VODNA NIMFA

Мене звати Сплеш.

My name is Splash.

Я — водяний дух.

I am a water spirit.

Я живу в глибокому, темному ставку за старим млином.

I live in the deep, dark pond behind the old mill.

Люди думають, що я страшний.

People think I am scary.

Кажуть, я краду дітей.

They say I steal children.

Це мене дуже засмучує.

This makes me very sad.

Я нікого не краду!

I do not steal anyone!

Я просто хочу друзів.

I just want friends.

Odnogo razu malenka divchinka padae v miy stavok.

One day, a little girl falls into my pond.

Yiyi zvatí Lyusi.

Her name is Lucy.

Vona ne vmime plivati.

She cannot swim.

Vona yde vniz, vniz, vniz.

She goes down, down, down.

Ya ryatuyu yiyi!

I save her!

Ya privodyu yiyi do svogo pidvodnogo budinku.

I bring her to my underwater home.

U nomu ye garni mushli ta ribki, shcho svityatsya.

It has pretty shells and glowing fish.

Lyusi ne boyitsya.

Lucy is not afraid.

Vona vvazhaye, shcho tse krasivo.

She thinks it is beautiful.

Dyakuyu, shcho vryatuvav mene,

"Thank you for saving me,"

Kazhe Lyusi.

Lucy says.

Ale ya musu yiti do domu.

"But I must go home."

Moya mama bude khvilyuvatisya.

"My mother will worry."

Meni samotno.

I am lonely.

Ya khochu, shchob Lyusi zalishilasya.

I want Lucy to stay.

Ale ya bachú sliy na yiyi ochakh.

But I see tears in her eyes.

Vona sumuye za svoyeyu rodinoyu.

She misses her family.

Ya vidvedu tebe do domu,

"I will take you home,"

Kazhu ya.

I say.

Ale ty budesh' inodi mene vidviduvati?

"But will you visit me sometimes?"

Lyusi posmikhayetsya.

Lucy smiles.

Tak!

"Yes!"

Mi mozhemo buti druzyami!

"We can be friends!"

Ya vynoshu Lyusi na poverkhnyu.

I bring Lucy back to the surface.

Maty mistno yiyi obimaye.

Her mother hugs her tight.

Lyusi vsim rozpovidaye, shcho ya khoroshiy, a ne poganiy.

Lucy tells everyone that I am good, not bad.

Teper diti prikhodyat' hratysya do moyogo stavka.

Now children come to play by my pond.

Voni bil'she ne boyatsya.

They are not afraid anymore.

Voni prinosyat' meni kviti i spivayut' pisni.

They bring me flowers and sing songs.

Teper ya ne samotniy.

I am not lonely now.

U mene bagato druziv.

I have many friends.

Inodi naykrashchiy sposib zberezhti druziv - tse vidpustiti yikh. Stavok shchasliviy.

Sometimes the best way to keep friends is to let them go. The pond is happy.

Diti shchaslivi.

The children are happy.

A ya naychastlivishiy z usikh.

And I am the happiest of all.