ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND 精彩片段：
CHAPTER IX
The Mock Turtles Story
`You cant think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing! said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alices, and they walked off together.
Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen.
`When IM a Duchess, she said to herself, (not in a very hopeful tone though), `I wont have any pepper in my kitchen AT ALL. Soup does very well without--Maybe its 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--and camomile that makes them bitter--and--and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that: then they wouldnt be so stingy about it, you know--
She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear. `Youre thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I cant tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit.
`Perhaps it hasnt one, Alice ventured to remark.
`Tut, tut, child! said the Duchess. `Everythings got a moral, if only you can find it. And she squeezed herself up closer to Alices side as she spoke.
Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, because the Duchess was VERY ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alices shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin. However, she did not like to be rude, so she bore it as well as she could.
`The games going on rather better now, she said, by way of keeping up the conversation a little.
`Tis so, said the Duchess: `and the moral of that is--"Oh, tis love, tis love, that makes the world go round!"
`Somebody said, Alice whispered, `that its done by everybody minding their own business!
`Ah, well! It means much the same thing, said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alices shoulder as she added, `and the moral of THAT is--"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
`How fond she is of finding morals in things! Alice thought to herself.
`I dare say youre wondering why I dont put my arm round your waist, the Duchess said after a pause: `the reason is, that Im doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?