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03-01-05-爱丽丝镜中世界奇遇记 [13]

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.‘I always thought that Unicorns were fantas-tic monsters,too! I never saw one alive before.’
  ‘Well, we have now met and spoken,so we can believe ineach other, yes?’The Unicorn turned to the King.‘Fetchout the plum-cake,old man. I'm tried of brown bread!’
  ‘Certainly,certainly,’said the King,sounding a littlefrightened.‘Quick,Haigha, open the bag.’
  Haigha was carrying a big bag round his neck, and now hetook ont of it a very large cake,a plate and a knife.He gavethem to Alice to hold.
  The Lion had joined them while this was going on. Helooked very tired and sleepy,and his eyes were half shut.‘What's this?’ he said,looking at Alice.
  ‘An, what is it, then?’the Unicorn cried.‘You'll neverguess!I couldn't.’
  The Lion looked at Alice without interest.‘Are you a veg-etable or an animal?’he asked tiredly.
  ‘It's a fantastic monster!’ the Unicorn cried,before Alicecould reply.
  ‘Then pass round the plum-cake,Monster,’the Lion said,lying down on the ground.‘And you two sit down,’he said tothe King and the Unicorn.
  The King looked very uncomforable when he had to sit be-tween the Lion and the Unicorn,but there was no other placefor him.His crown nearly fell off because he was shaking somuch. The Unicorn looked amused,and then tried to arguewith the Lion about who was winning the fight.
  ‘I beat you all round the town,’ said the Lion angrily.‘And why is the Monster taking so long to cut up the cake?’
  ‘It's very difficult,’said Alice.‘I've cut off several piecesalready,but then they join up again immediately!’
  ‘You don't know how to manage looking-glass cakes,’saidthe Unicorn. ‘Pass it round first,and cut it up afterwards. ’
  This sounded nonsense,but Alice got up and carried theplate round. At once the cake cut itself into three pieces, andthen Alice returned to her place with the empty plate.
  ‘Look at my piece of cake!’cried the Unicorn.‘The Mon-ster has given the Lion twice as much as me!’
  ‘She hasn't kept any for herself,’said the Lion. ‘Do youlike plum-cake, Monster?’
  But before Alice could answer,the drums began.The airseemed full of the noise,and it rang and rang through herhead.Frightened, Alice began to run and jumped over the brook.
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  Then she fell to the ground and put her hands over her ears,trying to shut out the terrible noise.
  ‘If that doesn't drum the Lion and the Unicorn out oftown,’she thought to herself,‘nothing ever will!’
  7 狮子与独角兽
  稍后,士兵跑步穿过树林,起先是三三两两的,随后是十个二十个,最后是成群成群的,似乎把整个森林都塞满了。爱丽丝躲在树后看着他们过去。
  她想这些士兵真够奇特。他们总是跌倒在什么东西上。一个士兵倒下,更多的士兵就倒在他上面。片刻之间,地面上到处是倒下的人了。
  后来马过来了。马有四条腿,因此跑得比步兵平稳,但即使这样也经常摔倒。马一摔倒,骑士总是马上掉下来。这种局面几乎本身就像一场战斗。爱丽丝拿定主意,离开此地会更安全。不久,她来到了一个开阔地。在那儿,她看见白方国王坐在地上,忙着在笔记本上写东西。
  国王一看见爱丽丝就高兴地叫嚷道:“我把士兵都派出去了,小宝贝,你走过树林时,碰见他们了吗?”
  “碰上了,我想有好几千。”爱丽丝答道。
  国王看了看本子,说:“共4207位。我不能把马匹都派出去,因为象棋里需要两枚马。而且我也没把黑格与哈特两位信使派去。当然,我需要他们来回穿梭送信。一个来,一个去。”
  爱丽丝说:“我想我还是不明白。干吗一个来,一个去?”
  国王面有愠色,说:“我告诉过你,我得有两个帮手--一个取信,一个送信。”
  这时,叫黑格的那个信使来了。他长着巨手、大眼,眼珠老是左右乱转。
  国王问:“城里有什么消息?”
  “我悄声告诉你。”黑格凑近国王的耳朵说话。
  爱丽丝也想听听城里的消息。于是心里有点遗憾。但突然黑格转而大叫一声:“他们又斗起来了!”
  “你把这称作悄悄话?不允许再这样大嚷大叫了!”可怜的国王吓得跳了起来,浑身颤抖。
  爱丽丝问:“谁又斗起来了?”
  “当然是狮子与独角兽。”国王说。
  “为了争夺王冠?”
  “是的,他们为争夺我的王冠斗了起来!太有趣了,是不是?我们赶紧去瞧瞧!”国王说。
  他们开始跑起来,一边跑着,爱丽丝一边背着一首古老的歌词:
  狮子与独角兽
  为王冠而格斗;
  狮子打败了独角兽,
  把他满城追逐。
  有些人给他们白面包
  有些人却布施黑面包;
  有些人送上了葡萄干蛋糕
  击鼓把他们送出城。
  不久他们就看见前面聚集了一大群人,狮子与独角兽在圈中打斗。另一个叫哈特的信使站在人群的外围,一只手端着一杯茶,另一只手拿着黄油面包。他看上去很不高兴。
  黑格凑着爱丽丝的耳朵轻声说:“他刚从监狱里出来,所以又饿又渴。你好吗,亲爱的孩子?”随后他非常友好地对哈特讲话。
  哈特看了看周围,又继续吃他的黄油面包,喝他的茶。
  国王喊道:“好了,告诉我们他们打斗得怎么样?”
  “他们打得很顺利,每人都已被打倒了大约八十七次。”哈特说着,满嘴是黄油面包。
  爱丽丝说:“那么我想他们不久就会带来白面包和黑面包的。”
  “面包都在等着他们呢。我自己先吃点儿。”哈特说。
  就在这时,打斗告一段落,狮子与独角兽坐了下来,显得疲惫不堪。
  国王喊叫着:“喝10分钟茶!”黑格与哈特开始分发白面包和黑面包。爱丽丝拿了一片尝尝,但太干了。
  “我想今天他们不会再打了。去叫人击鼓。”国王对哈特说。
  在爱丽丝看着他走的当儿,她突然瞧见有人跑出树林。
  她激动地说:“看呀!那是白方王后!她正飞奔出树林,那些王后跑得可真快!”
  “可能有敌人追她,那树林里面多的是。”国王头也不转地说。
  爱丽丝非常惊奇地问:“可是你不打算去救她?”
  “没用了,没用了!她跑得太快了,王后跑起来你是追不上的。”国王说。
  这时,独角兽路过这里,双手插在口袋里。他看见了爱丽丝,就停了下来,端详了她好几分钟。他似乎并不喜欢他所看见的这个东西。
  最后他问:“这--是--什么?”
  “这是个孩子!”黑格自告奋勇地上前将爱丽丝做了介绍,并说:“我们也是今天刚碰上的。她跟真小孩一样大,但比一般小孩自然大方得多!”
  “我一向认为他们是些奇异的怪
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