Nov. 10th, 2002
О Гарри Поттере -- overhyped fantasy crap
Nov. 10th, 2002 06:37 pmПервое впечатление от "кино" -- один раз посмотреть можно. Отстой для младшего школьного возраста. Исполнитель главной роли, пожалуй, -- ничего. В книге, которую решил полистать, чтобы понять некоторые несуразности сюжета, заметил такую загадку:
Harry and Hermione are trapped. There's a table with a row of seven different-sized bottles (not in order), and the following note:
Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here forevermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tries to hide
You will always find some on nettle wine's left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,
Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight."
Загадка единственного решения не имеет, информация о размерах сосудов без картинки -- бесполезна. Фраза "You will always find some on nettle wine's left side" -- помоему, двусмысленна. Вероятно для большинства читателей это несущественные детали. Здесь обсуждение и импровизированная картинка для тех, кто хочет попытаться решить.
Harry and Hermione are trapped. There's a table with a row of seven different-sized bottles (not in order), and the following note:
Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here forevermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tries to hide
You will always find some on nettle wine's left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,
Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight."
Загадка единственного решения не имеет, информация о размерах сосудов без картинки -- бесполезна. Фраза "You will always find some on nettle wine's left side" -- помоему, двусмысленна. Вероятно для большинства читателей это несущественные детали. Здесь обсуждение и импровизированная картинка для тех, кто хочет попытаться решить.