03-01-05-爱丽丝镜中世界奇遇记 [2]
．‘I shall be able to see the garden better from the top of the hill，’she said．
She tried very hard to reach the hill，but it seemed impossible to get to it．She went first this way，then that way，but every time she turned a corner，she found herself back at the house．
‘I'm not going in again yet，’she told the house crossly．‘I'll have to go back through the looking-glass into the old room and that's the end of all my adventures then！’
She tried once more，and this time passed a large flowerbed，with a tree growing in the middle．
‘Oh Tiger-lily，’Alice said to one of the flowers，‘I wish you could talk！’
‘We can talk，’said the Tiger-lily，‘if there is anybody interesting enough to talk to．’For a minute Alice was too sur-prised to speak．Then she said，almost in a whisper，‘And can all the flowers talk？’
‘As well as you can，’said the Tiger-lily．‘And a lot louder．’
‘It isn't polite for us to begin，you know，’said the Rose，‘and I was really wondering when you would speak．’
‘But why can you all talk？’Alice said，puzzled．‘I've been in many gardens before，and none of the flowers could talk．’
‘Put your hand down and feel the ground，’said the Tiger-lily．‘Then you'll know why．’
Alice did so．‘It's very hard，’she said，‘but how does that explain it？’
‘In most gardens，’the Tiger-lily said，‘they make the flowerbeds too soft-so the flowers are always asleep．’
This sounded a very good reason to Alice．‘I never thought of that before！’she said．
‘Do you ever think at all？’asked the Rose，unkindly．
‘I never saw anybody with a more stupid face，’said a Daisy suddenly．It was the first time it had spoken，and Alice jumped in surprise．
‘Oh，be quiet！’cried the Tiger-lily．‘What do you Daisies know about the world？’
‘Are there any other people in the garden？’Alice asked．
‘There's one other flower that can move around like you，’said the Rose．‘She's the same strange shape as you，but she's redder，with more leaves than you have．’
‘She's coming now！’cried another Daisy．‘I can hear her feet-bang，bang，bang，on the ground．’
Alice looked round quickly，and saw that it was the Red Queen．‘She's grown a lot，’Alice thought．When she had seen her by the fireplace，the Queen had been only eight cen-timetres high．Now she was taller than Alice herself！
‘I think I'll go and meet her，’Alice said．
‘You can't possibly do that，’ said the Rose．‘You must walk the other way if you want to meet her．’
This sounded nonsense to Alice，so she began to walk to-wards the Red Queen．To her surprise，she found herself a minute later walking in through the front door of the house.She turned round crossly，and saw the Queen again，on the other side of the garden．This time she tried walking the other way，away from the Queen.
It succeeded beautifully．A minute later she was standing opposite the Red Queen，and very near the hill that she had wanted to get to．
‘Where do you come from？’said the Red Queen．‘Where are you going？And why are you here at all？Look up，speak nicely，keep your hands still．And curtsy while you're think-ing what to say．It saves time．’
Alice tried to obey all these orders，feeling just a little frightened of the Queen．
‘I only wanted to look at the garden，your Majesty，from the top of that hill，’she began．
‘Hill！’cried the Queen．‘Some people would call that a valley．’
‘But a hill can't be a valley，’ said Alice.‘That would be nonsense．’
The Red Queen shook her head．‘You can call it nonsense if you like．Some people would say it was sensible！’
Alice curtsied again，and decided it would be safer not to ar- gue any more．Together，they walked on in silence up the hill．At the top Alice could see right across the country-and a very strange country it was．There were lots of little brooks running across from side to side，and there were long lines of hedges，going the other way．It was a country of squares．
‘It's just like a large chess-board！’Alice said at last．‘Oh， and I can see some chessmen down there！’Her heart began to beat fast with excitement．‘It's a great game of chess， as big as the world itself-if this is the world at all
She tried very hard to reach the hill，but it seemed impossible to get to it．She went first this way，then that way，but every time she turned a corner，she found herself back at the house．
‘I'm not going in again yet，’she told the house crossly．‘I'll have to go back through the looking-glass into the old room and that's the end of all my adventures then！’
She tried once more，and this time passed a large flowerbed，with a tree growing in the middle．
‘Oh Tiger-lily，’Alice said to one of the flowers，‘I wish you could talk！’
‘We can talk，’said the Tiger-lily，‘if there is anybody interesting enough to talk to．’For a minute Alice was too sur-prised to speak．Then she said，almost in a whisper，‘And can all the flowers talk？’
‘As well as you can，’said the Tiger-lily．‘And a lot louder．’
‘It isn't polite for us to begin，you know，’said the Rose，‘and I was really wondering when you would speak．’
‘But why can you all talk？’Alice said，puzzled．‘I've been in many gardens before，and none of the flowers could talk．’
‘Put your hand down and feel the ground，’said the Tiger-lily．‘Then you'll know why．’
Alice did so．‘It's very hard，’she said，‘but how does that explain it？’
‘In most gardens，’the Tiger-lily said，‘they make the flowerbeds too soft-so the flowers are always asleep．’
This sounded a very good reason to Alice．‘I never thought of that before！’she said．
‘Do you ever think at all？’asked the Rose，unkindly．
‘I never saw anybody with a more stupid face，’said a Daisy suddenly．It was the first time it had spoken，and Alice jumped in surprise．
‘Oh，be quiet！’cried the Tiger-lily．‘What do you Daisies know about the world？’
‘Are there any other people in the garden？’Alice asked．
‘There's one other flower that can move around like you，’said the Rose．‘She's the same strange shape as you，but she's redder，with more leaves than you have．’
‘She's coming now！’cried another Daisy．‘I can hear her feet-bang，bang，bang，on the ground．’
Alice looked round quickly，and saw that it was the Red Queen．‘She's grown a lot，’Alice thought．When she had seen her by the fireplace，the Queen had been only eight cen-timetres high．Now she was taller than Alice herself！
‘I think I'll go and meet her，’Alice said．
‘You can't possibly do that，’ said the Rose．‘You must walk the other way if you want to meet her．’
This sounded nonsense to Alice，so she began to walk to-wards the Red Queen．To her surprise，she found herself a minute later walking in through the front door of the house.She turned round crossly，and saw the Queen again，on the other side of the garden．This time she tried walking the other way，away from the Queen.
It succeeded beautifully．A minute later she was standing opposite the Red Queen，and very near the hill that she had wanted to get to．
‘Where do you come from？’said the Red Queen．‘Where are you going？And why are you here at all？Look up，speak nicely，keep your hands still．And curtsy while you're think-ing what to say．It saves time．’
Alice tried to obey all these orders，feeling just a little frightened of the Queen．
‘I only wanted to look at the garden，your Majesty，from the top of that hill，’she began．
‘Hill！’cried the Queen．‘Some people would call that a valley．’
‘But a hill can't be a valley，’ said Alice.‘That would be nonsense．’
The Red Queen shook her head．‘You can call it nonsense if you like．Some people would say it was sensible！’
Alice curtsied again，and decided it would be safer not to ar- gue any more．Together，they walked on in silence up the hill．At the top Alice could see right across the country-and a very strange country it was．There were lots of little brooks running across from side to side，and there were long lines of hedges，going the other way．It was a country of squares．
‘It's just like a large chess-board！’Alice said at last．‘Oh， and I can see some chessmen down there！’Her heart began to beat fast with excitement．‘It's a great game of chess， as big as the world itself-if this is the world at all