Alice in Wonderland (50)

Alice in Wonderland (50)

Alice turned to the Mock turtle, and said," Tell me about other lessons you had to learn under the sea ? "

" Well, there was a Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography. "
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Mystery→おそらくhistoryの言葉遊び
Seaography→海洋学：Oceangraphy

" Then, Drawling. The Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week. He taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.
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Drawling(間延び)→Drawing 絵画の言葉遊び
Fainting in Coils→（弱々しく）丸まって気を失うこと、かと。

"What was that like ? " said Alicce.

" Well, I can't show it to you myself, I'm too stiff. And the Gryphon never learn it. " said the Mock Turtle.

" That's enough. I hadn't time, " said the Gryphone.
" I went to the Classical master, though. He was an old crab, he was. "

" I never went to him, " the Mock turtle said with a sigh.
" He taught Laughing and Grief, they used to say. "

" So he did, so he did, " said the Gryphone, sighing in his turn.

And both creatures hid their faces in their paws.

" And how many hours a day did you do lessons ? " said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.

" Ten hours the first day, " said the Mock Turtle, " nine the next day, and so on. "

" What a curious plan ! " excaimed Alice.
" Then the eleventh day must have been a holiday ? " she asked.

" Of course it was, " said the Mock Turtle.

" And how did you manage on the twelfth ? " Alice went on eagerly.

" That's enough about lessons, " the Gryphone interrupted in a very decided tone.
" Tell her something about the game now. "

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次回から新章　The Lobster Quadrille に入ります。３人の会話は、次の章でもずっと続きます。
Quadrille(ウィキペディア・リンク)：
クヮドリール（カドリーユ）とは、4組の男女のカップルがスクエア（四角）になって踊る歴史的ダンス・舞踏で、伝統的スクエアダンスの先駆けとなったもの
ただし、Lobster Quadrille は奇妙なのですが。


☆さらにお知らせ☆
The river bank は明日より開始します。