The Shadow Kitten
ðə ˈʃædəʊ ˈkɪtn̩

2) shadow – [ˈʃædəʊ] – полумрак; тень
4) kitten – [ˈkɪtn̩] – котенок


There's a funny little kitten that tries to look like me,
But though I'm round and fluffy, he's as flat as flat can be;
ðeəz ə ˈfʌni ˈlɪtl̩ ˈkɪtn̩ ðət traɪz tu lʊk ˈlaɪk mi:
bʌt ðəʊ aɪm ˈraʊnd ənd ˈflʌfi, hiz əz flæt əz flæt kən bi

3) funny – [ˈfʌnɪ] – забавный
1) little (less; least) – [ˈlɪtl̩ (les; li:st)] – маленький (меньше; самое малое)
4) kitten – [ˈkɪtn̩] – котенок
1) try (tried) – [ˈtraɪ (ˈtraɪd)] – пытаться; стараться; пробовать
1) look like – [lʊk ˈlaɪk] – выглядеть как; быть похожим
1) though – [ðəʊ] – однако; хотя
1) round – [ˈraʊnd] – круглый
4) fluffy – [ˈflʌfɪ] – пушистый
1) as … as – [əz … æz] – такой … как
2) flat – [flæt] – плоский
1) can (could) – [kən (kʊd)] – мочь
1) be\am\is\are (was\were; been) – [bi:\æm\ɪz\ɑ: (wɒz\wɜ:, bi:n)] – быть

And when I try to mew to him he never makes a sound,
And when I jump into the air he never leaves the ground.
ənd wen ˈaɪ traɪ tu mju: tu hɪm hi ˈnevə ˈmeɪks ə ˈsaʊnd
ənd wen ˈaɪ dʒʌmp ˈɪntu ði eə hi ˈnevə li:vz ðə ɡraʊnd

1) when – [wen] – когда
1) try (tried) – [ˈtraɪ (ˈtraɪd)] – пытаться; пробовать
5) mew – [mju:] – мяукать
1) never – [ˈnevə] – никогда
1) make (made; made) a sound – [ˈmeɪk (ˈmeɪd; ˈmeɪd) ə ˈsaʊnd] – издавать звук
3) jump – [dʒʌmp] – прыгать
1) air – [eə] – воздух
1) leave (left; left) – [ˈli:v (ˈleft; ˈleft)] – покидать
1) ground – [ɡraʊnd] – земля

He has a way of growing, I don't understand at all.
Sometimes he's very little and sometimes he's very tall.
hi həz ə ˈweɪ ɒv ˈɡrəʊɪŋ, ˈaɪ dəʊnt ˌʌndəˈstænd ət ɔ:l
ˈsʌmtaɪmz hiz ˈveri ˈlɪtl̩ ənd ˈsʌmtaɪmz hiz ˈveri tɔ:l

1) have\has (had; had) – [həv\hæz (həd; hæd)] – иметь
1) way – [ˈweɪ] – манера; особенность
2) growing – [ˈɡrəʊɪŋ] – рост
1) understand (understood; understood) – [ˌʌndəˈstænd (ˌʌndəˈstʊd; ˌʌndəˈstʊd)] – понимать
1) at all – [ət ɔ:l] – вообще; совсем; нисколько
1) sometimes – [ˈsʌmtaɪmz] – иногда; порой
1) very – [ˈveri] – очень
1) little (less; least) – [ˈlɪtl̩ (les; li:st)] – маленький (меньше; самое малое)
2) tall – [tɔ:l] – высокий

And once when in the garden when the sun came up at dawn
He grew so big I think he stretched half-way across the lawn.
ənd wʌns wen ɪn ðə ˈɡɑ:dn̩ wen ðə sʌn keɪm ʌp ət dɔn
hi ɡru: ˈsəʊ bɪɡ ˈaɪ ˈ
θɪŋk hi stretʃt ˈhɑːfˈweɪ əˈkrɒs ðə lɔ:n

1) once – [wʌns] – однажды
1) when – [wen] – когда
2) garden – [ˈɡɑ:dn̩] – сад
2) sun – [sʌn] – солнце
1) come (came; come) up – [kʌm (keɪm; kʌm) ʌp] – поднимать
3) dawn – [ˈdɔ:n] – рассвет; заря
2) grow (grew; grown) – [ɡrəʊ (ɡru:, ɡrəʊn)] – расти; становиться
2) big – [bɪɡ] – большой
1) think (thought; thought) –θɪŋk (ˈθɔ:t; ˈθɔ:t)] – думать
2) stretch – [stretʃ] – потянуться; растянуться
3) half-way – [hɑ:fˈweɪ] – на полпути; наполовину
1) across – [əˈkrɒs] – через
3) lawn – [lɔ:n] – лужайка