CHAPTERI.DowntheRabbit-Hole
Alicewasbeginningtoget
очень
verytiredofsittingbyhersisteronthebank,и
andofhavingnothingtoделать
do:onceortwiceshehadpeepedintothebookher
сестра
sisterwasreading,butithadnopicturesили
orconversationsinit,“andwhatistheuseofabook,”thoughtAlice“withoutpicturesили
orconversations?”Soshewasconsideringinherownmind
Как
(aswellasshecould,fortheжаркий
hotdaymadeherfeelочень
verysleepyandstupid),whetherthepleasureofmakingadaisy-chainwouldbeworththetroubleofgettingupи
andpickingthedaisies,whensuddenlyaБелый
WhiteRabbitwithpinkeyesranclosebyher.Therewas
ничего
nothingsoveryremarkableinthat;nordidAlicethinkitso
очень
verymuchoutofthewaytoуслышать
heartheRabbitsaytoitself,“Ohdear!Ohdear!
Ishallbelate!”
(whenshethoughtitoverafterwards,itoccurredtoherthatsheoughttohavewonderedatthis,
но
butatthetimeitвсе
allseemedquitenatural);but
когда
whentheRabbitactuallytookaчасы
watchoutofitswaistcoat-pocket,andlookedatit,andthenhurriedon,Alicestartedtoherfeet,foritflashedacrosshermindthatshehadneverраньше
beforeseenarabbitwitheitherawaistcoat-pocket,oraчасы
watchtotakeoutofit,andburningс
withcuriosity,sheranacrossthefieldafterit,andfortunatelywasjustinраз
timetoseeitpopdownalargerabbit-holeunderthehedge.In
другой
anothermomentdownwentAliceafterit,neveronceconsideringкак
howintheworldshewastogetoutснова
again.Therabbit-holewentstraighton
как
likeatunnelforsomeway,а
andthendippedsuddenlydown,sosuddenlyчто
thatAlicehadnotamomenttoподумать
thinkaboutstoppingherselfbeforeshefoundherselffallingвниз
downaverydeepwell.Eitherthewellwas
очень
verydeep,orshefellочень
veryslowly,forshehadplentyoftimeasshewentdowntolookaboutherи
andtowonderwhatwasgoingtohappennext.Сначала
First,shetriedtolookвниз
downandmakeoutwhatshewascomingto,но
butitwastoodarktoseeanything;thenshelookedatthesidesofthewell,
и
andnoticedthattheywerefilledwithcupboardsи
andbook-shelves;hereandthereshesawmaps
и
andpictureshunguponpegs.Shetookdownajarfrom
одной
oneoftheshelvesasshepassed;itwaslabelled“ORANGEMARMALADE”,
но
buttohergreatdisappointmentitwasempty:shedidnotliketodropthejarforfearofkillingsomebodyunderneath,somanagedto
положить
putitintooneofthecupboardsasshefellмимо
pastit.“Well!”
thoughtAlicetoherself,“aftersucha
падения
fallasthis,Ishallдумать
thinknothingoftumblingdownstairs!Как
Howbravethey’llallthinkmeatдома
home!Why,Iwouldn’tsay
ничего
anythingaboutit,evenifIfelloffthetopofthehouse!”Что
(Whichwasverylikelytrue.)Вниз
Down,down,down.Wouldthe
падение
fallnevercometoanend?“IwonderhowmanymilesI’vefallenbythistime?”
shesaidaloud.
“Imustbegettingsomewherenearthecentreoftheearth.
Позвольте
Letmesee:thatwouldbefourthousandmilesdown,Ithink—”
(for,yousee,Alicehadlearntseveralthingsofthis
рода
sortinherlessonsintheschoolroom,и
andthoughthiswasnotaочень
verygoodopportunityforshowingoffherknowledge,astherewasне
noonetolistentoее
her,stillitwasgoodpracticetoсказать
sayitover)“—yes,that’sabouttherightdistance—butthenIwonderwhatLatitudeили
orLongitudeI’vegotto?”(Alicehad
не
noideawhatLatitudewas,orLongitudeeither,но
butthoughttheywerenicegrandwordstosay.)Presentlyshebegan
снова
again.“IwonderifIshallfall
прямо
rightthroughtheearth!How
смешно
funnyit’llseemtocomeoutamongtheлюдей
peoplethatwalkwiththeirheadsdownward!TheAntipathies,Ithink—”
(shewasrathergladtherewas
не
noonelistening,thistime,asitdidn’tsoundatalltherightword)“—butIshallhavetoспросить
askthemwhatthenameoftheстраны
countryis,youknow.Please,Ma’am,is
это
thisNewZealandorAustralia?”(andshetriedtocurtseyasshespoke—fancycurtseyingasyou’refallingthroughthe
воздух
air!Doyouthinkyoucouldmanage
это
it?)“Andwhatanignorantlittle
девочка
girlshe’llthinkmeforasking!No,it’llneverdotoask:
возможно
perhapsIshallseeitwrittenupsomewhere.”Вниз
Down,down,down.Therewas
ничего
nothingelsetodo,soAliceвскоре
soonbegantalkingagain.“Dinah’ll
скучать
missmeverymuchto-night,Ishouldthink!”(Dinahwasthecat.)
“I
надеюсь
hopethey’llrememberhersaucerofmilkattea-time.Dinahmydear!
Iwishyouweredown
здесь
herewithme!Thereare
нет
nomiceintheair,I’mбоюсь
afraid,butyoumightcatchabat,и
andthat’sverylikeamouse,youknow.Но
Butdocatseatbats,Iwonder?”И
AndhereAlicebegantogetrathersleepy,и
andwentonsayingtoherself,inadreamysortofway,“Docatsедят
eatbats?Docatseatbats?”
а
andsometimes,“Dobatseatcats?”for,yousee,asshecouldn’t
ответить
answereitherquestion,itdidn’tmuchmatterчто
whichwaysheputit.Shefelt
что
thatshewasdozingoff,и
andhadjustbeguntoмечтать
dreamthatshewaswalkinghandinhandс
withDinah,andsayingtoherочень
veryearnestly,“Now,Dinah,tellmethetruth:didyouevereatabat?”
когда
whensuddenly,thump!thump!
downshecameuponaheapofsticks
и
anddryleaves,andtheпадение
fallwasover.Alicewasnota
немного
bithurt,andshejumpedupontoherfeetinaмгновение
moment:shelookedup,butitwasalldarkoverhead;
перед
beforeherwasanotherlongpassage,и
andtheWhiteRabbitwasstillinsight,hurryingвниз
downit.Therewasnotamomenttobelost:
awaywentAlicelikethewind,
и
andwasjustintimetoуслышать
hearitsay,asitturnedacorner,“Ohmyearsи
andwhiskers,howlateit’sgetting!”Shewas
близко
closebehinditwhensheturnedthecorner,но
buttheRabbitwasnolongertobeseen:shefoundherselfinalong,lowhall,
который
whichwaslitupbyarowoflampshangingfromtheroof.Thereweredoors
все
allroundthehall,buttheywereвсе
alllocked;andwhenAlicehadbeenalltheway
вниз
downonesideanduptheдругой
other,tryingeverydoor,shewalkedsadlyвниз
downthemiddle,wonderinghowshewasevertogetoutснова
again.Suddenlyshecameupona
небольшой
littlethree-leggedtable,allmadeofsolidglass;там
therewasnothingonitexceptatinygoldenkey,и
andAlice’sfirstthoughtwasthatitmightbelongtoодной
oneofthedoorsofthehall;но
but,alas!eitherthelockswere
слишком
toolarge,orthekeywasслишком
toosmall,butatanyrateitwouldnotоткрыть
openanyofthem.However,onthe
второй
secondtimeround,shecameuponalowcurtainshehadnotnoticedраньше
before,andbehinditwasalittleдверь
dooraboutfifteenincheshigh:shetriedthelittlegoldenkeyinthelock,
и
andtohergreatdelightitfitted!Aliceopenedthe
дверь
doorandfoundthatitledintoaнебольшой
smallpassage,notmuchlargerчем
thanarat-hole:shekneltdownandlooked
вдоль
alongthepassageintotheloveliestgardenyoueversaw.Как
Howshelongedtogetoutofthatdarkhall,и
andwanderaboutamongthosebedsofbrightflowersи
andthosecoolfountains,butshecouldnotдаже
evengetherheadthroughthedoorway;“and
даже
evenifmyheadwouldgothrough,”thoughtpoorAlice,“itwouldbeofочень
verylittleusewithoutmyshoulders.Oh,howIwishIcouldshutuplikeatelescope!
I
думаю
thinkIcould,ifIтолько
onlyknewhowtobegin.”For,yousee,so
много
manyout-of-the-waythingshadhappenedlately,что
thatAlicehadbeguntoдумать
thinkthatveryfewthingsindeedwerereallyimpossible.Там
Thereseemedtobenouseinwaitingbythelittledoor,soshewentbacktothetable,наполовину
halfhopingshemightfindдругой
anotherkeyonit,oratanyrateaкнига
bookofrulesforshuttingлюдей
peopleupliketelescopes:this
раз
timeshefoundalittlebottleonit,(“whichcertainlywasnotздесь
herebefore,”saidAlice,)androundtheneckofthebottlewasapaperlabel,с
withthewords“DRINKME,”beautifullyprintedonitinlargeletters.Itwas
все
allverywelltosay“Drinkme,”но
butthewiselittleAlicewasnotgoingtoделать
dothatinahurry.“No,I’lllookfirst,”shesaid,“andseewhetherit’smarked‘poison’
или
ornot”;forshehadreadseveralnicelittlehistories
о
aboutchildrenwhohadgotburnt,и
andeatenupbywildbeastsи
andotherunpleasantthings,allпотому что
becausetheywouldnotrememberthesimplerulestheirfriendshadtaughtthem:suchas,
что
thatared-hotpokerwillburnyouесли
ifyouholdittooдолго
long;andthatifyoucutyourfinger
очень
verydeeplywithaknife,itusuallybleeds;и
andshehadneverforgottenthat,если
ifyoudrinkmuchfromabottlemarked“poison,”itisпочти
almostcertaintodisagreewithyou,soonerили
orlater.However,thisbottlewasnotmarked“poison,”soAliceventuredtotasteit,
и
andfindingitverynice,(ithad,inсамом деле
fact,asortofmixedflavourofcherry-tart,custard,pine-apple,roastturkey,toffee,и
andhotbutteredtoast,)sheочень
verysoonfinisheditoff.“Whatacuriousfeeling!”
saidAlice;
“Imustbeshuttingup
как
likeatelescope.”Andsoitwasindeed:
shewas
теперь
nowonlytenincheshigh,и
andherfacebrightenedupatthethoughtчто
thatshewasnowtherightsizeforgoingчерез
throughthelittledoorintoчто
thatlovelygarden.First,however,shewaitedfora
несколько
fewminutestoseeifshewasgoingtoshrinkanyfurther:shefelta
немного
littlenervousaboutthis;“foritmightend,youknow,”saidAlicetoherself,“inmygoingoutaltogether,
как
likeacandle.IwonderwhatIshouldbelikethen?”
Andshetriedtofancywhattheflameofacandleis
как
likeafterthecandleisblownout,forshecouldnotвспомнить
remembereverhavingseensuchaвещь
thing.Afterawhile,finding
что
thatnothingmorehappened,shedecidedongoingintothegardenatonce;но
but,alasforpoorAlice!когда
whenshegottothedoor,shefoundshehadforgottenthelittlegoldenkey,и
andwhenshewentbacktothetableforit,shefoundshecouldnotpossiblyreachit:shecould
видеть
seeitquiteplainlythroughtheglass,и
andshetriedherbesttoclimbuponeofthelegsofthetable,но
butitwastooslippery;и
andwhenshehadtiredherselfoutwithtrying,thepoorlittlethingsatdownи
andcried.“Come,there’snouseincryinglikethat!”
saidAlicetoherself,rathersharply;
“Iadviseyouto
уйти
leaveoffthisminute!”Shegenerallygaveherself
очень
verygoodadvice,(thoughsheочень
veryseldomfollowedit),andиногда
sometimesshescoldedherselfsoseverelyastoпринести
bringtearsintohereyes;и
andoncesherememberedtryingtoboxherownearsforhavingcheatedherselfinagameofcroquetshewasplayingпротив
againstherself,forthiscuriousребенок
childwasveryfondofpretendingtobetwopeople.“Butit’snousenow,”thoughtpoorAlice,“topretendtobetwopeople!
Почему
Why,there’shardlyenoughofmelefttoсделать
makeonerespectableperson!”Soonhereyefellonalittleglassboxthatwaslying
под
underthetable:sheopenedit,
и
andfoundinitaочень
verysmallcake,onwhichthewords“EATME”werebeautifullymarkedincurrants.“Well,I’lleatit,”saidAlice,“and
если
ifitmakesmegrowlarger,Icanreachthekey;и
andifitmakesmegrowsmaller,Icancreepпод
underthedoor;soeitherwayI’llgetinto
в
thegarden,andIdon’tcareчто
whichhappens!”Sheatealittlebit,
и
andsaidanxiouslytoherself,“Whichпуть
way?Whichway?”,holdingher
руку
handonthetopofherheadtoпочувствовать
feelwhichwayitwasgrowing,и
andshewasquitesurprisedtofindthatsheremainedtheже
samesize:tobesure,thisgenerallyhappens
когда
whenoneeatscake,butAlicehadgotsomuchintotheобразом
wayofexpectingnothingbutout-of-the-waythingstohappen,thatitseemedдовольно
quitedullandstupidforжизнь
lifetogooninthecommonобразом
way.CHAPTERII.ThePoolofTears
“Curiouser
и
andcuriouser!”criedAlice(shewassomuchsurprised,
что
thatforthemomentsheсовсем
quiteforgothowtospeakgoodEnglish);“nowI’mopeningout
как
likethelargesttelescopethateverwas!Good-bye,feet!”
(for
когда
whenshelookeddownatherfeet,theyseemedtobeпочти
almostoutofsight,theyweregettingsofaroff).“Oh,my
бедные
poorlittlefeet,Iwonderкто
whowillputonyourshoesи
andstockingsforyounow,dears?I’m
уверен
sureIshan’tbeable!Ishallbeagreatdeal
слишком
toofarofftotroublemyselfо
aboutyou:youmustmanagethebestwayyoucan;—butImustbekindtothem,”thoughtAlice,“or
возможно
perhapstheywon’twalkthewayIхочу
wanttogo!Letmesee:
I’llgivethemanewpairofbootseveryChristmas.”
И
Andshewentonplanningtoherselfкак
howshewouldmanageit.“They
должны
mustgobythecarrier,”shethought;“and
как
howfunnyit’llseem,sendingpresentstoone’sownfeet!И
Andhowoddthedirectionswillвыглядеть
look!Ohdear,whatnonsenseI’mtalking!”
Justthenher
голова
headstruckagainsttheroofofthehall:in
самом деле
factshewasnowmoreчем
thanninefeethigh,andsheatoncetookupthelittlegoldenkeyи
andhurriedofftothegardendoor.PoorAlice!
Itwasasmuchasshecould
сделать
do,lyingdownononeстороне
side,tolookthroughintothegardenwithодной
oneeye;buttoget
через
throughwasmorehopelessthanever:shesatdown
и
andbegantocryagain.“Yououghttobeashamedofyourself,”saidAlice,“agreatgirl
как
likeyou,”(shemightwellсказать
saythis),“togooncryinginthisобразом
way!Stopthismoment,Itellyou!”
Но
Butshewentonallthesame,sheddinggallonsoftears,пока
untiltherewasalargepoolвсе
allroundher,aboutfourinchesdeepи
andreachinghalfdownthehall.Aftera
время
timesheheardalittlepatteringoffeetinthedistance,и
andshehastilydriedhereyestoувидеть
seewhatwascoming.Itwasthe
Белый
WhiteRabbitreturning,splendidlydressed,с
withapairofwhitekidglovesinодной
onehandandalargefanintheдругой
other:hecametrottingalongina
большой
greathurry,mutteringtohimselfashecame,“Oh!theDuchess,theDuchess!
Oh!
won’tshebesavage
если
ifI’vekeptherwaiting!”Alicefeltsodesperate
что
thatshewasreadytoпопросить
askhelpofanyone;so,
когда
whentheRabbitcamenearней
her,shebegan,inalow,timidvoice,“Ifyouplease,sir—”В
TheRabbitstartedviolently,droppedв
thewhitekidglovesandв
thefan,andskurriedawayintoв
thedarknessashardashecouldgo.Alicetookupthefan
и
andgloves,and,asthehallwasочень
veryhot,shekeptfanningherselfвсе
allthetimeshewentontalking:“Dear,
дорогой
dear!Howqueereverythingis
сегодня
to-day!Andyesterdaythingswentonjustasusual.
IwonderifI’vebeenchangedinthe
ночь
night?Letmethink:
wasIthe
же
samewhenIgotupthismorning?I
почти
almostthinkIcanrememberfeelingaнемного
littledifferent.ButifI’mnotthesame,the
следующий
nextquestionis,WhointheworldamЯ
I?Ah,that’sthegreatpuzzle!”
И
Andshebeganthinkingoverallthechildrensheknewкоторые
thatwereofthesameageasherself,toпосмотреть
seeifshecouldhavebeenchangedforanyofних
them.“I’msureI’mnotAda,”shesaid,“forher
волосы
hairgoesinsuchlongringlets,а
andminedoesn’tgoinringletsatall;и
andI’msureIcan’tbeMabel,forIзнаю
knowallsortsofthings,и
andshe,oh!sheknowssuchavery
мало
little!Besides,she’sshe,andI’m
Я
I,and—ohdear,howpuzzlingitвсе
allis!I’lltryifI
знать
knowallthethingsIраньше
usedtoknow.Letmesee:
четыре
fourtimesfiveistwelve,и
andfourtimessixisthirteen,и
andfourtimessevenis—ohdear!Ishallnevergettotwentyatthatrate!
However,theMultiplicationTabledoesn’tsignify:
let’stryGeography.
LondonisthecapitalofParis,
а
andParisisthecapitalofRome,а
andRome—no,that’sallwrong,I’mcertain!ImusthavebeenchangedforMabel!
I’lltry
и
andsay‘Howdoththelittle—’”и
andshecrossedherhandsonherlapasifsheweresayinglessons,и
andbegantorepeatit,но
buthervoicesoundedhoarseи
andstrange,andthewordsdidnotcometheже
sameastheyusedtoсделать
do:—.“HowdoththelittlecrocodileImprovehisshiningtail,
И
AndpourthewatersoftheNileOneverygoldenscale!“Howcheerfullyheseemstogrin,
Как
Howneatlyspreadhisclaws,И
AndwelcomelittlefishesinС
Withgentlysmilingjaws!”“I’msurethosearenottherightwords,”saidpoorAlice,
и
andhereyesfilledwithtearsснова
againasshewenton,“ImustbeMabelafterall,и
andIshallhavetoпойти
goandliveinthatpokylittlehouse,и
andhavenexttonotoystoиграть
playwith,andoh!eversomanylessonsto
выучить
learn!No,I’vemadeupmymindaboutit;
если
ifI’mMabel,I’llstaydownздесь
here!It’llbenousetheirputtingtheirheadsdown
и
andsaying‘Comeupagain,dear!’Ishallтолько
onlylookupandsay‘WhoamIthen?Tellme
это
thatfirst,andthen,ifIlikebeingэто
thatperson,I’llcomeup:если
ifnot,I’llstaydownздесь
heretillI’msomebodyelse’—but,ohdear!”criedAlice,
с
withasuddenburstoftears,“Idowishtheywouldputtheirheadsвниз
down!Iamsoverytiredofbeingall
одна
alonehere!”Asshesaidthisshelooked
вниз
downatherhands,andwassurprisedtoseethatshehadputononeoftheRabbit’slittlewhitekidglovesпока
whileshewastalking.“HowcanIhavedonethat?”
shethought.
“Imustbegrowingsmallagain.”
Shegotup
и
andwenttothetabletomeasureherselfbyit,и
andfoundthat,asnearlyasshecouldдогадаться
guess,shewasnowaboutдвух
twofeethigh,andwasgoingonshrinkingrapidly:she
вскоре
soonfoundoutthattheпричиной
causeofthiswasthefanshewasholding,и
andshedroppedithastily,justinраз
timetoavoidshrinkingawayaltogether.“Thatwasanarrowescape!”