Alice in Wonderland (31)

Alice in Wonderland (31)

(7) A MAD TEA - PARTY

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it.



Alice began walking slowly towards it.

A Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.

" Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse, " thought Alice.
" Only, as it's asleep, I suppose it dosn't mind. "

The table was a large one , but the three were crowded together at one corner of it.

And when they saw Alice caming, they cried out, " No room ! No room ! "

" There's plenty of room ! " said Aice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table.

" Have some wine, " the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea.



" I don't see any wine, " she remarked.

" There isn't any, " said the March Hare.

"Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it, " said Alice.

" It wasn't very civil  of you to sit down without being invited, " said the March Hare.

" I didn't know it was your table, " said Alice.
" It's laid for a great many more than three. "

" Your hair wants cutting, " said the Hatter.
He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiousty, and this was his first speech.

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Alice in Wonderland (32)

Alice in Wonderland (32)

" You should learn not to make personal remarks, " Alice said with some severity; "it's very rude. "

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this.
But all he said was,
" Why is a raven like a writing -desk ? "

" Come, we shall have some fun now ! " thought Alice," I'm glad they've begun asking riddles. "

"I believe I can guess that, " she added aloud.

" Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it ? " said the March Hare.

" Exactly so, " said Alice.

"Then you should say what you mean, " the March Hare went on.

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Alice in Wonderland (33)

" I do, " Alice hastly replied.
" At leastーat least I mean what I sayーthat's the same thing, you know. "

" Not the same thing a bit ! " said the Hatter.
" You might just as well say that " I see what I eat " is the same thing as " I eat what I see. "

" You might just as well say, " added the March Hare, " that " I like what I get " is the same thing " I get what I like "  ! "

" You might just as well say, " added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, " I brethe when I sleep, " is the same thing as " I sleep when I brethe " ! "

" It is the same thing with you, " said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped and the party sat silent for aminute.

Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and wrinting-desks , which wasn't much.

The Hatter was the first to break the sulence.
" What day of the month is it ? " he said, turning to Alice.

He had taken his watch out of his pocket , and looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.

Alice considered a little, and then said," The fouth. "

" Two days wrong ! " sighed Hatter.
" I told you butter wouldn't suit the works　! " he added, looking angrily at the March Hare.

" It was the best butter, " March Hare meekly replied.

" Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well, " the Hatter grumbled.
" You shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife. "

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The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomly.

Then he dipped it into his cup of tea and looked at it again.

Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiousty.
" What a funny watch ! It's tells the day of month,and doesn't tell what o'crock it is ! " she remarked.

" Why should it ? Does your watch tell you what years it is ? " muttered the Hatter.

" Of course not. That's because it stays the same year for such a long time together, " Alice replied very readlly.

" Which is just the same with mine, " said the Hatter.

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled.
" I don't quite understand you, " she said, as politely as she could.

" The Dormouse is asleep again, " said the Hatter and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, " Of course, of course. Just what I was going to remark myself. "

" Have you guessed the riddle yet ? " the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.

" No, I give it up, " Alice replied.
"What's the answer ? "

" I haven't the slightest idea, " said the Hatter.

" Nor, I , " said the March Hare.

"I think you might do something better with the time, " she said, " than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers. "

" You wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him. " said the Hatter.
" I dare say you never even spoke to Time ! "

" We quarrelled last Marchーjust before he went mad, you knowー" (pointing with his tea-spoon at the March Hare, " ー it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing

           " twinkle, twinkle, little bat !
              How I wonder what you're at ! "

You know the song, perhaps ? "

" I've heard something like it, " said the Alice.


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" It goes on, you know, " the Hatter continued, " in this way:ー

            " Up above the world you fly,
              like a tea-tray in the sky.
                                Twinkle, twinkleー　"


Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep, " Twinkle, twinkleー " and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop.

" Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse, " said the Hatter, " when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, " He's murdering the time ! Off with his head ! "

" How dreadfully savage ! " exclaimed Alice.

" And ever since that, " the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, " he won't do a thing I ask !  It's always six o'crock now. "

A bright idea came into Alice's head.
" Is that the reason so many tea-thing are put out here ? " she asked.

" Yes, that's it, " said the Hatter with a sigh.
" It's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles. "

" Then you keep moving round, I suppose ? " said Alice.

" Exactly so, " said the Hatter: " as the things get used up. "

" Suppose we change the subject, " the March Hare interruped, yawning.
" I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story. "

" I'm afraid I don't know one, " said the Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal.

" Then the Dormouse shall ! " they both cried.

" Woke up, Dormouse ! "
They pinched it on both side at once.

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Alice in Wonderland (36)

THe Dormouse slowly opened his eyes.

" I wasn't asleep, " he said in a hoase, feeble voice.

" Tell us a story ! " said the March Hare.

" Yes, please do, " pleaded Alice.

"And  be quick about it," added the Hatter, " or you'll be asleep again. "

" Once upon a time there were three little sisters, " the Dormouse began in a great hurry; " and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tiliie; and they lived at the bottom of the wellー"

" what did they live on ? " said Alice , whp always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking.

" They lived on treacle," said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.

" They couldn't have done that, you know, " Alice gently remarked; " they'd have been ill. "

" So they were," said the Dormouse ; "very ill. "

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実際のDormouse　寝ているところ

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Alice in Wonderland (37)

Alice went on, " But why did they live at the bottom of the well ? "

" Take some more tea, " the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.

" I've had nothong yet, " Alice replied in an offended tone, " so I can't take more. "

" You mean you can't take less, " said the Hatter; " It's very easy to take  more than nothong. "

" NObody asked your opininon, " said Alice.

" Who's making personal remarks now ? " the Hatter asked triumphantly.

Aice did not quite know what to say to this.
So she helped herself to some tea and bread-and -butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question.

" Why did they live at the bottom of the well ? "

The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think aboutit, and then said, " It was a treacle-well. "

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" There's no such thing ! " Alice was beginning very angrily. but the Hatter and the March Hare went, " Sh ! sh ! " and the Dormouse sulkly remarked, " If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself. "

" No, please go on, I won't interrupt again,  I dare say there may be one, " Alice said.

"One, indeed ! " said the Dormouse indignantly.

" And so these three little sistersーthey were learning to draw, you knowー"

" What did they draw ? " said Alice. quite fogetting her promise.

"Treacle, " said the Dormouse, without considering at all this time.

" I want a clean cup, " interrupted the Hatter, " Let's all move one place on. "
He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him, and the Marcxh Hare moved into the Doemouse's place.

Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March hare.  

"They were learning to draw, " the Doemouse went on, yawing  and rubbing its eyes, for it was very sleepy.

"And they drew all manner of thingsーeverything that begins with an Mー”. This time Dormouse had closed its eyes and was going off into a doze.

Alice got up in great disgust, and left the table.

Neither of others took the least notice of her going.

Alice look back once or twise, and she saw they were trying to put the Dormouse into the tea-pot.

 

" At any rate, I'll never go there again ! "said Alice as she picked her way through the wood, " It's the stupidest tes-party I ever was ati all my life ! "

Just as she said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it.
" I might as well go in, " Alice thought.
And in she went.

Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table.
" I'll manage things better now, " she thought. 

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Mad tea-party 少し長すぎましたですね。
次回より、新章(9) THE QUEEN'S CROQUET GRAND に入ります。

Alice in Wonderland (39)

Alice in Wonderland (39)

(8)The Queen's Croquet-Ground

She take the little golden key and unlock the tiny door.

Then she set to work nibbling at the mushroom that she had kept in her pocket.

When she was small enough to go through the little door, she walked down the little passage, and found herself at last in the beautiful garden, among the bright flower-beds and the cool fountains.

A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of garden.

The roses growing on it were white, but they were being painted red by three busy gardeners.



Alice even more surprised that they were all playing-cards.

They were flat and oblong, with hands and feet at the corners. 

Alice thought this a very curious thing, so she went nearer to watch them. 

Just as she came up to them, she heard one of them say, " Look out now , Five ! Don't go splashing paint over me like that. "

Alice noticed that they were Two, Five, and Seven.

" I couldn't help it , " said Five in a sulky tone.
" Seven jogged my elbow. " 

Seven looked up and said, " That's right, Five ! Always lay the blame on others ! "

" You'd better not talk ! " said Five.
" I heard the Queen say only yeasterday you deserved to be headed !"

" What for ? "said the one who had spoken first.

" That's none of your business, Two" said Seven.

" Yes, it is his business, " said Five, " and I'll tell himーit was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions. "

When they noticed Alice stood watching them, all of them bowed low. 

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１日１分では前章が(8)で、今回は(9)のはずなのですが、原作Alice's Adventure in Wonderland と章の符合性を図るため、今回再び(8)でお願いします。
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Alice in Wonderland (40)

Alice in Wonderland (40)

" Would you tell me why you are painting those roses ? " said Alice.

Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two.

Two began in a low voice, " Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake.

" If  the Queen was to find out, we should all have our heads cut of, you know. So you see, Miss, we're doing our best, afore she comes toー".

At this moment Five, who had been anxiously looking across the garden,  called out " The Queen ! The Queen !. "

The three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon their faces.

There was sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen.

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, obling and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners.

Then came ten cortiers, all decorated with diamonds.

And then came the ten royal chidren, hand in hand, with hearts on their clothes.

Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them Alice recognised the White Rabbit.

He was talking in a hurried noervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her.

Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on a crimson velvet cusion.
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Knave ジャック（トランプ）

Last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.  
Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on her face like the three gardener, but she could not remember such a rule at procession.

So she stood still where she was, and waited.

When the procession came oppsite to Alice, they all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen said severly, " Who is this ? "

She said it to the knave of hearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.

" Idiot ! " said the Queen.
She turning to Alice and went on, " What's your name, child ? "

" My name is Alice, so please your Majesty ! " said Alice, but she thought to herself, " Why, they're only a pack of cards, after all. I needn't be afraid of them.

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Alice in Wonderland (41)




" And who are these ? " said the Queen pointing to the three gardeners who were lying down on their faces.

The pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, so she could tell whether they were gardeners or soldiers, or others.

" How should I know ? " said Alice, surprised at her own courage.
" It's no bisiness of mine. "

The Queen turned red with fury, and screamed, " Off with her head ! Offー"

" Nonsense ! " said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.

The King laid his hand upon her arm, and timidly said, " Consider, my dear. She is only a child ! "

The Queen turned angrily away from him, and said to Knave, " Turn them over ! "

The knave did so, very carefully, with one foot.

" Get up ! " said the Queen in a shrill, loud voice.

The three gardeners instantly jumped up, and began bowing to the King , the Queen and everybody else.

" Leave off that, " screamed the Queen.
" You make me giddy. "

And then, turning to the rose-tree, she went on, " What have you been doing here ? "

"May it please your Majesty, " said the two, " we were tryingー"

" I see, " said the Queen, who had meanwhile been examing the roses.
" Off with their heads ! "

And the procession moved on, three of the soldier remaining behind to execute the unfortunate gardeners, who ran to Alice for protection.

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Alice in Wonderland (42)

Alice in Wonderland (42)

" You shan't be beheaded ! " said Alice, and she put them into a large flower-pot that stood near before the soldier could catch them.

Then she caught up with the procession.

The soldiers wondered about for a minute or two, and then quietly merched off after the others.

" Are their heads off ? " shouted the Queen.

" Their heads are gone, if it please your Majesty ! " the soldiers shouted in reply.

" That's right, " shouted the Queen.
" Can you play croquet ? "

The soldier were silent, and looked at Alice, as the question was evidently meant for her.

" Yes," shouted Alice.

" Come on, them ! " roared the Queen.

Alice joined the procession, wondering very much what would happen next.

" It'sーit's very fine day ! " said the timid voice at her side.

She was walking by the White Rabbit , who was peeping anxiously into her face.

" Very, " said Alice: " ーwhere's the Duchess ? "

" Hush ! Hush ! " said the Rabbit in a low, hurried voice.

He looked anxiously over his shoulder as he spoke, and then raised himself upon tiptoe, put his mouth close to her ear, and whispered, " She's under sentence of execution. "

" What for ? " said Alice.

" She boxed the Queen's earsー " the Rabbit began.

Alicce gave a little scream of laughter.

The Rabbit whispered in a frightened tone, "Oh ! Hush! The Queen will hear you ! You see, she came rather late, and the Queen saidー"

" Get to your place ! " shouted the Queen in a voice like thunder and people began running about in all direction, tumbling up against each other.

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Alice in Wonderland (43)

Alice in Wonderland (43)

It was the strangest game of croquet Alice had ever seen.
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クロッケーの遊び方（リンク）

The balls were curled-up live hedgehogs, and the mallets were live flamingos.

The soldier had to doble up and stand on their hands to make the arches.



At first it was difficult for Alice to manage her flamingo.

She had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hesgehog a blow with its head, it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing.



By the time Alice had her falmingo in position to tap the ball, her hedgehog had uncurled and crawled away.

Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was very difficult game indeeed.

The players all played at once without waiting for their turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs.

THe Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting  " Off with his head ! " or " Off with her head ! " every few minutes.

She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air.

It puzzled her very much at first , but after watching it for a while, she made it out to be a grin.

Alice said to herself, " It's the Cheshire Cat. Now I shall have somebody to talk to. "

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" How are you getting on ? " said the Cat, as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with.

In another minute the whole head appeared, and then Alice put down her flamingo, and began an account of the game, feeling very glad she had someone to listen to her.

The Cat seemed to think that there was enough of in sight, and no more of it appeared.

" I don't think they play at all fairly, " Alice began, in rather complaining tone, "and they don't seem to have any rules in particular, and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things alive."

" For instance, I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehoge just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming ? "

" How do you like the Queen ? " said the Cat in a low voice.

" Not at all, "said Alice.
" She's so extremelyー"

Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening.

So she went on, " ーlikely to win, that it's hardly worth while finishing the game. "

The Queen smiled and passed on.

" Who are you talking to ? " said the King, coming up to Alice, and looking at the Cheshire Cat's head with great curiousty.

" It's a friend of mineーa Cheshire Cat, " said Alice, " allow me to introduce it. "

" I don't like the look of it at all, " said the King, " however, it may kiss my hand if it likes. "

" I'd rather not, " the Cat remarked.

" Don't look at me like that ! ", he got behind Alice as he spoke.
" well, it must be removed, " said the King and he called to the Queen, who was passing at the moment.

" My dear ! I wish you would have this cat removed ! "

The Queenhad only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small.
" Off with his head ! " she said.

" I'll fetch the executioner myself, " said the king eagerly, and he hurried off.

Alice thought she might as well go back, and see how the game was going on.
So she went in serch of her hedgehog and flamingo.

Her hedgehog was fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other.

But her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
 
By the time she had caught her flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedeghogs were out of sight.

So Alice went back for a little more conversation with her friend.

When she got back to the cheshire Cat, she was surprised that a large crowd collected round it. 

 
 
The executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable.

The execuioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from.

The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.

The Quee's argument was, that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time, she 'd have everybody executed, all round.

Alice could think of nothing else to say but, " It belongs to the Duchess.
You 'd better ask her about it. "

" She's in prison, " the Queen said to the executioner and ordered," Fetch her here."

The executioner went off like an arrow.

Just then The Cat's head began fading away.

By the time he had come back with the Duchess, it had entirely disappeared.

So the King and executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it, while rest of the party went back to the game.


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少し長くなってしまったのですが、これでこの章が終わります。

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次回より、新章(9) The Mock Turtle's Story に入ります。
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タグ：Alice in wonderland 不思議の国のアリス

Alice in Wonderland (45)

Alice in Wonderland (45)

(9) THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY

" You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing ! " said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice's and they walked off together.

Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that parhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen.

" When I am a Duchess, " she said to herself, I won't have any pepper in my kitchen at all. Soup does very well without ーMaybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered. "

She went on, " very much pleased at having found out a new kind of  rule , " and vinegar that makes them sourーand camomile that makes them bitterーandーand barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that.

She had quite fogotten tha Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear.

" You're thinking about someyhing, my dear, and that makes you foget to talk. I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit. "

" Perhaps it hasn't one, " Alice ventured to remark.

" Tut, tut, child ! " said the Duchess.
" Everything's got a moral, if you can find it. "

" The games going to rather better now, " Alice said,  by way of keeping up the conversation a little.

" 'Tis so, " said the Duchess.
" And the moral of that isー" Oh, 'tis love,'tis love, that makes the world go round ! "

" How fond she she is of finding morals in things ! " Alice thought to herself.

" I dare say you're wonderling why I don't put my arm round your waist, " the Duchess said after a  pause. "The reason is, that I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. "

" He might bite, " Alice cautiously replied.

" Very true, " said the Duchess.
" Flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that isー" Birds of a feather flock together. "
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Birds of feather flock together　類は友を呼ぶ
Flamingo→bite(噛む), musturd →bite(辛いー刺激する、刺激性)

" Only mustard isn't a bird, " Alice remarked.

" Right, as usual, " said the Duchess.
" What a clear way you have of putting things ! "

" It's a mineral, I think, " said Alice.

" Of course it is, " said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said.

" Just about as much right, " said the Duchess, " as pigs have to fly. and then mー "

But here, Alice's great surprise, the Duchess's voice died away, even in the middle of her favorite word " moral ", and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble.

Alice looked up , and there stood the Queen in fornt of them, with her arm folded, frowning like a thunderstorm.

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Alice in Wonderland (46)

" A fine day, your Majesty ! " the Duchess began in a low, weak voice.

"Now I give you fair warning, " shouted tyhe Queen, stamping on the ground as she spoke.

"Either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time ! Take your choice. "

The Duchess took her chice, and was gone in a moment.

" Let's go on with the game, " the Queen said to Alice.

Alice was too much frightened to say a word, but slowly followed her back to the qroquet ground.

The other gests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, and were rest in the shade.

However, the moment they saw her, they hurried back to the game.

All the time they were playing, the Queen shouting " Off with his head ! " or " Off with her head. "

Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this.

So there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Aice, were i custody and under sentence of execution.

Then Queen left off, quite out of breath and said to Alice.
" Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet ? "

" No, " said Alice, " I don't even know what a Mock Turtle is. "

" It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from, " said the Queen.

" I never saw one, or heard of one, " said Alice.

" Come on, then, " said the Queen, " and he shall tell you his story. "

As they walked off together, Alice heard the King say in a low voice, to the company generally.
" You are all pardoned. "

" Come, that's a good thing ! " she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered.

They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.



(参照Gryphon)


"Up, lazy thing ! " said the Queen, " and take this young lady to see the Mock turtle, and to hear his history.

" I must go back and see after some executions I have ordered. "
And the Queen walked off, leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon.

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Alice in Wonderland (47)

Alice in Wonderland (47)

The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes and then watched the Queen till she was out of sight.

" What a fun ! " said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice.

" What is the fun? " said Alice.

"Why, she, " said the Gryphon, "It's all her fancy, that : they never executes nobody, you know, Come on ! "

" Everybody says 'Coem on !' here " thought Alice and she went slowly after it.

They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the disitance, sitting  sad and lonely on a little ledge of lock.

As they came nearer, Aiice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break.

She pittied him deeply.
" What is his sorrow ? " she asked the Gryphon.

Gryphon answered, very nealy in the same words as before, " It's all fancy. that: he hasn't got no sorrow, you know, Come on ! "

So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who looked at them with large eyes full of tears, but said nothing.



" This here young lady, " said the Gryphon, " she wants to know your history, she do. "

" I'll tell it to her , " said the Mock Turtle in a deep, hollow tone.

" Sit down both of you, and don't speak a word until I have finished. "

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(注)
Mock turtle soup
モックタートル スープ 《海ガメのスープに似せて作る子牛の肉のスープ》
イギリスで中世の頃から作られていた。

「Mock Turtle soup の歌」は、少し先になりますが、このあと、次章「The Lobster Quadrille」において、Mock Turtle の語りの中で登場し、彼が泣きながら歌います。

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen(深皿) !
Who for such dainties(ご馳走) would not stoop ?
（そのようなご馳走を前にしてだれがかがまずにいられようか）
Soup of the evning, beautiful Soup !
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup !
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
Sooーoop of the eーeーevning,
Beautiful, beautiful soup !
(一番)

タグ：Mock Turtle

Alice in Wonderland (48)

Alice in Wonderland (48)

So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minute.

Alice thought to herself, " I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin. "
But she waited patiently.

" Once, "  said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh,  " I was a real Turtle. "

These words were followed by another long silence and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.

Alice nearly gets up and saying, " Thank you, sir, for your interesting story. "
But she thought there must be more to come, so she sat still and said nothing.   

At last the Mock Turtle went on still sobbing a little now and then, "When we were little, we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtleーwe used to call him Tortoiseー "

" Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one ? " Alice asked.

" We call him Tortoise because he taught us, " said the Mock Turtle angrily.
" Really you are very dull ! "

" You ought to be ashamed of yourself for  asking such a simple question, " added the Gryphone.

And then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth.

At last Gryphone said to the Mock Turtle, " Drive on, old fellow. Don't be all day about it ! " 

" Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you may not believe it ー"

" I never said I didin't ! I don't doubt it," interrupted Alice.

" You did, " said the Mock Turtle.

" Hold your tongue ! " the Gryphon said to Alice, brfore Alice could speak again.

" We had the best of educationーin fact, we went to school every dayー, " the Mock Turtle went on.

" I go to school every day, too, " said Alice, " You needn't be so proud as all that. "  

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☆お知らせ（またなんです！）☆
６月４日又は５日(明後日又はし明後日)より、The river bank (Kenneth Grahame の名作「Wind in the willow」（邦題：楽しいかわべ、みたいです） の第１章)　（少し簡略したリ・トールド版となる予定）を始める心つもりです。全20回ぐらいとなる見込みです。また、Alice と２本立てです。
Mole 、Rat 、 Toad、Otter、愉快な仲間たちが、川辺を舞台に織りなす物語です。
現在、鋭意、準備中です（といいますか、まだボーと原作を読んでいるところで、挿絵をコピーしただけです）。

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.
※
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.
※
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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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. "
※
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.
※
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. "

(50/65)
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。

Alice in Wonderland (51)

Alice in Wonderland (51)

(10) The Lobster Quadrille

THE Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes.

He looked at Alice, and tried to speak, but for a minute or two sobs choked his voice.

" Same as if he had a bone in his throat, " said the Gryphon　and it set to work shaking him and punching him in the back.
※
Same as if he had a bone in his throat のどに骨がつかえたときとおんなじさ。

At last Mock Turtle recovered his voice, he went on again with tears running down his cheeks.
" You may not have lived much under the sea, and perhaps you were never introduced to a lobster. "

Alice began to say " I once tastedー" but checked herself hastily, and said
"No never ! "

" You have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is ! "

" No indeed, " said Alice.
" What sort of a dance is it ? "

" why, " said the Gryphon, " you first form into a line along the sea-shore. "

" Two lines ! "cried the Mock Turtle.
" Seals, turtles, salmon, and so on. Then, when you're cleared all the jelly-fish out of the wayー"

" Each with a lobster as a partner ! " said the Gryphon.

" Of course, " the mock Turtle said, " advance twice, set to partnersー"

"ーchange lobsters, and retire in same order, " cotinued the gryphon.

The Mock Turtle went on, " then, you know, you throw theー"

" The lobsters ! " shouted the Gryphon with a bound into the air.

 

" It must be a very pretty dance ! " said Alice timidly.

" Would you like to see it ? " said the Mock Turtle.

" Very much indeed. Show me, " said Alice.

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Alice in Wonderland (52)

Alice in Wonderland (52)

" Come, let's try the first figure ! " said the Mock Turtle to the Gryphon.
" We can do without lobsters, you know. Which shall sing ? "

" Oh, you sing, " said the Gryphon, " I've forgotten the words. "

So they began solemly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time, while Mock Turtle sang this , very slowly and sadly:ー

" Will you walk a little faster ! " said a whiting to a snail,
 There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
 See how eagerly the lobstes and the turtles all advance !
 They are waiting on the singleーwill you come and join the dance ?

Will you, won't you, will you, won’t you, wil you join the dance !
Will you, won't you, will you, won’t you, won't you join the dance !


"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up  and throw us, with a lobsters, out to sea !
But the snail replied, " Too far, too far ! " and gave a look askanceー
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.

Would not,could not,would not ,could not, would not join the dance.
Would not,could not,would not ,could not, could not join the dance.


" Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch, " said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last.
" And I do so like that curious song about the whiting ! "

"Oh, as to the whiting, " said the Mock Turtle, " theyーyou've seen them, of course ? "

"Yes, " sadi Alice,  " I've often seen them at dinmー　" she checked herself hastily.

" I don't know where Dinn may be, " said the Mock Turtle, " but if you've seen them so often, of course you know what they're like. "

" I believe so, " Alice replied thoughtfully, " They have their tails in their mouthーand they're all over crumbs. "

" You've wrong about the crumbs, " said the Mock Turtle, " crumbs would all wash off in the sea. 　But they have their tails in the mouthsー"　
here the　Mock Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.
"Tell her about the reason and all that, " he said to the Gryphon.

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Alice in Wonderland (53)

Alice in Wonderland (53)

" The reason is," said the Gryphon,
" that they would go with the lobsters to the dance.  So they got thrown out to sea.  So they had to fall a long way.  So they got their tail fast in their mouths. So they couldn't get them out again. That's all "

" Thank you, " said Alice, it's very intersting. I never knew so much about a whiting befrore. "

" Do you know why it's called a whiting ? " said the Gryphon.

" I never thought about it, " said Alice.
" Why ?"

" It does the boots and shoes, " the Gryphon replied very solemnly.
" Why,what are your shoes done with?,I mean what makes them so shiny ? "

Alice looked down at them, and answered.
" They're done with blacking, I believe. "

" Boots and shoes under the sea, " the Gryphon went on, " are done with whiting, Now you know. "
※
Whiting たら科の食用小型魚  それと、白くすること、チョーク

" If I'd been the whiting, " said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, " I'd have said to the porpoise ' Keep back, please. We don't want you with us ! ' "

物語とは別ですが、参照：porpoise



" They were obliged to have him with them, " the Mock Turtle said, " no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. "

" Wouldn't it really ?"

" Of course not ! "
" If a fish came to me, and told me he was going a journey, I should say ' With what porpoise ? ' "
" Don't you mean " purpose " said Alice.

" I mean what I say, " the Mock Turtle replied.

The Gryphon said to Alice, " Come, let's hear some of your Adventures. "

(53/65)
明日、この章は終わり、明後日からクライマックスの新章「Who stole the tarts」に入ります。

Alice in Wonderland (54)

Alice in Wonderland (54)

" I could tell you my adventuresーbeginning from this morning, " said Alice a little timidly.

"But it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. "

" Explain all that, " said the Mock Turtle.

" No no ! The adventures first. Explain takes such a dreadful time, " said the Gryphon.

So Alice began telling them her adventures from the time when she first saw the White Rabbit.

The two creatures got so close to her, one on each side, and opened their eyes  and mouths so very wide.

Her listeners were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about repeating
" You are old, Father William, " to the Caterpillars.

" It's all about as curious as it can be, " said the Mock Turtle.

" Stand up and repeat ' Tis the voice of the sluggard ' " said the Gryphon.

She got up, and began to repeat it, but her head was full of the Lobster Quadrille, so her words came very queer indeedー

" Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare,
" You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair,
As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose,
Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes. "

" That's different from what I used to say whenI was a child, " said the Gryphon.

" Well, I never heard it before, " said the Mock Turtle.

" Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille ? Or would you like the Mock Turtle to sing you a song ? "

" Oh, a song please, if the Mock Turtle would be so kind, " Aice replied.

The Gryphon said to Mock Turtle, " Sing her  'Turtle soup ' will you, old fellow. "

The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing thisー 

 Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen(深皿) !
Who for such dainties(ご馳走) would not stoop ?
（そのようなご馳走を前にしてだれがかがまずにいられようか）
Soup of the evning, beautiful Soup !
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup !
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
Sooーoop of the eーeーevning,
Beautiful, beautiful soup !


 Beautiful Soup ! Who cares for fish,
Game, or any other dish ?
Who would not give all else two pennyworth only of beautiful soup ?
Pennyworth only of beautiful soup
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
    Beauーootiful Sooーoop !
Sooーoop of the eーeーevning,
Beautiful, beautiーFUL SOUP  !


" Chorus again ! " cried the Gryphon.

Just then, the cry of " The trial's beginning ! " was heard in the distance.

" Come on, " cried the Gryphon, and taking Alice by the hand, it hurried off, without for the end of the song.

" What trial is it ? " Alice asked as she ran together.

But the Gryphon only answered, " Come on ! " and ran the faster. 

The melancholy words carried on the breeze followed themー
Sooーoop of the eーeーevning,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup !

(54/65)
次回、新章「Who stole the tarts」に入ります。 Aliceの冒険も、ラスト２章です。

Alice in Wonderland (55)

Alice in Wonderland (55)

(11) Who Stole the Tarts ?

THE King and Queen of Hearts were already seated on their throne when they arrived.



A great crowd ーall sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cardsーassembled about them.



The Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him.



The White Rabbit was near the King, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.

In the middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it.



They looked so good and Alice felt quite hungry to look at them.

" I wish they'd get the trial done, " she thought, " and hand round the tarts as refreshments ! "

But there seems to be no choice of this, so she began looking at everything around her, to pass away the time.

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Alice in Wonderland (56)

Alice in Wonderland (56)

Alice had never been in a court of justicebefore, but she had read about them in books.

So she knew the name of nearly everything there.

" That't the judge, " she said to herself, " because of his great wig. "

The judge, by the way, was the King and as he wore his crown over the wig, he did not look at all comfortable.

" And that's the jury-box, " thought Alice, " and those twelve creatures are the jurors, I suppose. "
She said this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it.
For very few little girls of her age knew the meaning of it at all.



The twelve jurors were all writing very busiy on slate.

" What are they doing ? " Alice whispered to the Gryphon.They
"They can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun. "

"They're writing their names, " the Gryphon whispered in reply, because they fear forgot their name before the end of the trial. "

" Stupid thing ! "Alice began in a loud voice.

" Silence in the court ! " the White Rabbit cried out.

The king put on his spectacles and looked anxiously round, to make out who was talking.

Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down " stupid thing ! "on their slate. 

She could even make out that one of them didn't know how to spell
"stupid ",and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him.

" Herald, read the accusation ! " said the King as judge.

The White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolledthe parchment scroll, and read as follow:ー

" The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
        all on a summer day:
  The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
        And took them quite away ! "

" Consider your verdict, " the King said to the jury.

(56/65)
The river bank (6)　打ち忘れました。
スミマセンが、一日お休みで、明日11日に(6)をお出ししたいと思います。
申し訳ありません。

Alice in Wonderland (57)

Alice in Wonderland (57)

" Not yet, not yet ! " the Rabbit hastily interrupted.
" There's a great deal to come before that ! "

" Call the first witness, " said the king and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out,
" First witness ! "



The first witness was a Hatter.

He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.

" I beg pardon, your Majesty, " he began, " for bringing these in. But I hadn't finished my tea when I was sent for. "

" You ought to have finished　your tea, " said the King.
" When did you begin ? "

The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with a Dormouse.

" Fourteenth of March, I think it was, " he said.

" Fourteenth, " said the March Hare.
" Sixteenth, " added the Dormouse.

" Write that down, " the king said to the jury.

" Take off your hat, " the King said to the Hatter.

" It isn't mine, " said the Hatter.

" Stolen ! " the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact.

"I keep them to sell," said the Hatter added as an explanation.
" I've none of my own, I'm a hatter. "

Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.

" Give your evidence, " said the King.

Just as this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her until she made out what it was.

She was beginning to grow large again.

She thought at first she would get up and leave the court,  but on second thoughts  she decided to remain here as long as there was room for her.

" I wish you wouldn't squeeze so, " said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her.
" I can hardly breathe. "

" I can't help it. I'm growing, " said Alice meekly.

" You have no right to grow here, " said the Dormouse.

" Don't talk nonsense, " said Alice more boldly, " you know you're growing too. "

" Yes, but I grow a reasonable pace, " said the Dormous, " not that ridiculous fashion. "
He got up and crossed over to the other side of the court.

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The river bank (6)はタイプ人急病のため、12日に延伸願います。
（現在午前4時で、まだAlice を打っている途中のため）

Alice in Wonderland (58)

Alice in Wonderland (58)

All this time the Queen had never left off staring the Hatter,and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court,
" Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert ! "

The poor Hatter trembled so much that he shook both his shoes off.



" Give your evidence, " the King repeated angrily, " or I'll have you executed whether you're nervous or not. "

" I'm a poor man, your Majesty, the Hatter began, in a trembling voice.
" And I hadn't begun my teaーnot above a week or soーand what with the bread-and butter getting so thinーand the twinkling of the teaー "

" The twinkling of the what ?" said the King.

"It began with a tea, " the Hatter replied.

" Of course twinkling begins with a T ! " said the King sharply, "Do you take me for a dunce ? Go on ! "

"I'm a poor man, " The Hatter went on, "and most things twinkled after thatーonly the March Hare saidー"

"I didn't , " the March Hare interrupted in a great hurry.

" You did !, " said the Hatter.

" I deny it ! " said the March Hare.

" He denies it, " said the King, " leave out that part. "

" I'm a poor man, your Majesty, " continued the Hatter miserably, " after that, I cut some more bread-and butter, and I can't remember so much about the teaparty or the tarts. "

The Hatter dropped his teacup and bread-and-butter, and went down on one knee.
" I'm a poor man, your Majesty, " he began.

" You're a very poor speaker, " said the king frowning.
" If that's all you know about it, you may stand down. "

Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court.

They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: into this they slipped the guinea-pig, head first, and then sat upon it.

" I'm glad I've seen that done." thought Alice.
" I've so often read in the newspepers,at the end the trials,
'There was some attempt at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,'
and I never understood what it meant till now. "

" I'd rather finish my tea, " said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.

" You may go, " said the king.

The Hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on.



" Just take his head off outside ! " the Queen shouted, but the Hatter was out of sight before the officer could get to the door.

" Call the next witness ! " said the King.

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Alice in Wonderland (59)

Alice in Wonderland (59)

The next witness was the Duchess's cook.

She carried the pepper-box in one hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before she got into the court, by the way people near the door began sneezing all at once.

" Give your evidence, " said the king.

" Shan't , " said the cook.

The king looked anxiously at the White Rabbit.

The White Rabbit said in a low voice, " Your Majesty must cross-examine this witness. "

" Well, if I must, I must, " the King said, with a melancholy air.
" What are the tarts made of ? "

" Pepper, mostly, " said the cook.

" Treacle, " said a sleepy voice behind her.

"Collar that Dormouse, " the Queen shrieked out.
"Behead that Dormouse ! Turn that Dormouse out of court ! Suppress him! Pinch him ! Off with his whiskers ! "

For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned out.

By the time they had settled down again, the cook was disappeared.

" Never mind ! " said the king with an air of great relief.
" Call the next witness ! "
And he whispered to the Queen, " Really, my dear, you must cross-examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache. "

Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like.

" They haven't got much evidence yet, " she said to herself.

Imagine her surprise, when the White Rabbit read out.

At the top of his shrill voice, he calls the name
"Alice ! "  

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次回より、最終章(12) Alice's evidence に入ります。

Alice in Wonderland (60)

Alice in Wonderland (60)

(12) ALICE'S EVIDENCE

" HERE ! " cried Alice.

She jumped up, quite forgetting how large she had grown in a last few minutes, and knocked over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt.



All the jurymen(※jurors) went sprawling into the crowd.

" Oh, I beg your pardon ! " she exclaimed and began picking them up and put them back into the box as quickly as she could.

She had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.

" The trial cannot proceed, " said the king, " until all the jurymen are back in their proper placeーall, " and he looks hard at Alice.

Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that she had put Bill the Lizard upside down and the poor little thing was unable to move waving its tail in a melancholy way.

So she put him back the right way. 

As soon as the jury had recovered from the accident and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they write out a history of that accident, all except the Lizard, who sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court.

" What do you know about this business ? " the king said to Alice.

" Nothing, " said Alice.

" Nothing whatever ? " persisted the king.

" Nothing whatever, " said Alice.

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