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12 WHICH DREAMED IT? "YOUR Red Majesty shouldn't purr so loud,"Alice said,rubbing her eyes,and addressing the kitten,respectfully,yet with some severity "You woke me out of oh!such a nice dream!And you've been along with me,Kitty-all through the Looking-Glass world.Did you know it, dear? It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens(Alice had once made the remark)that,whatever you say to them,they always purr."If they would only purr for 'yes'and mew3 for 'no'or any rule of that sort," she had said,"so that one could keep up a conversation!But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing? On this occasion the kitten only purred:and it was impossible to guess whether it meant‘yes'or‘no'. So Alice hunted among the chessmen on the table till she had found the Red Queen:then she went down on her knees on the hearth-rug,and put the kitten and the Queen to look at each other.“Now,Kitty！”she cried,clapping her hands triumphantly."Confess5 that was what you turned into！” ("But it wouldn't look at it,she said,when she was explaining ·262· 第十二章 是谁做的梦？ “红王后陛下不该咪咪叫得这么响，”艾丽丝 揉揉眼睛，对小猫说，声调里有几分尊敬，也有 ①severity /sI'verit/n.严厉 几分严厉，“你把我从那么一个好梦里唤醒过 来！小猫，你一直跟我在一起，到镜子里游了一 趟。你知道吗，亲爱的？” 2 inconvenient (艾丽丝有一次说过)小猫都有一个习惯， /,nkan'vin13nt/a.不方 不管你跟它说什么，它总是咪咪叫，这很不方 便的 ③mew /mju:/i咪咪，喵哈 便。“如果咪咪叫表示‘是的’，喵喵叫表示 [猫叫声] ‘不是’，或者有别的什么规律，那就能继续谈话 了！但是它老是发出一个声音，你怎么能往下说 呢？” 这一次小猫只是咪咪叫，不可能猜出它到底 表示“是的”还是表示“不是”。 因此，艾丽丝在桌上的棋子里找来找去，把 红王后找了出来，然后在炉边地毯上跪下，把小 ④clap /klaep/拍手，鼓学 猫和王后摆在一起对视着，并洋洋得意地鼓掌喊 ⑤confess/kan'fes/承认， 坦白 叫：“小猫！该承认你就是变成她了吧！” (后来，艾丽丝在给她的姐姐讲述时说： ·263· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There the thing afterwards to her sister:"it turned away its head,and pretended not to see it:but it looked a little ashamed of itself,so I think it must have been the Red Queen.") “Sit up a little more stiffly①，dear！”Alice cried with a merry laugh."And curtsey while you're thinking what to-what to purr.It saves time,remember!"And she caught it up and gave it one little kiss,"just in honour of its having been a Red Queen." "Snowdrop,my pet!"she went on,looking over her shoulder at the White Kitten,which was still patiently undergoing its toilet,"when will Dinah have finished with your White Majesty,I wonder?That must be the reason you were so untidy in my dream.-Dinah!Do you ·264· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 “小猫看也不看王后一眼，它转过头去，假装没 有看见，但是它那样子有点害臊，因此我想它必 定是梦里的王后。”) (图略) “坐得更挺直一点，亲爱的！”艾丽丝乐得笑 ①stiffy'stn/ad生硬地， 挺直地 出声来。“在你想着要说…要咪咪些什么的时 候，先行屈膝礼。这样可以节约时间，记住！” 说完，她把小猫抱起来，亲了一下，“这是对你 曾经当过红王后表示的敬意。” “白雪，我的宝贝！”她转过头去，看看身后 的小白猫，只见它还在耐心地梳妆打扮，“黛娜 什么时候才能给白王后陛下梳洗完毕呢？我都觉 得奇怪，这大概是你在我的梦里那么邋漫的原因 ·265· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There know that you're scrubbing a White Queen?Really,it's most disrespectful of you！” “And what did Dinah turn to,I wonder?”she prattled②on,as she settled comfortably down,with one elbow on the rug,and her chin in her hand,to watch the kittens."Tell me,Dinah,did you turn to Humpty Dumpty?I think you did-however,you'd better not mention it to your friends just yet,for I'm not sure." "By the way,Kitty,if only you'd been really with me in my dream,there was one thing you would have enjoyed-I had such a quantity of poetry said to me,all about fishes!To-morrow morning you shall have a real treat.All the time you're eating your breakfast,I'll repeat 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'to you;and then you can make believe it's oysters,dear!" "Now,Kitty,let's consider who it was that dreamed it all.This is a serious question,my dear,and you should not go on licking3 your paw like that-as if Dinah hadn't washed you this morning!You see,Kitty, it must have been either me or the Red King.He was part of my dream, of course-but then I was part of his dream,too!Was it the Red King, Kitty?You were his wife,my dear,so you ought to know.-Oh, Kitty,do help to settle it!I'm sure your paw can wait!"But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw,and pretended it hadn't heard the question. Which do you think it was? ·266· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 ①scrub/skrAb/用力擦 吧。黛娜，你知道你在给白王后擦洗吗？真的， 洗，把…擦净 你这样做太失礼了！” 2 prattle/"pret/闲期 “我纳闷黛娜变成什么了？”艾丽丝舒舒服服 地坐下去，一只胳膊支在地毯上，下巴托在手心 里，一边注视着小猫，一边不停地说：“告诉我， 黛娜，你是不是变成矮梯胖梯了？我想是你。不 过最好别跟你的朋友说，因为我还不太肯定。” “另外，小猫，要是你真的在梦里跟我在一 起，有一件事你会高兴的，他们给我朗诵了那么 多诗歌，每一首都说到鱼。明天早上我会好好款 待你的。你吃早餐的时候，我给你背诵《海象和 木匠》，那时候，亲爱的，你就会以为你吃的是 牡蛎呢。” “小猫，咱们想想看到底是谁做的梦。这是 ickk/舔，吃 个严肃的问题，亲爱的，你不应该老是那样舔你 的爪子，似乎黛娜早晨没有给你洗过一样！你 看，小猫，不是我做的梦，就是红国王做的梦。 他当然是我梦里的人物，但是，我也是他梦里的 人物了！是红国王吗，小猫？你是他的妻子，亲 爱的，因此你应该知道…哎，小猫，千万帮我 4 provoking /prau'vaokin/ 解开这个谜！我肯定你的爪子不舔也没关系！” a令人生气的，激怒人的 但是，令人气恼的小猫又换一只爪子舔了起来， 假装它根本没有听见艾丽丝在说些什么。 你认为是谁做的梦呢？ ·267· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There A BOAT,beneath a sunny sky Lingering2 onward dreamily In an evening of July- Children three that nestle near, Eager eye and willing ear, Pleased a simple tale to hear- Long has paled that sunny sky: Echoes fade and memories die: Autumn frosts have slain July. Still she haunts me,phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes. Children yet,the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near. In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering ill the golden gleam Life,what is it but a dream? [the initial letters of this poem when read down ward give the full name of the original Alice,-Alice Pleasance Liddell.] ·268· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 ①beneath/bi'ni:θ/prep. 明媚天空下一条船， 在…下 2 lingering /'lgarig/a. 如梦如幻，轻盈飘荡， 绕心怀的，依依不舍的 七月的黄昏显昏黄。 三个儿童偎依在跟前， ③nestle /'nesl/以.偎依 急切的眼神，专注地倾听， 为一个简朴的故事动情。 明媚天空早已转灰暗， 回声已沉寂，记忆已消逝， 秋霜扼杀了七月的骄阳。 艾丽丝身影仍在眼前， ④haunt /h3:nt/g常出没于， 如在梦境里飘忽不定， 萦绕 醒来了却永难见。 孩子们仍想听故事， 急切的眼神，专注地倾听， 亲呢地偎依在跟前。 她们躺在奇境里， 在梦幻中打发时日， 5 wonderland /wAndalaend/ n(童话里的仙境 在梦幻中度过盛夏。 永远顺着小溪漂流， 沐浴在金色的阳光中， 生活，难道不像一场梦？ 6gleam/gli:m//u闪亮 闪烁 (这首诗每一行第一个英文字母联起来，便 组成了艾丽丝的姓和名一艾丽丝·普利桑斯·利 德尔。) ·269·