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牛津英语书虫系列throughthelookingglass爱丽丝镜中世界奇遇记

ThroughtheLookingGlass

byLEWISCARROLL

CHAPTER1

Looking-Glasshouse

Onethingwascertain,thattheWHITEkittenhadhadnothingtodo

withit:

--itwastheblackkitten'sfaultentirely.Forthewhite

kittenhadbeenhavingitsfacewashedbytheoldcatforthelast

quarterofanhour（andbearingitprettywell,considering）;soyou

seethatitCOULDN'Thavehadanyhandinthemischief.

ThewayDinahwashedherchildren'sfaceswasthis:

firstsheheld

thepoorthingdownbyitsearwithonepaw,andthenwiththeother

pawsherubbeditsfaceallover,thewrongway,beginningatthe

nose:

andjustnow,asIsaid,shewashardatworkonthewhite

kitten,whichwaslyingquitestillandtryingtopurr--nodoubt

feelingthatitwasallmeantforitsgood.

Buttheblackkittenhadbeenfinishedwithearlierinthe

afternoon,andso,whileAlicewassittingcurledupinacornerof

thegreatarm-chair,halftalkingtoherselfandhalfasleep,the

kittenhadbeenhavingagrandgameofrompswiththeballofworsted

Alicehadbeentryingtowindup,andhadbeenrollingitupanddown

tillithadallcomeundoneagain;andthereitwas,spreadoverthe

hearth-rug,allknotsandtangles,withthekittenrunningafterits

owntailinthemiddle.

`Oh,youwickedlittlething!

'criedAlice,catchingupthekitten,

andgivingitalittlekisstomakeitunderstandthatitwasin

disgrace.`Really,Dinahoughttohavetaughtyoubettermanners!

YouOUGHT,Dinah,youknowyouought!

'sheadded,looking

reproachfullyattheoldcat,andspeakinginascrossavoiceasshe

couldmanage--andthenshescrambledbackintothearm-chair,

takingthekittenandtheworstedwithher,andbeganwindingupthe

ballagain.Butshedidn'tgetonveryfast,asshewastalkingall

thetime,sometimestothekitten,andsometimestoherself.Kitty

satverydemurelyonherknee,pretendingtowatchtheprogressof

thewinding,andnowandthenputtingoutonepawandgentlytouching

theball,asifitwouldbegladtohelp,ifitmight.

`Doyouknowwhatto-morrowis,Kitty?

'Alicebegan.`You'dhave

guessedifyou'dbeenupinthewindowwithme--onlyDinahwas

makingyoutidy,soyoucouldn't.Iwaswatchingtheboysgettingin

stickforthebonfire--anditwantsplentyofsticks,Kitty!

Only

itgotsocold,anditsnowedso,theyhadtoleaveoff.Nevermind,

Kitty,we'llgoandseethebonfireto-morrow.'HereAlicewoundtwo

orthreeturnsoftheworstedroundthekitten'sneck,justtosee

howitwouldlook:

thisledtoascramble,inwhichtheballrolled

downuponthefloor,andyardsandyardsofitgotunwoundagain.

`Doyouknow,Iwassoangry,Kitty,'Alicewentonassoonasthey

werecomfortablysettledagain,`whenIsawallthemischiefyouhad

beendoing,Iwasverynearlyopeningthewindow,andputtingyouout

intothesnow!

Andyou'dhavedeservedit,youlittlemischievous

darling!

Whathaveyougottosayforyourself?

Nowdon'tinterrupt

me!

'shewenton,holdinguponefinger.`I'mgoingtotellyouall

yourfaults.Numberone:

yousqueakedtwicewhileDinahwaswashing

yourfacethismorning.Nowyoucan'tdenyit,Kitty:

Iheardyou!

Whatthatyousay?

'（pretendingthatthekittenwasspeaking.）`Her

pawwentintoyoureye?

Well,that'sYOURfault,forkeepingyour

eyesopen--ifyou'dshutthemtightup,itwouldn'thavehappened.

Nowdon'tmakeanymoreexcuses,butlisten!

Numbertwo:

youpulled

SnowdropawaybythetailjustasIhadputdownthesaucerofmilk

beforeher!

What,youwerethirsty,wereyou?

Howdoyouknowshewasn'tthirstytoo?

Nowfornumberthree:

you

unwoundeverybitoftheworstedwhileIwasn'tlooking!

`That'sthreefaults,Kitty,andyou'venotbeenpunishedforany

ofthemyet.YouknowI'msavingupallyourpunishmentsfor

Wednesdayweek--SupposetheyhadsavedupallMYpunishments!

'she

wenton,talkingmoretoherselfthanthekitten.`WhatWOULDthey

doattheendofayear?

Ishouldbesenttoprison,Isuppose,when

thedaycame.Or--letmesee--supposeeachpunishmentwastobe

goingwithoutadinner:

then,whenthemiserabledaycame,Ishould

havetogowithoutfiftydinnersatonce!

Well,Ishouldn'tmind

THATmuch!

I'dfarrathergowithoutthemthaneatthem!

`Doyouhearthesnowagainstthewindow-panes,Kitty?

Hownice

andsoftitsounds!

Justasifsomeonewaskissingthewindowall

overoutside.IwonderifthesnowLOVESthetreesandfields,that

itkissesthemsogently?

Andthenitcoversthemupsnug,youknow,

withawhitequilt;andperhapsitsays,"Gotosleep,darlings,till

thesummercomesagain."Andwhentheywakeupinthesummer,Kitty,

theydressthemselvesallingreen,anddanceabout--wheneverthe

windblows--oh,that'sverypretty!

'criedAlice,droppingtheball

ofworstedtoclapherhands.`AndIdosoWISHitwastrue!

I'm

surethewoodslooksleepyintheautumn,whentheleavesaregetting

brown.

`Kitty,canyouplaychess?

Now,don'tsmile,mydear,I'masking

itseriously.Because,whenwewereplayingjustnow,youwatched

justasifyouunderstoodit:

andwhenIsaid"Check!

"youpurred!

Well,itWASanicecheck,Kitty,andreallyImighthavewon,ifit

hadn'tbeenforthatnastyKnight,thatcamewigglingdownamongmy

pieces.Kitty,dear,let'spretend--'AndhereIwishIcouldtell

youhalfthethingsAliceusedtosay,beginningwithherfavourite

phrase`Let'spretend.'Shehadhadquitealongargumentwithher

sisteronlythesaybefore--allbecauseAlicehadbegunwith`Let's

pretendwe'rekingsandqueens;'andhersister,wholikedbeingvery

exact,hadarguedthattheycouldn't,becausetherewereonlytwoof

them,andAlicehadbeenreducedatlasttosay,`Well,YOUcanbe

oneofthemthen,andI'LLbealltherest."Andonceshehadreally

frightenedheroldnursebyshoutingsuddenlyinherear,`nurse!

Dolet'spretendthatI'mahungryhyaena,andyou'reabone.'

ButthisistakingusawayfromAlice'sspeechtothekitten.

`Let'spretendthatyou'retheRedQueen,Kitty!

Doyouknow,I

thinkifyousatupandfoldedyourarms,you'dlookexactlylike

her.Nowdotry,there'sadear!

'AndAlicegottheRedQueenoff

thetable,andsetitupbeforethekittenasamodelforitto

imitate:

however,thethingdidn'tsucceed,principally,Alicesaid,

becausethekittenwouldn'tfolditsarmsproperly.So,topunishit,

sheheldituptotheLooking-glass,thatitmightseehowsulkyit

was--`andifyou'renotgooddirectly,'sheadded,`I'llputyou

throughintoLooking-glassHouse.HowwouldyoulikeTHAT?

'

`Now,ifyou'llonlyattend,Kitty,andnottalksomuch,I'lltell

youallmyideasaboutLooking-glassHouse.First,there'stheroom

youcanseethroughtheglass--that'sjustthesameasourdrawing

room,onlythethingsgotheotherway.IcanseeallofitwhenI

getuponachair--allbutthebitbehindthefireplace.Oh!

Ido

sowishIcouldseeTHATbit!

Iwantsomuchtoknowwhetherthey've

afireinthewinter:

youneverCANtell,youknow,unlessourfire

smokes,andthensmokecomesupinthatroomtoo--butthatmaybe

onlypretence,justtomakeitlookasiftheyhadafire.Well

then,thebooksaresomethinglikeourbooks,onlythewordsgothe

wrongway;Iknowthat,becauseI'vehelduponeofourbookstothe

glass,andthentheyholduponeintheotherroom.

`HowwouldyouliketoliveinLooking-glassHouse,Kitty?

I

wonderifthey'dgiveyoumilkinthere?

PerhapsLooking-glassmilk

isn'tgoodtodrink--Butoh,Kitty!

nowwecometothepassage.

YoucanjustseealittlePEEPofthepassageinLooking-glassHouse,

ifyouleavethedoorofourdrawing-roomwideopen:

andit'svery

likeourpassageasfarasyoucansee,onlyyouknowitmaybequite

differentonbeyond.Oh,Kitty!

howniceitwouldbeifwecould

onlygetthroughintoLooking-glassHouse!

I'msureit'sgot,oh!

suchbeautifulthingsinit!

Let'spretendthere'sawayofgettingthroughintoit,somehow,

Kitty.Let'spretendtheglasshasgotallsoftlikegauze,sothat

wecangetthrough.Why,it'sturningintoasortofmistnow,I

declare!

It'llbeeasyenoughtogetthrough--'Shewasuponthe

chimney-piecewhileshesaidthis,thoughshehardlyknewhowshehad

gotthere.AndcertainlytheglassWASbeginningtomeltaway,just

likeabrightsilverymist.

InanothermomentAlicewasthroughtheglass,andhadjumped

lightlydownintotheLooking-glassroom.Theveryfirstthingshe

didwastolookwhethertherewasafireinthefireplace,andshe

wasquitepleasedtofindthattherewasarealone,blazingawayas

brightlyastheoneshehadleftbehind.`SoIshallbeaswarmhere

asIwasintheoldroom,'thoughtAlice:

`warmer,infact,because

there'llbenooneheretoscoldmeawayfromthefire.Oh,whatfun

it'llbe,whentheyseemethroughtheglassinhere,andcan'tget

atme!

'

Thenshebeganlookingabout,andnoticedthatwhatcouldbeseen

fromtheoldroomwasquitecommonanduninteresting,butthatall

therestwasadifferentaspossible.Forinstance,thepictureson

thewallnextthefireseemedtobeallalive,andtheveryclockon

thechimney-piece（youknowyoucanonlyseethebackofitinthe

Looking-glass）hadgotthefaceofalittleoldman,andgrinnedat

her.

`Theydon'tkeepthisroomsotidyastheother,'Alicethoughtto

herself,asshenoticedseveralofthechessmendowninthehearth

amongthecinders:

butinanothermoment,withalittle`Oh!

'of

surprise,shewasdownonherhandsandkneeswatchingthem.The

chessmenwerewalkingabout,twoandtwo!

`HerearetheRedKingandtheRedQueen,'Alicesaid（ina