Elections in the forest
Вы уже наверное заметили, что я пытаюсь поддерживать тему американских выборов.
Возможно, многие считают, что всё это нас не касается. Я должен им возразить, что американские выборы касаются Канады всегда. А в этот раз, при наличии таких вот двух "выдающихся кандидатов", один другого хуже, результаты этих выборов затронут нас всех обязательно. Надеюсь, что не очень болезненно.
Поэтому, я попытался представить себе, как выглядела бы басня-памфлет о выборах американского президента, написанная поэтом времён Великой Французской Революции.
Для тех, кому лень или недосуг читать или слушать новости, и разбираться в перипетиях предвыборной борьбы, будет довольно несложно и быстро понять многое из басни.
На самом деле, все персонажи и события очень легко распознать. Тем не менее, басня освобождает автора от ответственности в том случае, если какой-нибудь персонаж узнает себя и обидится.
Elections
For life in freedom in the woods for every resident
Elections have been organized to choose the President.
Predators, birds, bovines, rodents of all colors, types and faiths
Divided into two big groups and endorsed their candidates.
The first group was called animo-crates, and used the old falsehoods
Their slogans were - “Yes, we can! And a fox is for the woods!”
Vulture-licans were called the rest by the second party’s style;
Their motto - “The forest great again” had just enough of guile.
The leader of animo-crates was an old and sickish fox,
Who climbed to the top, stepped on the heads, and buried many gawks.
She often lied, and took baksheesh from guests from far and wide,
She lost top secret documents, destroyed them and hide.
Also, the fox was very ill, lost often sense and speech.
But, she hushed up it using means of venal outreach.
The party of vulture-licans had a bounder – a funny bull,
Which seemed to stop by a china shop for playing in ‘push-pull.’
He’s been bon vivant, moneybags, and even show host.
Perhaps, he’s liked a lot of things, but money liked the most.
His third wife was a former fawn and a former cover girl,
However, the speech for a party’s night she indecently stole.
The bull made friends with a former spy, a Russian taiga bear
That paid him back with full respect, expecting special care.
The program of the wily fox included a huge chunk of prate,
She wished to ban horns, fangs, and claws, and bulls just to castrate.
She talked about ‘the climate change’, that the forest goes to die,
And bums, instead of forcing to work, she’s gone to multiply.
Another her amazing plan has affected the most equine
Galloped illegally to woods from far that beyond skyline.
To give them rights and passports too, hay varied and kind.
Just plight of local ruminants wasn’t matter of her mind.
The cheeky bull had own plan how make the law and order -
Thick pathless bushes proposed to grow on a south sneaky border.
Then, foreign horses from pampas that came to woods unduly
To put in a huge and voiceless herd and to rid of them just fully.
Another plan of the punchy bull embraced an Asian panda,
Which lately got a lot of strength, and enhanced her propaganda.
To make things lively for this bear we’d ban each Asian brand.
Thus, animals would work again at our splendid land.
As to the Russian taiga bear and his content livestock -
Those taiga animals deserve «great» leader and deadlock.
Let's let him fress his own flocks and some of neighbours too,
Since, a skill to keep his slaves docile is his personal virtue.
The forest has already heard programs of both candidates;
And now animals should wait for delirious debates.
Then, to decide if let the bull to play and all to stoop,
Or just to let the wily fox to rule in a chicken coop.
Возможно, многие считают, что всё это нас не касается. Я должен им возразить, что американские выборы касаются Канады всегда. А в этот раз, при наличии таких вот двух "выдающихся кандидатов", один другого хуже, результаты этих выборов затронут нас всех обязательно. Надеюсь, что не очень болезненно.
Поэтому, я попытался представить себе, как выглядела бы басня-памфлет о выборах американского президента, написанная поэтом времён Великой Французской Революции.
Для тех, кому лень или недосуг читать или слушать новости, и разбираться в перипетиях предвыборной борьбы, будет довольно несложно и быстро понять многое из басни.
На самом деле, все персонажи и события очень легко распознать. Тем не менее, басня освобождает автора от ответственности в том случае, если какой-нибудь персонаж узнает себя и обидится.
Elections
For life in freedom in the woods for every resident
Elections have been organized to choose the President.
Predators, birds, bovines, rodents of all colors, types and faiths
Divided into two big groups and endorsed their candidates.
The first group was called animo-crates, and used the old falsehoods
Their slogans were - “Yes, we can! And a fox is for the woods!”
Vulture-licans were called the rest by the second party’s style;
Their motto - “The forest great again” had just enough of guile.
The leader of animo-crates was an old and sickish fox,
Who climbed to the top, stepped on the heads, and buried many gawks.
She often lied, and took baksheesh from guests from far and wide,
She lost top secret documents, destroyed them and hide.
Also, the fox was very ill, lost often sense and speech.
But, she hushed up it using means of venal outreach.
The party of vulture-licans had a bounder – a funny bull,
Which seemed to stop by a china shop for playing in ‘push-pull.’
He’s been bon vivant, moneybags, and even show host.
Perhaps, he’s liked a lot of things, but money liked the most.
His third wife was a former fawn and a former cover girl,
However, the speech for a party’s night she indecently stole.
The bull made friends with a former spy, a Russian taiga bear
That paid him back with full respect, expecting special care.
The program of the wily fox included a huge chunk of prate,
She wished to ban horns, fangs, and claws, and bulls just to castrate.
She talked about ‘the climate change’, that the forest goes to die,
And bums, instead of forcing to work, she’s gone to multiply.
Another her amazing plan has affected the most equine
Galloped illegally to woods from far that beyond skyline.
To give them rights and passports too, hay varied and kind.
Just plight of local ruminants wasn’t matter of her mind.
The cheeky bull had own plan how make the law and order -
Thick pathless bushes proposed to grow on a south sneaky border.
Then, foreign horses from pampas that came to woods unduly
To put in a huge and voiceless herd and to rid of them just fully.
Another plan of the punchy bull embraced an Asian panda,
Which lately got a lot of strength, and enhanced her propaganda.
To make things lively for this bear we’d ban each Asian brand.
Thus, animals would work again at our splendid land.
As to the Russian taiga bear and his content livestock -
Those taiga animals deserve «great» leader and deadlock.
Let's let him fress his own flocks and some of neighbours too,
Since, a skill to keep his slaves docile is his personal virtue.
The forest has already heard programs of both candidates;
And now animals should wait for delirious debates.
Then, to decide if let the bull to play and all to stoop,
Or just to let the wily fox to rule in a chicken coop.