There was a land, which I suppose,
Where everyone had a crooked nose;
And the crooked nose that everyone had
In no manner did make him sad.
Мне представлялся край такой,
Где нос у каждого кривой.
Никто не тужит: кривизна
Всем одинаково дана.
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But in that land a man was born
Whose nose more straight and clean was worn;
And the men of that land with a public hate
Killed the man whose nose was straight.
Родился житель в царстве том,
Прямее нос сидел на нём.
Всех так разгневал этот вид,
Что прямоносый был убит.