Alice in Wonderland (49)

Alice in Wonderland (49)

" Do you have extra lessons ? " asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.

" Yes, " said Alice, " we learned French and music. "

" And washing ? " said the Mock Turtle.

" Certainly not ! " said Alice indignantly.

" Ah ! then yours wasn't a really good school, " said the Mock turtle in a tone of great lelief.
" Now at ours, they had French,music and washingーas an extra. "

" You couldn't have wanted it much " said Alice, " living at the bottom of the sea. "

" I couldn't afford to learn it, " said the Mock Turtle with a sigh.
" I only took the regular course. "

" What was that ? "

" Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, " the Mock Turtle replied.
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まず最初に習うのは
Reeling（釣り方、酔っ払い方）→reading の言葉遊び
Writhing（もがき方）→Writing の言葉遊び

And then the different branches of Arithmetic ーAmbition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
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Arithmetic (算数、算術)
Ambition（野望）→Addition（足し算）の言葉遊び
Distraction（精神錯乱）→おそらくSubtraction（引き算）の言葉遊び
Uglification（醜化）→おそらくMultiplication（掛け算）の言葉遊び
Derision（あざけり）→Division（割り算）の言葉遊び

" I never heard of ' Uglification ' " Alice ventured to say.
" What is it ? "

The Gryphone lifted up both its paws in surprise.
" What ! Never heard of uglifying ! " it exclaimed.
" You know what beautify is, I suppose ? "

" Yes, " said Alice doubtfully, " it means ーtoーmakeーanythingーprettier. "

" Well, then, if you don't know what to uglify is, you are a simpleton. "


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