Откуда счет ступеням - Глава 4 часть 1 - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

Will ran his fingers through the dog's tangled fur and, leaning towards him, quietly whispered:

“I can’t leave you, but I promise I will find you a good home.”

The dog licked his ear and Will smiled.

Of course, the best - and most impossible - option was to send the dog to Alana, to the pack. Well, there is always a chance that they will be able to find some animal shelter in the nearest city.

The Bentley drove back onto the track. Will wrapped the leftover beef in a bag, after assuring Hannibal that the meat was not stained with dog saliva. After five minutes of desperate internal struggle, he quietly said:

-Thank you.

-You thank me now, but not because I helped you escape from the clinic?

-Then you did it in pursuit of your own goals. And now - only because I asked.

Hannibal raised two fingers from the steering wheel in a gesture that he managed to make the equivalent of a defiant shrug of the shoulders, while remaining completely motionless.

-I understand all manifestations of your personality. Even if it is inconvenient at times.

The casual words struck Will unexpectedly hard.

- It's funny that there's only one of you.

He ran his hand forcefully across his forehead, although for the first time in a long time his head did not hurt at all. “I admit, that sounded more melodramatic than I thought.”

-You're overtired. Try to sleep.

-I can not sleep. My brain is too overloaded. And it’s not overwork,” Will added after a long pause.

Hannibal was silent for a while.

-Then just close your eyes. And listen. A long time ago…

-Do you seriously want to tell me a bedtime story?

-Not if you interrupt me. So, a long time ago, a young girl was bathing in a forest stream. When she came out of the water, she saw that a snake had climbed into her clothes, which were left on the shore.

Will didn't even think about closing his eyes. On the contrary, he stared in amazement as Hannibal continued his story about the girl who agreed to marry in exchange for the serpent leaving her clothes alone. The result of such a hasty decision was that thousands of snakes crawled into the house to drag her to the bottom of the ocean, where the snake king lived. The girl's relatives tried to pay them off, offering to take away all the livestock, but the snakes were determined and in the end took the girl with them.

-She was scared, but when she was taken to the palace, she saw that the snake king was an ordinary man, like everyone else, and even more beautiful than many. He was kind to her, and they were happy together in a distant kingdom, at the bottom of the ocean.

From Hannibal’s measured intonations it was clear that he was repeating the words of the fairy tale, exactly copying the tone of the man from whom he had heard it many times.

-And they lived happily ever after?

-No. She once went home to stay, and her relatives betrayed her and tore her husband to pieces with knives. She called out to him - If he is dead, let the foam of the sea turn into blood. And if he’s alive, let the foam of the sea turn into milk. The foam became blood, and in desperation she turned herself and her children into trees.