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“在这儿！”爱丽丝喊道，她完全忘了在刚才的混乱时刻，她已经长得很大了。她过于急促地站起来，竟弄得裙边掀动了陪审员席，把陪审员们翻倒在下面听众的头上，害得他们在人头上爬来爬去，这情景使爱丽丝想起一星期前她偶然打翻金鱼缸的事。 Oh, i beg your pardon!' she exclaimed in a tone of greatdismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could,for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, andshe had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at onceand put back into the jury-box, or they would die. “啊，请大家原谅！”爱丽丝极其尴尬地说，一面尽快地把陪审员们扶回原位，因为对金鱼缸的事情的回忆还在她头脑回旋，使她隐约地意识到如果不立即把陪审员放回席位上，它们会死去的， The trial cannot proceed,' said the king in a very gravevoice, until all the jurymen are back in their proper places--all,' he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at alice ashe said do. 这时，国王庄重地宣称：“审讯暂停，直至全体陪审员返回原位。”他说得那么使劲儿，眼睛严厉地盯着爱丽丝。 Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, shehad put the lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thingwas waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unableto move. She soon got it out again, and put it right; not thatit signifies much,' she said to herself; i should think itwould be quite as much use in the trial one way up as the other.' 爱丽丝看着陪审员席，发现由于自己的疏忽，竟将壁虎头朝下放上了。那个可怜的小东西无力动弹，只是滑稽地摇摆着尾巴。爱丽丝立即把它拾起来放正。爱丽丝想，“如果没有重大变故，壁虎还会同其它陪审员一样，发挥重大作用的。” As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock ofbeing upset, and their slates and pencils had been found andhanded back to them, they set to work very diligently to writeout a history of the accident, all except the lizard, who seemedtoo much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open,gazing up into the roof of the court. 等到陪审员们镇定下来，纸板和铅笔也都找到了以后，它们立即勤奋地工作起来了。首先是记下刚才事故的历史。只有壁虎除外，它已经精疲力尽，不能干任何事情了，只是张着嘴坐着，两眼无力地望着法庭的屋顶。 
国王开口了：“你对这个案子知道些什么？” Nothing,' said alice. “什么也不知道。”爱丽丝回答。 Nothing whatever?' persisted the king. “任何事也不知道？”国王再问。 Nothing whatever,' said alice. “任何事也不知道。”爱丽丝答。 That's very important,' the king said, turning to the jury.they were just beginning to write this down on their slates, whenthe white rabbit interrupted: unimportant, your majesty means,of course,' he said in a very respectful tone, but frowning andmaking faces at him as he spoke. “这点很重要。”国王对陪审员们说。陪审员们正在把这些问答记在纸板上，白兔忽然插嘴说：“陛下的意思当然是不重要。”它用十分尊敬的口气，同时对国王挤眉弄眼的。 
国王赶快把话接过来：“当然，我的意思是不重要。”接着又低声亩语，“重要……不重要……不重要……重要”--好像在反复推敲词句。 Some of the jury wrote it down important,' and someunimportant.' alice could see this, as she was near enough tolook over their slates; but it doesn't matter a bit,' shethought to herself. 有些陪审员记下了“重要”，有些写了“不重要”。爱丽丝离陪审员们很近，它们在纸板上记的字她都看得一清二楚。心想：“反正怎么写都没关系。” At this moment the king, who had been for some time busilywriting in his note-book, cackled out silence!' and read outfrom his book, rule forty-two. All persons more than a milehigh to leave the court.' 国王一直忙着在记事本上写什么？这时他高声喊道：“保持肃静！”然后他看着本子宣读：“第四十二条，所有身高一英里以上者退出法庭。” Everybody looked at alice. 大家都望着爱丽丝。 I'm not a mile high,' said alice. “我不到一英里高。”爱丽丝说， 
“你够了。”国王又说， Nearly two miles high,' added the queen. “将近两英里了。”王后插话说。 Well, i shan't go, at any rate,' said alice: besides,that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.' “不管怎么说，我反正不走，”爱丽丝说，“再说，那根本不是一条正式规定，是你在这儿临时发明出来的。” It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the king. “这是书里最老的一条规定。”国王说。 Then it ought to be number one,' said alice. “那么这应该是第一条呀。”爱丽丝说。 
国王脸色苍白，急忙合上了本子，他以发抖的声调低声对陪审美说：“请考虑评审意见。” There's more evidence to come yet, please your majesty,' saidthe white rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry; this paper hasjust been picked up.' “陛下，好了，又发现新的证据了。”白兔急忙跳起来说，“这是才拾到的一张纸。” What's in it?' said the queen. “里面说什么？”王后问。 I haven't opened it yet,' said the white rabbit, but it seemsto be a letter, written by the prisoner to--to somebody.' 白兔回答：“我还没打开来呢？但是看来是一封信，是那个罪犯写给……给一个什么人的。” It must have been that,' said the king, unless it waswritten to nobody, which isn't usual, you know.' “肯定是这样，”国王说，“除非它不是写给任何人的，而这不合情理。” 
“信写给谁的？”一个陪审员问。 It isn't directed at all,' said the white rabbit; in fact,there's nothing written on the outside.' he unfolded the paperas he spoke, and added it isn't a letter, after all: it's a setof verses.' “它不是写给谁的，事实上，外面什么也没写，”白兔一面说，一面打开摺叠的纸，又说，“根本不是信，而是一首诗。” Are they in the prisoner's handwriting?' asked another ofthey jurymen. “是那罪犯的笔迹吗？”另一个陪审员问。 No, they're not,' said the white rabbit, and that's thequeerest thing about it.' (the jury all looked puzzled.) “不是的，这真是奇怪的事。”白兔说。这时陪审员全都感到莫名其妙。 He must have imitated somebody else's hand,' said the king.(the jury all brightened up again.) “一定是他模仿了别人的笔迹。”国王这么一说，陪审员全都醒悟过来了。 
这时，武士开口了：“陛下，这不是我写的，他们也不能证实是我写的。末尾并没有签名。” If you didn't sign it,' said the king, that only makes thematter worse. You must have meant some mischief, or else you'dhave signed your name like an honest man.' “如果你没有签名，”国玉说，“只能说明情节更恶劣。这意味着你的狡猾，否则你就应该像一个诚实的人那样，签上你的名字。” There was a general clapping of hands at this: it was thefirst really clever thing the king had said that day. 对此，出现了一片掌声。这真是那天国王所讲的第一句聪明话。 That proves his guilt,' said the queen. “那就证明了他犯罪。”王后说。 It proves nothing of the sort!' said alice. Why, you don'teven know what they're about!' 爱丽丝却说：“这证明不了什么！啊，你们甚至不知道这首诗写的是什么呀！” 
“快读一读！”国王命令道。 The white rabbit put on his spectacles. Where shall i begin,please your majesty?' he asked. 白兔戴上了眼镜，问道，“我该从哪儿开始呢？陛下。” Begin at the beginning,' the king said gravely, and go ontill you come to the end: then stop.' these were the verses the white rabbit read:-- “从开始的地方开始吧，一直读到末尾，然后停止。”国王郑重地说。下面就是白兔所读的诗句： They told me you had been to her, and mentioned me to him:she gave me a good character, but said i could not swim. “他们说你先是对她，后又对他谈到了我。她给我良好的赞誉，但却说我不会游水。 He sent them word i had not gone (we know it to be true):if she should push the matter on, what would become of you? “他捎话说我没有前往，我们知道这并非撒谎。假如她竟然把事情推进，你又当处于何种景况？ 
我给她一个，他们给他一双，你给我们三个或者两双，它们都从他那里归于你方，反正从前都是我的，一样一样。 If i or she should chance to be involved in this affair,he trusts to you to set them free, exactly as we were. “假如我或她竟然会掉进这个是非漩涡，他请你解除他的冤枉，就如我们早先的期望。 My notion was that you had been (before she had this fit)an obstacle that came between him, and ourselves, and it. “我的想法就是你的那样，也就是她有过的诗章，你在他和我们之间，早已成了难越的屏障。 Don't let him know she liked them best, for this must ever bea secret, kept from all the rest, between yourself and me.' “切勿告诉他：她最喜欢他们，这必须永远是个秘密。也切勿告诉其他人，只在你我之间。” That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet,'said the king, rubbing his hands; so now let the jury--' “这是我们听到的最重要的证据了，”国王擦着手说，“现在请陪审员……” 
“如果有谁能解释这些诗，我愿意给他六十便士，我认为这些诗没有任何意义。”爱丽丝这么说。（就在刚才的那一瞬间，她已经长得十分巨大，所以她一点也不怕打断国王的话。） The jury all wrote down on their slates, she doesn't believethere's an atom of meaning in it,' but none of them attempted toexplain the paper. 陪审员都在纸板上写下：“她相信这些诗没有任何意义。”但是他们中没有一个试图解释一下这些诗。 If there's no meaning in it,' said the king, that saves aworld of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. Andyet i don't know,' he went on, spreading out the verses on hisknee, and looking at them with one eye; i seem to see somemeaning in them, after all. "--said i could not swim--" youcan't swim, can you?' he added, turning to the knave. “如果诗里没有任何意义，”国王说，“那就免除了许多麻烦。你知道，我们并不要找出什么意义，而且我也不懂什么意义。”国王说着，把这些诗摊开在膝上，用一只眼睛看着说，“我终于明白了其中的一些意义--‘说我不会游水’一-就是说你不会游水，是吗，”国王对着武士说。 The knave shook his head sadly. Do i look like it?' he said.(which he certainly did not, being made entirely of cardboard.) 武士伤心地摇摇头说：“我像会游水的吗？”（他肯定不会游水的，因为他全部是由硬纸片做成的。） All right, so far,' said the king, and he went on mutteringover the verses to himself: "we know it to be true--" that'sthe jury, of course-- "i gave her one, they gave him two--" why,that must be what he did with the tarts, you know--' “现在全对了，”国王说，一面又继续嘟嚷着这些诗句：“我们知道这并非撒谎’--这当然是指陪审员的--‘我给她一个，他们给他一双’--看，这肯定是指偷的馅饼了，是吗？……” 
“但后面说‘它们都从他那里归于你方。’”爱丽丝说。 Why, there they are!' said the king triumphantly, pointing tothe tarts on the table. Nothing can be clearer than that.then again--"before she had this fit--" you never had fits, mydear, i think?' he said to the queen. “是啊，它们都在，没有比这更清楚的了。”国王手指着桌上的馅饼，得意地说，“那么再看：‘也就是她有过的诗章，’亲爱的，我想你没有过诗章吧？”他对王后说。 Never!' said the queen furiously, throwing an inkstand at thelizard as she spoke. (the unfortunate little bill had left offwriting on his slate with one finger, as he found it made nomark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that wastrickling down his face, as long as it lasted.) “从来没有！”王后狂怒着说，并把桌上的墨水缸扔到了壁虎比尔的身上。那个不幸的比尔已经不再用手指在纸板上写字了，因为他发现这样是写不出宇来的。但是现在他又急忙蘸着脸上的墨水写了。 Then the words don't fit you,' said the king, looking roundthe court with a smile. There was a dead silence. “这话没有湿胀（‘诗章’的谐音一-译者注）你吧！”国王带着微笑环视着法庭说。但是法庭上一片寂静。 It's a pun!' the king added in an offended tone, andeverybody laughed, let the jury consider their verdict,' theking said, for about the twentieth time that day. “这算一句俏皮话吧！”国王发怒了，而大家却笑了起来。“让陪审员考虑评审意见。”国王这天人约是第二十次说这话了。 
“不，不，”王后说，“应该先判决，后评审。” Stuff and nonsense!' said alice loudly. The idea of havingthe sentence first!' “愚蠢的废话，竟然先判决！”爱丽丝大声说。 Hold your tongue!' said the queen, turning purple. “住嘴！”王后气得脸色都发紫了。 I won't!' said alice. “我偏不！”艾丽丝毫不示弱地回答。 Off with her head!' the queen shouted at the top of her voice.nobody moved. “砍掉她的头！”王后声嘶力竭地喊道。但是没有一个人动一动。 
“谁理你呢？”爱丽丝说，这时她已经恢复到本来的身材了，“你们只不过是一副纸牌！” At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flyingdown upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and halfof anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying onthe bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gentlybrushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from thetrees upon her face. 这时，整副纸牌上升到空中，然后又飞落在她身上，她发出一小声尖叫，既惊又怒，她正在把这些纸牌扬去，却发觉自己躺在河岸边，头还枕在姐姐的腿上，而姐姐正在轻轻地拿掉落在她脸上的枯叶。 Wake up, alice dear!' said her sister; why, what a longsleep you've had!' “醒醒吧，亲爱的爱丽丝，”她姐姐说，“看，你睡了多久啦！” Oh, i've had such a curious dream!' said alice, and she toldher sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strangeadventures of hers that you have just been reading about; andwhen she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, it was acurious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it'sgetting late.' so alice got up and ran off, thinking while sheran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been. “啊，我做了个多奇怪的梦啊！”爱丽丝尽她所记忆的，把那些奇怪的经历，告诉了姐姐。也就是你刚才读过的那些。当她说完了，姐姐吻了她一下说：“这真是奇怪的梦，亲爱的，但是现在快去喝茶吧，天已经不早了。”于是爱丽丝站起来走了，一面走，一面还费劲地想，她做了个多奇妙的梦呀！ But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning herhead on her hand, watching the setting sun, and thinking oflittle alice and all her wonderful adventures, till she too begandreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream:-- 爱丽丝走后，她姐姐仍静坐在那里，头向前支在一只手上，望着西下的夕阳，想着小爱丽丝和她梦中的奇幻经历，然后自己进人了梦乡。下面就是她的梦。 
开始，她梦见了小爱丽丝本人，又一次双手抱住了膝盖，用明亮而热切的眼光仰视着她。她听到小爱丽丝的声音，看到了她的头微微一摆，把蓬乱的头发摆顺了些，这是她常常见到的情景。当她听着、听着爱丽丝说的话时，周围的环境随着她小妹妹梦中的那些奇异动物的降临而活跃起来了。 The long grass rustled at her feet as the white rabbit hurriedby--the frightened mouse splashed his way through theneighbouring pool--she could hear the rattle of the teacups asthe march hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal,and the shrill voice of the queen ordering off her unfortunateguests to execution--once more the pig-baby was sneezing on theduchess's knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it--oncemore the shriek of the gryphon, the squeaking of the lizard'sslate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs,filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserablemock turtle. 白兔跳来蹦去，弄得她脚下的洞草沙沙作响，受惊的老鼠在邻近的洞穴间穿来穿去，不时扬起一股尘土。她还听到三月兔同它的朋友们共享着没完没了的美餐时碰击茶杯的声音，以及王后命令处决她的不幸客人的尖叫声。同时也听到猪孩子在公爵夫人腿上打喷嚏，以及盘碗的摔碎声。甚至听到鹰头狮的尖叫，壁虎写字时的沙沙声，被制裁的豚鼠的挣扎声等等。这种种声音充满了空间，还混杂着远处传来的素甲鱼那悲哀的抽泣声。 So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself inwonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, andall would change to dull reality--the grass would be onlyrustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of thereeds--the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells, and the queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherdboy--and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the gryphon, andall thy other queer noises, would change (she knew) to theconfused clamour of the busy farm-yard--while the lowing of thecattle in the distance would take the place of the mock turtle'sheavy sobs. 于是她将身子坐正，闭着眼睛，半信半疑自己真的到了奇境世界。尽管她知道只是重温一个旧梦，而一切都仍会返回现实：蒿草只是迎风作响，池水的波纹摆动了芦苇。茶杯的碰击声实际是羊颈上的铃铛声，王后的尖叫起源于牧童的吃喝。猪孩子的喷嚏声，鹰头狮的尖叫声和各种奇声怪音，原来只是农村中繁忙季节的各种喧闹声。而远处耕牛的低吟，在梦中变成素甲鱼的哀泣。 Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister ofhers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and howshe would keep, through all her riper years, the simple andloving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather abouther other little children, and make their eyes bright and eagerwith many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream ofwonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all theirsimple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys,remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. 最后，她想像了这样的情景：她的这位小妹妹，以后将成为一位妇女。而她将会毕生保留着童年时的纯洁珍爱之心。她还会逗引孩童们，用许多奇异的故事，或许就是许久以前的这个梦游奇境，使得他们眼睛变得更加明亮热切。她也将共享儿童们纯洁的烦恼，因为这些烦恼就存在于她自己的童年，以及那愉快的夏日回忆之中。 | 
