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One could not take them seriously and yet they must be taken seriously, for in their right they were as intelligent, perhaps more intelligent than the human race.
I put the dishes down beside the fire and slowly climbed the hill. My moving feet brushed the flowers aside and I crushed some of them, but there was no chance of walking without crushing some of them.
Вот в том-то и загвоздка, в голове никак не укладывается, что эти Цветы — не просто цветы. Не верится, будто они — разумные существа, будто за ними стоит нечто значительное, весомое.
Я оставил посуду у костра и начал медленно подниматься в гору. На ходу я раздвигал и мял цветы, а некоторые раздавил, но просто невозможно было пройти, не растоптав ни одного цветка.
I'd have to talk to them again, I told myself. As soon as Tupper could get rested, I'd talk to them again. There were a lot of things that must be clarified, much to be explained.
Непременно надо будет еще с ними поговорить. Как только Таппер отдохнет, я опять с ними потолкую. Столько всего надо выяснить, во многом разобраться. Если Цветам и людям придется существовать бок о бок, необходимо достичь взаимопонимания.
I reached the top of the hill and stopped there, gazing out across the undulating purple swales. At the bottom of the slope, a small creek ran between the hills to reach the river. From where I was I could hear the silver babble of it as it ran across the stones."
"Вот и вершина холма, с нее далеко видна волнистая лиловая низина.
Slowly I made my way down the hill toward it and as I moved down the slope I saw the mound that lay across the creek, at the foot of the opposite slope. I had not seen it before and I supposed that my failure to see it was because it had been masked by the slant of light across the land.