Alice in Wonderland (22) [Alice in Wonderland]
Alice in Wonderland (22)
" You are old, Father William, " the young man said,
" And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your headー
Do you think, at your ege, it is right ?
" In my youth, " Father William replied to his son,
" I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again. "
" You are old, " said the youth, " as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the doorー
Pray, what is the reason of that ? "
" In my youth, " said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
" I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointmentーone shilling the boxー
Allow me to sell you a couple ? "
" You are old, said the youth, " and your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beakー
Pray how did you manage to do it ?
" In my youth, " said his father, " I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life. "
" You are old, " said the youth, " one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your noseー
What made you so awfully clever ? "
" I have answered three question, and that is enough, "
Said his father; " don't give yourself airs !
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff ?
Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs ! "
" That is not said right, " said the Caterpillar.
"Not quite right, I'm afraid, " said Alice timidly.
" Some of the words have got changed. "
" It is wrong from beginning to end, " said the Caterpillar decidedly.
There was a silence for some minutes.
The Caterpillar was the first to speak.
" What size do you want to be ? " it asked.
(22/50)
このAlice が語るYou are old, Father William の部分は、原作通りです(ところどころ意味不明の部分がありますが、原作の雰囲気をということで。)。
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