Аліса в Країні чудес
The Lobster Quadrille
‘Icouldtellyoumyadventures—beginningfromthismorning,’saidAlicealittletimidly: ‘butit’snousegoingbacktoyesterday,becauseIwasadifferentpersonthen.’
‘Explainallthat,’saidtheMockTurtle.
‘No,no! Theadventuresfirst,’saidtheGryphoninanimpatienttone: ‘explanationstakesuchadreadfultime.’
SoAlicebegantellingthemheradventuresfromthetimewhenshefirstsawtheWhiteRabbit. Shewasalittlenervousaboutitjustatfirst,thetwocreaturesgotsoclosetoher,oneoneachside,andopenedtheireyesandmouthssoverywide,butshegainedcourageasshewenton. Herlistenerswereperfectlyquiettillshegottothepartaboutherrepeating‘Youareold,FatherWilliam,’totheCaterpillar,andthewordsallcomingdifferent,andthentheMockTurtledrewalongbreath,andsaid‘That’sverycurious.’
‘It’sallaboutascuriousasitcanbe,’saidtheGryphon.
‘Itallcamedifferent! ’theMockTurtlerepeatedthoughtfully. ‘Ishouldliketohearhertryandrepeatsomethingnow.
Tellhertobegin. ’HelookedattheGryphonasifhethoughtithadsomekindofauthorityoverAlice.
‘Standupandrepeat"’TisthevoiceoftheSluggard,"’saidtheGryphon.
‘Howthecreaturesorderoneabout,andmakeonerepeatlessons! ’thoughtAlice; ‘Imightaswellbeatschoolatonce.’
