CHAPTERI.DowntheRabbit-Hole
Alicewasbeginningtoget
очень
verytiredofsittingbyhersisterontheберегу
bank,andofhavingnothingtoделать
do:onceortwiceshehadpeepedintothebookher
сестра
sisterwasreading,butithadnopicturesили
orconversationsinit,“andwhatistheuseofabook,”thoughtAlice“withoutpicturesили
orconversations?”Soshewasconsideringinherownmind
Как
(aswellasshecould,fortheжаркий
hotdaymadeherfeelочень
verysleepyandstupid),whethertheудовольствие
pleasureofmakingadaisy-chainwouldbeworththetroubleofgettingupи
andpickingthedaisies,whenвдруг
suddenlyaWhiteRabbitwithpinkeyesranclosebyher.Therewas
ничего
nothingsoveryremarkableinthat;nordidAlicethinkitso
очень
verymuchoutofthewaytoуслышать
heartheRabbitsaytoitself,“Ohdear!Ohdear!
Ishallbelate!”
(whenshethoughtitover
позже
afterwards,itoccurredtoherthatsheoughttohavewonderedatthis,но
butatthetimeitвсе
allseemedquitenatural);but
когда
whentheRabbitactuallytookaчасы
watchoutofitswaistcoat-pocket,andlookedatit,andthenhurriedon,Alicestartedtoherноги
feet,foritflashedacrosshermindthatshehadneverраньше
beforeseenarabbitwitheitherawaistcoat-pocket,oraчасы
watchtotakeoutofit,andburningс
withcuriosity,sheranacrossthefieldafterit,andfortunatelywasjustinраз
timetoseeitpopdownaбольшой
largerabbit-holeunderthehedge.In
другой
anothermomentdownwentAliceafterit,neveronceconsideringкак
howintheworldshewastogetoutснова
again.Therabbit-holewentstraighton
как
likeatunnelforsomeway,а
andthendippedsuddenlydown,soвнезапно
suddenlythatAlicehadnotamomenttoподумать
thinkaboutstoppingherselfbeforeshefoundherselffallingвниз
downaverydeepwell.Eitherthewellwas
очень
verydeep,orshefellочень
veryslowly,forshehadмного
plentyoftimeasshewentdowntolookaboutherи
andtowonderwhatwasgoingtohappennext.Сначала
First,shetriedtolookвниз
downandmakeoutwhatshewascomingto,но
butitwastoodarktoseeanything;thenshelookedatthesidesofthewell,
и
andnoticedthattheywerefilledwithcupboardsи
andbook-shelves;hereandthereshesawmaps
и
andpictureshunguponpegs.Shetookdowna
банку
jarfromoneoftheshelvesasshepassed;itwaslabelled“ORANGEMARMALADE”,
но
buttohergreatdisappointmentitwasempty:shedidnotliketodropthe
банку
jarforfearofkillingsomebodyпод
underneath,somanagedtoputitintoодин
oneofthecupboardsasshefellмимо
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?“I
интересно
wonderhowmanymilesI’vefallenbythistime?”shesaid
вслух
aloud.“Imustbegettingsomewherenearthecentreoftheearth.
Позвольте
Letmesee:thatwouldbefour
тысяч
thousandmilesdown,Ithink—”(for,yousee,Alicehadlearnt
несколько
severalthingsofthissortinherlessonsintheschoolroom,и
andthoughthiswasnotaочень
verygoodopportunityforshowingoffherknowledge,astherewasне
noonetolistentoее
her,stillitwasgoodпрактика
practicetosayitover)“—yes,that’sabouttherightdistance—butthenIwonderwhatLatitudeили
orLongitudeI’vegotto?”(Alicehad
не
noideawhatLatitudewas,orLongitudeeither,но
butthoughttheywerenicegrandwordstosay.)Настоящее время
Presentlyshebeganagain.“I
интересно
wonderifIshallfallпрямо
rightthroughtheearth!How
смешно
funnyit’llseemtocomeoutсреди
amongthepeoplethatwalkс
withtheirheadsdownward!TheAntipathies,Ithink—”
(shewas
довольно
rathergladtherewasnoonelistening,thisраз
time,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’sverylikeaмышь
mouse,youknow.Butdocats
едят
eatbats,Iwonder?”And
здесь
hereAlicebegantogetдовольно
rathersleepy,andwentonsayingtoherself,inaмечтательный
dreamysortofway,“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,andshejumpedupontoherноги
feetinamoment:shelooked
вверх
up,butitwasalldarkoverhead;перед
beforeherwasanotherlongпроход
passage,andtheWhiteRabbitwasstillinполе зрения
sight,hurryingdownit.Therewasnotamomenttobelost:
awaywentAlicelikethe
ветер
wind,andwasjustinраз
timetohearitsay,asitturnedaугол
corner,“Ohmyearsandwhiskers,howпоздно
lateit’sgetting!”Shewas
близко
closebehinditwhensheturnedtheугол
corner,buttheRabbitwasне
nolongertobeseen:shefoundherselfinalong,lowhall,
который
whichwaslitupbyarowoflampshangingfromtheкрыши
roof.Thereweredoorsallroundthe
зала
hall,buttheywerealllocked;and
когда
whenAlicehadbeenallthewayвниз
downonesideanduptheдругой
other,tryingeverydoor,shewalkedгрустно
sadlydownthemiddle,wonderingкак
howshewasevertogetoutснова
again.Suddenlyshecameupona
небольшой
littlethree-leggedtable,allmadeofsolidglass;там
therewasnothingonitкроме
exceptatinygoldenkey,и
andAlice’sfirstthoughtwasthatitmightпринадлежать
belongtooneofthedoorsoftheзала
hall;but,alas!
eitherthelockswere
слишком
toolarge,orthekeywasслишком
toosmall,butatanyrateitwouldnotоткрыть
openanyofthem.However,onthe
второй
secondtimeround,shecameuponaнизкий
lowcurtainshehadnotnoticedраньше
before,andbehinditwasalittleдверь
dooraboutfifteenincheshigh:shetriedthelittle
золотой
goldenkeyinthelock,и
andtohergreatdelightitfitted!Aliceopenedthe
дверь
doorandfoundthatitledintoaнебольшой
smallpassage,notmuchlargerчем
thanarat-hole:shekneltdownandlooked
вдоль
alongthepassageintotheloveliestсад
gardenyoueversaw.Howshelongedto
получить
getoutofthatdarkзала
hall,andwanderaboutamongтех
thosebedsofbrightflowersи
andthosecoolfountains,butshecouldnotдаже
evengetherheadthroughthedoorway;“and
даже
evenifmyheadwouldgothrough,”thoughtpoorAlice,“itwouldbeofочень
verylittleusewithoutmyshoulders.Oh,howIwishIcouldshutuplikea
телескоп
telescope!IthinkIcould,
если
ifIonlyknewhowtobegin.”For,yousee,so
много
manyout-of-the-waythingshadhappenedlately,что
thatAlicehadbeguntoдумать
thinkthatveryfewthingsindeedwerereallyimpossible.Там
Thereseemedtobenouseinwaitingbythelittledoor,soshewentbacktothetable,наполовину
halfhopingshemightfindдругой
anotherkeyonit,oratanyrateaкнига
bookofrulesforshuttingлюдей
peopleupliketelescopes:this
раз
timeshefoundalittlebottleonit,(“whichконечно
certainlywasnotherebefore,”saidAlice,)и
androundtheneckofthebottlewasapaperlabel,с
withthewords“DRINKME,”красиво
beautifullyprintedonitinlargeletters.Itwas
все
allverywelltosay“Drinkme,”но
butthewiselittleAlicewasnotgoingtoделать
dothatinahurry.“No,I’lllookfirst,”shesaid,“andsee
ли
whetherit’smarked‘poison’ornot”;forshehadread
несколько
severalnicelittlehistoriesaboutchildrenкоторые
whohadgotburnt,andeatenupbywildbeastsи
andotherunpleasantthings,allпотому что
becausetheywouldnotrememberthesimplerulestheirfriendshadtaughtthem:suchas,
что
thatared-hotpokerwillburnyouесли
ifyouholdittooдолго
long;andthatifyoucutyour
палец
fingerverydeeplywithaknife,itобычно
usuallybleeds;andshehadneverforgottenthat,
если
ifyoudrinkmuchfromabottlemarked“poison,”itisпочти
almostcertaintodisagreewithyou,рано
soonerorlater.However,this
бутылка
bottlewasnotmarked“poison,”soAliceventuredtotasteit,и
andfindingitverynice,(ithad,inсамом деле
fact,asortofmixedflavourofcherry-tart,custard,pine-apple,roastturkey,toffee,и
andhotbutteredtoast,)sheочень
verysoonfinisheditoff.“Whatacuriousfeeling!”
saidAlice;
“Imustbeshuttingup
как
likeatelescope.”Andsoitwas
действительно
indeed:shewasnowonly
десять
tenincheshigh,andherлицо
facebrightenedupatthethoughtчто
thatshewasnowtherightsizeforgoingчерез
throughthelittledoorintoчто
thatlovelygarden.First,however,shewaitedfora
несколько
fewminutestoseeifshewasgoingtoshrinkanyдальше
further:shefeltalittle
нервной
nervousaboutthis;“foritmightend,youknow,”saidAlicetoherself,“inmygoingoutaltogether,
как
likeacandle.IwonderwhatIshouldbelikethen?”
Andshetriedtofancywhatthe
пламя
flameofacandleisкак
likeafterthecandleisblownout,forshecouldnotвспомнить
remembereverhavingseensuchaвещь
thing.Afterawhile,finding
что
thatnothingmorehappened,shedecidedongoingintotheсад
gardenatonce;but,alasforpoorAlice!
когда
whenshegottothedoor,shefoundshehadforgottenthelittleзолотой
goldenkey,andwhenshewentbacktothetableforit,shefoundshecouldnotpossiblyдостичь
reachit:shecouldseeit
довольно
quiteplainlythroughtheglass,и
andshetriedherbesttoподняться
climbuponeofthelegsofthetable,но
butitwastooslippery;и
andwhenshehadtiredherselfoutwithtrying,thepoorlittlethingsatdownи
andcried.“Come,there’snouseincryinglikethat!”
saidAlicetoherself,
а
rathersharply;“Iadviseyouto
уйти
leaveoffthisminute!”She
как правило
generallygaveherselfverygoodсовет
advice,(thoughsheveryseldomfollowedit),и
andsometimesshescoldedherselfsoсильно
severelyastobringtearsintohereyes;и
andoncesherememberedtryingtoboxherownearsforhavingcheatedherselfinagameofcroquetshewasplayingпротив
againstherself,forthiscuriousребенок
childwasveryfondofpretendingtobetwopeople.“Butit’snousenow,”thoughtpoorAlice,“to
притворяться
pretendtobetwopeople!Почему
Why,there’shardlyenoughofmelefttoсделать
makeonerespectableperson!”Soonhereyefellonalittleglassboxthatwaslying
под
underthetable:sheopenedit,
и
andfoundinitaочень
verysmallcake,onwhichthewords“EATME”wereкрасиво
beautifullymarkedincurrants.“Well,I’lleatit,”saidAlice,“and
если
ifitmakesmegrowбольше
larger,Icanreachthekey;и
andifitmakesmegrowменьше
smaller,Icancreepundertheдверь
door;soeitherwayI’llgetinto
в
thegarden,andIdon’tcareчто
whichhappens!”Sheatealittlebit,
и
andsaidanxiouslytoherself,“Whichпуть
way?Whichway?”,holdingher
руку
handonthetopofherheadtoпочувствовать
feelwhichwayitwasgrowing,и
andshewasquitesurprisedtofindthatsheremainedtheже
samesize:tobesure,this
обычно
generallyhappenswhenoneeatsторт
cake,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
whenshelookeddownatherноги
feet,theyseemedtobeпочти
almostoutofsight,theyweregettingsofaroff).“Oh,my
бедные
poorlittlefeet,Iwonderкто
whowillputonyourтуфли
shoesandstockingsforyouтеперь
now,dears?I’msureIshan’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
headstruckagainsttheroofoftheзала
hall:infactshewas
теперь
nowmorethanninefeethigh,и
andsheatoncetookupthelittleзолотой
goldenkeyandhurriedofftothegardendoor.PoorAlice!
Itwasasmuchasshecould
сделать
do,lyingdownononeстороне
side,tolookthroughintotheсад
gardenwithoneeye;butto
получить
getthroughwasmorehopelessчем
thanever:shesatdown
и
andbegantocryagain.“Yououghttobe
стыдно
ashamedofyourself,”saidAlice,“agreatgirlкак
likeyou,”(shemightwellсказать
saythis),“togooncryinginthisобразом
way!Stopthismoment,Itellyou!”
Но
Butshewentonallthesame,sheddinggallonsoftears,пока
untiltherewasalargepoolвсе
allroundher,aboutfourinchesdeepи
andreachinghalfdowntheкоридору
hall.Afteratimesheheardalittlepatteringoffeetinthedistance,
и
andshehastilydriedhereyestoувидеть
seewhatwascoming.Itwasthe
Белый
WhiteRabbitreturning,splendidlydressed,с
withapairofwhitekidglovesinодной
onehandandalargeвентилятор
fanintheother:hecametrottingalongina
большой
greathurry,mutteringtohimselfashecame,“Oh!the
Герцогиня
Duchess,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.Alicetookupthe
вентилятор
fanandgloves,and,astheзал
hallwasveryhot,shekeptfanningherselfвсе
allthetimeshewentontalking:“Dear,
дорогой
dear!Howqueereverythingis
сегодня
to-day!Andyesterdaythingswentonjustas
обычно
usual.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,theMultiplication
Таблица
Tabledoesn’tsignify:let’stryGeography.
Londonisthe
столица
capitalofParis,andParisistheстолица
capitalofRome,andRome—no,that’sвсе
allwrong,I’mcertain!ImusthavebeenchangedforMabel!
I’lltry
и
andsay‘Howdoththelittle—’”и
andshecrossedherhandsonherколенях
lapasifsheweresayinglessons,и
andbegantorepeatit,но
buthervoicesoundedhoarseи
andstrange,andthewordsdidnotcometheже
sameastheyusedtoсделать
do:—.“Howdoththelittle
крокодил
crocodileImprovehisshiningtail,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,andwasgoingonshrinkingбыстро
rapidly:shesoonfoundout
что
thatthecauseofthiswastheвентилятор
fanshewasholding,andshedroppedithastily,justinраз
timetoavoidshrinkingawayaltogether.“Thatwasanarrowescape!”