Аліса в Задзеркаллі
The Garden of Live Flowers
‘Wheredoyoucomefrom?’saidtheRedQueen.‘Andwhereareyougoing?Lookup,speaknicely,anddon’ttwiddleyourfingersallthetime.’
Aliceattendedtoallthesedirections,andexplained,aswellasshecould,thatshehadlostherway.
‘Idon’tknowwhatyoumeanbyyourway,’saidtheQueen:‘allthewaysaboutherebelongtome—butwhydidyoucomeouthereatall?’sheaddedinakindertone.‘Curtseywhileyou’rethinkingwhattosay,itsavestime.’
Alicewonderedalittleatthis,butshewastoomuchinaweoftheQueentodisbelieveit.‘I’lltryitwhenIgohome,’shethoughttoherself,‘thenexttimeI’malittlelatefordinner.’
‘It’stimeforyoutoanswernow,’theQueensaid,lookingatherwatch:‘openyourmouthalittlewiderwhenyouspeak,andalwayssay"yourMajesty."’
‘Ionlywantedtoseewhatthegardenwaslike,yourMajesty—’
‘That’sright,’saidtheQueen,pattingheronthehead,whichAlicedidn’tlikeatall,‘though,whenyousay"garden,"—I’veseengardens,comparedwithwhichthiswouldbeawilderness.’
Alicedidn’tdaretoarguethepoint,butwenton:‘—andIthoughtI’dtryandfindmywaytothetopofthathill—’
‘Whenyousay"hill,"’theQueeninterrupted,‘Icouldshowyouhills,incomparisonwithwhichyou’dcallthatavalley.’
‘No,Ishouldn’t,’saidAlice,surprisedintocontradictingheratlast:‘ahillcan’tbeavalley,youknow.
