto ne hotel… V posviashenii k etoi knige Bill Pit napisal: "Moim malenkim druziam, obojaushim igrat v voinushku. Nadeus, chto, povzroslev, vie razlubite eto zaniatie. Potomu chto nastoiashee orujie s vsamdelishniemi puliami i ubivaet po-nastoiashemu". V dalekoi strane Ngumbazanii jil lev po imeni Ilai. Dolgoe vremia on biel grozoi savannie i luchshii kusok vsegda dostavalsia emu. No godie vziali svoe, lev sostarilsia i teper mog dovolstvovatsia lish obedkami v kompanii sterviatnikov. Shumniee neriashliviee padalshiki ujasno razdrajali Ilaia. On i predstavit sebe ne mog, chto odnajdie nazovet ih svoimi druziami. Schastlivoe detstvo zakonchilos, kogda krolik Edvin nachal rasti ne po dniam, a po chasam. Rodnaia norka stala emu mala, i roditeli, oblivaias slezami, provodili lubimogo sienochka v gustoi les, gde tolko i mog spriatatsia takoi velikan. No i tam ne nashel Edvin ubejisha, ele nogi unes ot sov, lisic da horkov. I dlia fermerov okazalsia on jelannoi dobiechei, goniali oni ispolinskogo krolika po poliam do samoi zimie. No, kak izvestno, mir ne bez dobrieh ludei. Odin fermer, k kotoromu neschastniei Edvin zabralsia v ambar pogretsia, priutil bedniagu. A vesnoi pridumal emu takoe zaniatie, chto Edvin na vsu okrugu proslavilsia. Bill Pit - odin iz teh mudrieh i tonkih skazochnikov, kotoriee umeut veselo i bez izlishnei nazidatelnosti probujdat v chitatele dobriee chuvstva. Kajdogo personaja Bill Pit nadeliaet iarkoi individualnostu, vierazitelnoi mimikoi i osoboi ekspressiei, tak chto geroi na stranicah ego knig slovno ojivaut, kak v nastoiashem multfilme.

The collection of the famous American children's writer, screenwriter and animator of the Walt Disney Studio Bill Pete (1915-2002) includes three fabulous stories.: "The Daring Plan of Badass Squeak," "A Lion Named Eli," and "Big Edwin." A severe Slaughter was coming, as the forest dwellers dubbed the hunt. A Council of Animals gathered in a ravine near a Gnarled Pine Tree. Everyone hoped that there would be a smart guy who would come up with an ingenious rescue plan. But this did not happen, and the animals decided that everyone would run away from the hunter's bullet alone, as best they could. And for some of them, the next day could well have been the last, if not for a brave mosquito named Bully Squeaky, whom no one wanted to listen to at first.… In the dedication to this book, Bill Peet wrote: "To my little friends who love to play war games. I hope that as you grow up, you will stop loving this activity. Because real guns with real bullets really kill." In the faraway land of Ngumbazania, there lived a lion named Eli. For a long time, he was the terror of the savannah, and he always got the best piece. But the years took their toll, the lion grew old and now could only be content with scraps in the company of vultures. Noisy, sloppy scavengers annoyed Eli terribly. He never imagined that one day he would call them his friends. His happy childhood ended when Edwin the rabbit began to grow by leaps and bounds. His native mink became too small for him, and his parents, weeping, escorted their beloved son into a dense forest, where only such a giant could hide. But Edwin did not find shelter there either, he barely escaped from owls, foxes and ferrets. And for the farmers, he turned out to be a coveted prey, they chased the giant rabbit through the fields until winter. But, as you know, the world is not without kind people. One farmer, to whom the unfortunate Edwin climbed into the barn to warm himself, sheltered the poor man. And in the spring, he came up with such an occupation that Edwin became famous all over the district. Bill Pete is one of those wise and subtle storytellers who can cheerfully and without excessive edification awaken good feelings in the reader. Bill Pete gives each character a bright personality, expressive facial expressions and special expression, so that the characters on the pages of his books seem to come to life, as in a real cartoon.