Alice in Wonderland (28)

Alice in Wonderland (28)

The cook threw a flying-pan after her as she went out, but it just missed her.

Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer-shaped little creature and held out its arms and legs in all direction.

The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again.
It was really looking very odd.

As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, she carried it out into the open air.

" If I don't take this child away with me, " thought Alice, " they're sure to kill it an a day or two : wouldn't it be murder to leave it behind ?"

She said the last words out loud, and the little thing grunted in reply.

" Don't grunt, " said Alice.

The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it.

There could be no doubt that it had a very turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose.

Also its eyes were getting extreamly small for a baby.

There was no doubt it was changing.



" But perhaps it was only sobbing, " she thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see there were any tears.

No, there were no tears.

" If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear, " said Alice seriously, " I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind now ! "

Alice was jut beginning to think to herself, " Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home ? "

When it grunted again so violently, she looked down into its face in some alarm.

Sure enough this time there could be no mistake about it.
It was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it any further.

So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood.

" If it had grown up, " she said to herself, " it would have made a dreadfully ugly child, but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think. "

She thought about the pig for a while.
And then she noticed the Cheshire Cat  sitting on the bough of a tree a few yards off.

The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice.

(28/50)

タグ：Alice in wonderland