The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each

第五章建议从毛毛虫

other for some time in silence: at last the

毛毛虫和爱丽丝面面相觑

Caterpillar took the hookah out of its

其他一些在沉默时间：在最后

mouth, and addressed her in a languid,

毛毛虫从水烟其

sleepy voice.

口，解决了她懒洋洋的，

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

困倦的声音。

This was not an encouraging opening for a

'你是谁？'毛毛虫说。

conversation.

这不是一个令人鼓舞的开放一

Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I--I hardly

谈话。

know, sir, just at present--at least I know

爱丽丝回答，而是不好意思地，'我 - 我很难

who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I

知道呀，只是现在 - 至少我知道

think I must have been changed several

我是谁，当我今天早上起床，但我

times since then.'

想我就变几个

'What do you mean by that?' said the

从那时起时代。'

Caterpillar sternly.

你这是什么意思？'之称的

'Explain yourself!'

毛毛虫严厉。

'I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir'

'你说清楚点！

said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you

'我无法解释我，我害怕，主席先生'

see.'

爱丽丝说，'因为我已经不是我自己，你

'I don't see,' said the Caterpillar.

看不见的。

'I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,'

'我不看，'毛毛虫说。

Alice replied very politely, 'for I can't

'我怕我不能说得更清楚，'

understand it myself to begin with; and

爱丽丝非常有礼貌地回答，'因为我不能

being so many different sizes in a day is

明白是怎么开始的;及

very confusing.'

而在一天这么多不同的大小是

'It isn't,' said the Caterpillar.

很混乱。'

'Well, perhaps you haven't found it so

'这是不是'毛毛虫说。

yet,' said Alice; 'but when you have to

'好吧，也许你还没有发现自己这么

turn into a chrysalis--you will some day,

然而，爱丽丝说，'但是当你要

you know--and then after that into a

转成蛹 - 你将有一天，

butterfly, I should think you'll feel it a

你知道 - 然后再变成一个

little queer, won't you?'

蝴蝶，我想你会感到

'Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar.

有点奇怪，不是吗？'

'Well, perhaps your feelings may be

'一点也不，'毛毛虫说。

different,' said Alice; 'all I know is, it

嗯，可能你的感觉是

would feel very queer to ME.'

不同，爱丽丝说，'我知道的是，它

'You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously.

会觉得很奇怪给我。

'Who are YOU?'

'你！'毛毛虫轻蔑地说。

Which brought them back again to the

'你是谁？'

beginning of the conversation.

其中又把他们带回的

Alice felt a little irritated at the

开始谈话。

Caterpillar's making such VERY short

爱丽丝感到有点恼火在

remarks, and she drew herself up and said,

卡特彼勒的那些非常短

very gravely, 'I think, you ought to tell

发言，她挺直了身子，说：

me who YOU are, first.'

非常严重，'我想，你应该告诉

'Why?' said the Caterpillar.

我你是谁，第一。'

Here was another puzzling question; and as

'为什么？'毛毛虫说。

Alice could not think of any good reason,

这里是另一个令人困惑的问题，并且随着

and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in a

爱丽丝想不出什么好理由，

VERY unpleasant state of mind, she turned

和毛毛虫似乎是在一

away.

很不高兴的，她转身

'Come back!' the Caterpillar called after

离开。

her.

'回来吧！'毛毛虫后调用

'I've something important to say!'

她。

This sounded promising, certainly: Alice

'我说一些重要的事情！

turned and came back again.

这听起来有希望的，当然：爱丽丝

'Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar.

转身又回来了。

'Is that all?' said Alice, swallowing down

'让你的脾气，'毛毛虫说。

her anger as well as she could.

'是这样吗？'爱丽丝说，忍住

'No,' said the Caterpillar.

她的愤怒以及她。

Alice thought she might as well wait, as

'不，'毛毛虫说。

she had nothing else to do, and perhaps

爱丽丝想，她还不如等待，因为

after all it might tell her something worth

她没有别的事情做，也许

hearing.

毕竟它可能会告诉她什么值得

For some minutes it puffed away without

听证会。

speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms,

对于某些分钟膨化离开，不

took the hookah out of its mouth again, and

发言，但最后它松开胳膊，

said, 'So you think you're changed, do

采取了嘴里拿出了水烟管一遍，

you?'

说：'你以为你改变了，做

'I'm afraid I am, sir,' said Alice; 'I

你呢？

can't remember things as I used--and I

'我怕我，先生，'爱丽丝说，'我

don't keep the same size for ten minutes

想不起来的东西为我所用 - 我

together!'

不保持相同大小的十分钟

'Can't remember WHAT things?' said the

一起！

Caterpillar.

'不能忘了些什么？'之称的

'Well, I've tried to say "HOW DOTH THE

卡特彼勒。

LITTLE BUSY BEE," but it all came

好吧，我想对我说：“怎样保养它

different!'

小蜜蜂“，但它一下子

Alice replied in a very melancholy voice.

不同的！

'Repeat, "YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,"'

爱丽丝回答，在一个非常忧郁的声音。

said the Caterpillar.

'重复，“你是老了，威廉爸爸，”'

Alice folded her hands, and began:--

毛毛虫说。

| 'You are old, Father William,'

爱丽丝把双手交叉放好，开始： -

| the young man said,

|'你已经老啦，威廉爸爸，'

| 'And your hair has become very white;

|这个年轻人说：

| And yet you incessantly

|'和你的头发变得很白;

| stand on your head--

|而你仍然不断

| Do you think, at your age, it is right?'

|站在你的头上 -

| 'In my youth,' Father William

|你觉得在你的年纪，这是正确的'？

| replied to his son,

|'我年轻的时候，'威廉爸爸

| I feared it might injure the brain;

|回答儿子，

| But, now that I'm perfectly sure

|我担心这可能会伤害到大脑;

| I have none,

|但是，现在我非常肯定

| Why, I do it again and again.'

|我没有，

| 'You are old,' said the youth,

|为什么，我一次又一次地这样做'。

| 'as I mentioned before,

|'你已经老啦，'年轻人说，

| And have grown most uncommonly fat;

|'正如我以前所说，

| Yet you turned a back-somersault

|和你已经变得非常肥胖;

| in at the door--

|可是你一个背空翻

| Pray, what is the reason of that?'

|进门 -

| 'In my youth,' said the sage,

|祷告，那是什么原因'？

| as he shook his grey locks,

|'我年轻的时候，'之称的圣人，

| 'I kept all my limbs very supple

|因为他摇摇满头白发，

| By the use of this ointment--

|'我把我的四肢非常柔软

| one shilling the box--

|由使用该药膏 -

| Allow me to sell you a couple?'

|一先令的盒子 -

| 'You are old,' said the youth,

|请允许我向你推销一对夫妇'？

| 'and your jaws are too weak

|'你已经老啦，'年轻人说，

| For anything tougher than suet;

|'和你的下巴太软弱

| Yet you finished the goose,

|对于只能喝些稀;

| with the bones and the beak--

|然而，你完成了鹅，

| Pray how did you manage to do it?'

|连骨带喙 -

| 'In my youth,' said his father,

|祷告你是怎么做的呢'？

| 'I took to the law,

|'我年轻的时候，'说，他的父亲，

| And argued each case with my wife;

|'我走上了法律，

| And the muscular strength,

|和我的妻子认为每个案件;

| which it gave to my jaw,

|和肌肉力量，

| Has lasted the rest of my life.'

|它送给我的下巴，

| 'You are old,' said the youth,

|有持续了我的余生'。

| 'one would hardly suppose

|'你已经老啦，'年轻人说，

| That your eye was as steady as ever;

|'很难想象

| Yet you balanced an eel

|那你的眼睛和以往一样稳定;

| on the end of your nose--

|可是你鳗鱼

| What made you so awfully clever?'

|在你的鼻尖 -

| 'I have answered three questions,

|是什么让你这么非常聪明'？

| and that is enough,'

|'我已经回答了三个问题，

| Said his father;

|这是不够的，'

| 'don't give yourself airs!

|说他的父亲;

| Do you think I can listen

|'别给自己架子！

| all day to such stuff?

|你觉得我可以听

| Be off, or I'll kick you

|整天这样的东西？

| down stairs!'

|滚开，不然我就踢你

'That is not said right,' said the

|下楼梯'！

Caterpillar.

'这是不是说的对，'之称的

'Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice,

卡特彼勒。

timidly; 'some of the words have got

'不很正确，我很害怕，爱丽丝说，

altered.'

羞怯地对有些字已经得到了

'It is wrong from beginning to end,' said

改变。'

the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was

'这是错误的，从开始到结束，'说

silence for some minutes.

卡特彼勒果断，并有

The Caterpillar was the first to speak.

沉默了几分钟。

'What size do you want to be?' it asked.

卡特彼勒是第一个发言。

'Oh, I'm not particular as to size,' Alice

'你要什么尺寸的？'它问道。

hastily replied; 'only one doesn't like

'噢，我不是特别的大小，爱丽丝

changing so often, you know.'

急忙回答，'只有一个不喜欢

'I DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar.

变来变去的，这你知道。

Alice said nothing: she had never been so

'我不知道，'毛毛虫说。

much contradicted in her life before, and

爱丽丝不说话：她从来没有这么

she felt that she was losing her temper.

许多矛盾在她的生活之前，和

'Are you content now?' said the

她觉得，她发脾气了。

Caterpillar.

'你满意了吧？'之称的

'Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger,

卡特彼勒。

sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice:

好吧，我要成为一个大一点，

'three inches is such a wretched height to

主席先生，如果你不介意，爱丽丝说：

be.'

'像这样三英寸高，太可怜

'It is a very good height indeed!' said the

是。'

Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright

'这是一个非常合适的高度真的！'之称的

as it spoke (it was exactly three inches

卡特彼勒愤怒，饲养挺直了身子

high).

在她说话（这正好是三英寸

'But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor

高）。

Alice in a piteous tone.

'但我不习惯吧！'承认穷人

And she thought of herself, 'I wish the

爱丽丝在一个可怜的基调。

creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!'

而她对自己想，'我希望

'You'll get used to it in time,' said the

动物会不会那么容易生气！

Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its

'你会习惯的时间吧，'之称的

mouth and began smoking again.

卡特彼勒，并把其纳入水烟

This time Alice waited patiently until it

嘴里抽起来了。

chose to speak again.

这次，爱丽丝耐心等待，直到

In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the

选择再次发言。

hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or

在一两分钟的毛毛虫从

twice, and shook itself.

水烟出它的嘴，打了个哈欠一次或

Then it got down off the mushroom, and

两次，抖了抖身子。

crawled away in the grass, merely remarking

然后从蘑菇上下来，和

as it went, 'One side will make you grow

在草丛中爬了，只是的议论

taller, and the other side will make you

它所到之处，'一边会使你长

grow shorter.'

高，另一边会使你

'One side of WHAT?

变矮。'

The other side of WHAT?' thought Alice to

'一边是什么？

herself.

另一边是什么？'思想爱丽丝

'Of the mushroom,' said the Caterpillar,

她自己。

just as if she had asked it aloud; and in

对蘑菇，毛毛虫说，

another moment it was out of sight.

就好像她在问它大声;和

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the

一刹那就不见了。

mushroom for a minute, trying to make out

爱丽丝若有所思地端详着在

which were the two sides of it; and as it

一分钟蘑菇，试图弄清楚

was perfectly round, she found this a very

其中它的两岸，并且随着它

difficult question.

圆，她发现这是一个非常

However, at last she stretched her arms

棘手的问题。

round it as far as they would go, and broke

然而，最后，她伸出她的手臂

off a bit of the edge with each hand.

绕着它据他们会去，并打破了

'And now which is which?' she said to

引发了与每一手边。

herself, and nibbled a little of the right-

'现在，哪个是哪个？'她说：

hand bit to try the effect: the next moment

她自己，然后啃了正确的鲜为人知

she felt a violent blow underneath her

手位试试效果：下一刻

chin: it had struck her foot!

她觉得她的下一个猛烈的一击

She was a good deal frightened by this very

下巴：它撞上了她的脚！

sudden change, but she felt that there was

她是一个很好的协议本非常害怕

no time to be lost, as she was shrinking

突然改变，但她认为有

rapidly; so she set to work at once to eat

没有时间丢失，因为她正在缩小

some of the other bit.

很快，于是，她又到吃一次工作

Her chin was pressed so closely against her

一些其他位。

foot, that there was hardly room to open

她的下巴被压对​​她如此密切

her mouth; but she did it at last, and

脚，那几乎没有空间打开

managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand

她的嘴，但她终于它，

bit.

成功地咽了一口的左手

'Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice

位。

in a tone of delight, which changed into

'来吧，我的头的终于自由了！'爱丽丝说

alarm in another moment, when she found

在欢乐的色彩，变成

that her shoulders were nowhere to be

报警一会儿，当她发现

found: all she could see, when she looked

她的肩膀无处可

down, was an immense length of neck, which

发现：所有她能看到，当她看着

seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of

下来，是一个巨大的颈部长度，

green leaves that lay far below her.

似乎就像是矗立上升的海出

'What CAN all that green stuff be?' said

远远低于她躺在绿叶。

Alice.

'什么都可以是绿色的东西呢？'说

'And where HAVE my shoulders got to?

爱丽丝。

And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can't

'而我的肩膀上哪儿去了呢？

see you?'

噢，我可怜的手，它是怎样，我不能

She was moving them about as she spoke, but

见你呢？

no result seemed to follow, except a little

她将它们转移有关，因为她说话，但

shaking among the distant green leaves.

结果似乎没有跟进，除了一小

As there seemed to be no chance of getting

摇晃中远处的绿树丛中。

her hands up to her head, she tried to get

由于似乎没有得到机会

her head down to them, and was delighted to

她的手向她的头，她试图让

find that her neck would bend about easily

她低着头给他们，很高兴

in any direction, like a serpent.

发现她的脖子将德阿布容易

She had just succeeded in curving it down

像蛇在任何方向。

into a graceful zigzag, and was going to

她刚刚成功地弯曲下来

dive in among the leaves, which she found

成优雅曲折，并要

to be nothing but the tops of the trees

潜水在树叶中，她发现

under which she had been wandering, when a

是无关，但在树梢

sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a

她已经下徘徊，当

large pigeon had flown into her face, and

尖锐的嘘声让她赶紧回去绘制一：一

was beating her violently with its wings.

大鸽子已经飞入了她的脸，

'Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon.

她被打的扇着翅膀。

'I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice

'蛇！'鸽子尖叫着。

indignantly.

'我不是蛇！'爱丽丝说

'Let me alone!'

愤怒。

'Serpent, I say again!' repeated the

'让我一个人！

Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and

'蛇，我再说一遍！'重复

added with a kind of sob, 'I've tried every

鸽子，但在一个更柔和的音调，和

way, and nothing seems to suit them!'

用一种呜咽说，'我已经想尽

'I haven't the least idea what you're

这样，似乎并没有什么适合他们的！

talking about,' said Alice.

'我不知道你在最

'I've tried the roots of trees, and I've

说什么，爱丽丝说。

tried banks, and I've tried hedges,' the

'我已经试过了树根，而且我

Pigeon went on, without attending to her;

试了河岸，我已经试了篱笆，'的

'but those serpents!

鸽子继续说着，并不注意她;

There's no pleasing them!'

'，但这些蛇！

Alice was more and more puzzled, but she

有没有取悦他们！

thought there was no use in saying anything

爱丽丝越来越奇怪了，但她

more till the Pigeon had finished.

认为没有用在说什么

'As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching

更知道，鸽子已经完成。

the eggs,' said the Pigeon; 'but I must be

'就好像是孵蛋就够麻烦

on the look-out for serpents night and day!

鸡蛋，'鸽子说，'但是我必须

Why, I haven't had a wink of sleep these

在寻求对蛇日夜出去！

three weeks!'