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Chapter 6 Pig and Pepper

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood —(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)— and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles. It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their heads. アリスが気づいたのは、二人とも頭全体にカールしたパウダーヘアをつけていることだった。 She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out of the wood to listen. 彼女はそれが何なのか知りたくなり、森から少し出て耳を傾けた。

The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to the other, saying, in a solemn tone, ‘For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.' The Frog-Footman repeated, in the same solemn tone, only changing the order of the words a little, ‘From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet.' Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together. Затем они оба низко поклонились, и их кудри спутались вместе.

Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.

Alice went timidly up to the door, and knocked.

‘There's no sort of use in knocking,' said the Footman, ‘and that for two reasons. First, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.' Во-первых, потому что я нахожусь по ту же сторону двери, что и вы; во-вторых, потому что внутри такой шум, что тебя никто не услышит». And certainly there was a most extraordinary noise going on within — a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.

‘Please, then,' said Alice, ‘how am I to get in?' じゃあ、どうやって入ればいいの？ ‘There might be some sense in your knocking,' the Footman went on without attending to her, ‘if we had the door between us. — В вашем стуке был бы какой-то смысл, — продолжал Лакей, не обращая на нее внимания, — если бы между нами была дверь. For instance, if you were inside , you might knock, and I could let you out, you know.' Например, если бы вы были внутри, вы могли бы постучать, и я мог бы вас выпустить, знаете ли. He was looking up into the sky all the time he was speaking, and this Alice thought decidedly uncivil. ‘But perhaps he can't help it,' she said to herself; ‘his eyes are so very nearly at the top of his head. But at any rate he might answer questions.— How am I to get in?' she repeated, aloud.

‘I shall sit here,' the Footman remarked, ‘till tomorrow —' At this moment the door of the house opened, and a large plate came skimming out, straight at the Footman's head: it just grazed his nose, and broke to pieces against one of the trees behind him. ‘— or next day, maybe,' the Footman continued in the same tone, exactly as if nothing had happened. ‘How am I to get in?' asked Alice again, in a louder tone.

‘ Are you to get in at all?' まったく乗れないのか？ — Ты вообще собираешься войти? said the Footman. ‘That's the first question, you know.' It was, no doubt: only Alice did not like to be told so. 間違いない。ただ、アリスはそう言われるのを嫌がった。 Так и было, без сомнения: только Алисе не нравилось, когда ей так говорили. ‘It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, ‘the way all the creatures argue. 本当に恐ろしいわ」と彼女はつぶやいた。 «Это действительно ужасно, — пробормотала она про себя, — как спорят все существа. It's enough to drive one crazy!' 気が狂いそうになるほどだ。 Этого достаточно, чтобы свести с ума!» The Footman seemed to think this a good opportunity for repeating his remark, with variations. Лакей, похоже, счел это хорошей возможностью повторить свое замечание с вариациями. ‘I shall sit here,' he said, ‘on and off, for days and days.' «Я буду сидеть здесь, — сказал он, — время от времени, дни и дни». ‘But what am I to do?' said Alice.

‘Anything you like,' said the Footman, and began whistling. ‘Oh, there's no use in talking to him,' said Alice desperately: ‘he's perfectly idiotic!' — О, с ним бесполезно разговаривать, — в отчаянии сказала Алиса, — он полный идиот! And she opened the door and went in.

The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup. Дверь вела прямо в большую кухню, которая от одного конца до другого была полна дыма: герцогиня сидела посередине на трехногом табурете и нянчила младенца; повар склонился над огнем, помешивая большой котел, который, казалось, был полон супа.

‘There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. アリスはくしゃみと同じように自分に言い聞かせた。

There was certainly too much of it in the air. Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for the baby, it was sneezing and howling alternately without a moment's pause. The only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook, and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.

‘Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, ‘why your cat grins like that?' ‘It's a Cheshire cat,' said the Duchess, ‘and that's why. Pig!' She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and went on again:— Das letzte Wort sagte sie mit so plötzlicher Heftigkeit, dass Alice zusammenzuckte; aber in einem anderen Augenblick sah sie, dass es an das Baby und nicht an sie gerichtet war, und so fasste sie Mut und fuhr fort. Последнее слово она произнесла с такой неожиданной силой, что Алиса чуть не подпрыгнула; но в другой момент она увидела, что это было адресовано ребенку, а не ей, поэтому она набралась смелости и продолжала снова:

‘I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats could grin.' ‘They all can,' said the Duchess; ‘and most of 'em do.' ‘I don't know of any that do,' Alice said very politely, feeling quite pleased to have got into a conversation. そんな人は知らないわ」アリスはとても丁寧に言った。 ‘You don't know much,' said the Duchess; ‘and that's a fact.' Alice did not at all like the tone of this remark, and thought it would be as well to introduce some other subject of conversation. アリスはこの発言の口調がまったく気に入らず、何か別の話題を取り入れた方がいいと思った。 While she was trying to fix on one, the cook took the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby — the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, plates, and dishes. Пока она пыталась выбрать одну из них, кухарка сняла с огня котел с супом и тотчас же принялась швырять в герцогиню и младенца все, что попадалось ей под руку, — первыми появились костры; затем последовал дождь из кастрюль, тарелок и тарелок. The Duchess took no notice of them even when they hit her; and the baby was howling so much already, that it was quite impossible to say whether the blows hurt it or not. 公爵夫人は打撃を受けてもまったく気にせず、赤ん坊はすでに遠吠えをしていたので、打撃が痛かったのか痛くなかったのか、まったく判断がつかなかった。

‘Oh, please mind what you're doing!' ああ、お願いだから自分のしていることを気にして！』。 — О, пожалуйста, следите за тем, что вы делаете! cried Alice, jumping up and down in an agony of terror. アリスは恐怖のあまり飛び上がった。 — воскликнула Алиса, подпрыгивая в агонии ужаса. ‘Oh, there goes his precious nose'; as an unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very nearly carried it off. Oh, da fliegt seine kostbare Nase", denn ein ungewöhnlich großer Kochtopf flog dicht an ihr vorbei und riss sie beinahe mit. というのも、非常に大きな鍋が鼻のすぐそばまで飛んできて、危うく鼻を持ち去りそうになったからだ。 «О, вот и его драгоценный нос»; когда необычно большая кастрюля пролетела рядом с ним и чуть не унесла его. ‘If everybody minded their own business,' the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, ‘the world would go round a deal faster than it does.' みんなが自分のことに気を配れば、世界はもっと早く回るのに」と公爵夫人は声を荒げて言った。 — Если бы каждый занимался своим делом, — хрипло зарычала Герцогиня, — мир вращался бы намного быстрее, чем сейчас. ‘Which would not be an advantage,' said Alice, who felt very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her knowledge. «Что не было бы преимуществом», — сказала Алиса, которая была очень рада получить возможность продемонстрировать немного своих знаний. ‘Just think of what work it would make with the day and night! 昼と夜でどんな仕事ができるか考えてみてください』！ «Только подумайте, какую работу он проделал бы днем и ночью! You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis —' 地球が自転するには24時間かかるんだ。 Вы видите, что Земле требуется двадцать четыре часа, чтобы повернуться вокруг своей оси… ‘Talking of axes,' said the Duchess, ‘chop off her head!' Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: ‘Twenty-four hours, I think ; or is it twelve? I—' ‘Oh, don't bother me ,' said the Duchess; ‘I never could abide figures!' ああ、お構いなく」と公爵夫人は言った。 And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:

‘Speak roughly to your little boy, «Говори грубо со своим маленьким мальчиком,

And beat him when he sneezes: И бить его, когда он чихает:

He only does it to annoy,

Because he knows it teases.' 彼はそれがいじわるだと知っているからだ』。 Потому что он знает, что это дразнит. CHORUS.

(In which the cook and the baby joined):—

‘Wow! wow! wow!' While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:—

‘I speak severely to my boy,

I beat him when he sneezes;

For he can thoroughly enjoy Потому что он может полностью наслаждаться

The pepper when he pleases!' ペッパーは彼の好きな時に！』。 CHORUS.

‘Wow! wow! wow!' ‘Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!' the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as she spoke. ‘I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen,' and she hurried out of the room. The cook threw a frying-pan after her as she went out, but it just missed her.

Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer- shaped little creature, and held out its arms and legs in all directions, ‘just like a star-fish,' thought Alice. The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again, so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much as she could do to hold it. Бедняжка фыркала, как паровоз, когда она поймала его, и то сгибалась, то снова выпрямлялась, так что вообще, первые минуты две, ей только и удавалось ее удерживать.

As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air. Как только она научилась правильно ухаживать за ним (что заключалось в том, чтобы скрутить его в своего рода узел, а затем крепко держать его за правое ухо и левую ногу, чтобы он не развязался сам), она вынесли на открытый воздух. ‘ If I don't take this child away with me,' thought Alice, ‘they're sure to kill it in a day or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it behind?' She said the last words out loud, and the little thing grunted in reply (it had left off sneezing by this time). ‘Don't grunt,' said Alice; ‘that's not at all a proper way of expressing yourself.' The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it. There could be no doubt that it had a very turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby: altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at all. Не могло быть сомнения, что у него был очень вздернутый нос, больше похожий на морду, чем на настоящий нос; кроме того, глаза у него становились чрезвычайно маленькими для младенца: Алисе вообще не нравился вид этого существа. ‘But perhaps it was only sobbing,' she thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see if there were any tears. No, there were no tears. ‘If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, ‘I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind now!' The poor little thing sobbed again (or grunted, it was impossible to say which), and they went on for some while in silence.

Alice was just beginning to think to herself, ‘Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?' when it grunted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm. This time there could be no mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further. 豚以上でも豚以下でもなく、これ以上運ぶのは馬鹿げていると彼女は思った。 На этот раз ошибиться было нельзя: это была ни больше, ни меньше свинья, и она чувствовала, что с ее стороны было бы совершенно нелепо нести ее дальше.

So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. ‘If it had grown up,' she said to herself, ‘it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.' And she began thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs, and was just saying to herself, ‘if one only knew the right way to change them —' when she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good- natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect. Он выглядел добродушным, подумала она: все же у него были очень длинные когти и очень много зубов, так что она чувствовала, что к нему следует относиться с уважением.

‘Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. ‘Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. «Ну, пока доволен», — подумала Алиса и продолжила. ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. それは、あなたがどこに行きたいかによるね」と猫は言った。 ‘I don't much care where —' said Alice. ‘Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. ‘— so long as I get somewhere ,' Alice added as an explanation. «— пока я куда-нибудь попаду», — добавила Алиса в качестве объяснения. ‘Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.' Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question. アリスはそれを否定できないと思い、別の質問を試みた。 Алиса чувствовала, что этого нельзя отрицать, поэтому она попробовала задать другой вопрос. ‘What sort of people live about here?' ‘In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.' ‘But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. ‘Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: ‘we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' ‘How do you know I'm mad?' Woher weißt du, dass ich verrückt bin? said Alice.

‘You must be,' said the Cat, ‘or you wouldn't have come here.' Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on ‘And how do you know that you're mad?' ‘To begin with,' said the Cat, ‘a dog's not mad. You grant that?' Вы допускаете это? ‘I suppose so,' said Alice. ‘Well, then,' the Cat went on, ‘you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.' Поэтому я сумасшедший. ‘I call it purring, not growling,' said Alice. ‘Call it what you like,' said the Cat. ‘Do you play croquet with the Queen to-day?' ‘I should like it very much,' said Alice, ‘but I haven't been invited yet.' ‘You'll see me there,' said the Cat, and vanished. そこで会おう」と言って、猫は消えていった。 Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used to queer things happening. While she was looking at the place where it had been, it suddenly appeared again.

‘By-the-bye, what became of the baby?' ところで、赤ちゃんはどうなった？ — Кстати, что стало с ребенком? said the Cat.

‘I'd nearly forgotten to ask.' ‘It turned into a pig,' Alice quietly said, just as if it had come back in a natural way. Es hat sich in ein Schwein verwandelt", sagte Alice leise, als ob es auf natürliche Weise zurückgekommen wäre. ‘I thought it would,' said the Cat, and vanished again. Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it did not appear, and after a minute or two she walked on in the direction in which the March Hare was said to live. ‘I've seen hatters before,' she said to herself; ‘the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad — at least not so mad as it was in March.' 三月ウサギが一番面白いだろうし、5月だから狂暴化することもないだろう。 As she said this, she looked up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a branch of a tree.

‘Did you say pig, or fig?' said the Cat.

‘I said pig,' replied Alice; ‘and I wish you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.' ‘All right,' said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. ‘Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice; ‘but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!' She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the house of the March Hare: she thought it must be the right house, because the chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was thatched with fur. It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself ‘Suppose it should be raving mad after all! I almost wish I'd gone to see the Hatter instead!' Я почти жалею, что не пошел к Шляпнику вместо этого!