appreciated [ə'pri:∫ieitid] harbour ['hα:bə] hauling ['ho:liŋ]

`I am beginning to be appreciated,' he cried; `this is from some great admirer. Now I can finish my play,' and he looked quite happy.

The next day the Swallow flew down to the harbour. He sat on the mast of a large vessel and watched the sailors hauling big chests out of the hold with ropes.

`Heave a-hoy!' they shouted as each chest came up. `I am going to Egypt!' cried the Swallow, but nobody minded, and when the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince.

`I am come to bid you good-bye (я прилетел, чтобы попрощаться; to bid — ист. объявлять, заявлять),' he cried (крикнул он).

`Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the Prince, `will you not stay with me one night longer (не останешься ли ты со мной на еще одну ночь)?'

`It is winter (уже зима),' answered the Swallow (ответил Ласточка), `and the chill snow (и холодный снег) will soon be here (вскоре уже будет здесь). In Egypt the sun is warm (в Египте — теплое солнце) on the green palm-trees (на зеленых пальмовых деревьях), and the crocodiles lie in the mud (и крокодилы лежат в тине; mud — грязь, слякоть; ил) and look lazily about them (и лениво оглядываются: «смотрят лениво вокруг /себя/»; lazy — ленивый).