《愛麗絲漫游仙境》選段
It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first, but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. Come, there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another! However, I've got back to my right size: the next thing is, to get into that beautiful garden, how IS that to be done, I wonder? As she said this, she came suddenly upon an open place, with a little house in it about four feet high. Whoever lives there, thought Alice, it'll never do to come upon them THIS size, why, I should frighten them out of their wits! So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself down to nine inches high.
由于她已經(jīng)不是正常高度了，所以開頭還有點奇怪，不過幾分鐘就習慣了。然后又像平常那樣同自己說話了?！昂冒?，現(xiàn)在我的計劃完成一半 了。這些變化多么奇怪，我無法知道下一分鐘我會是什么樣兒。不管怎樣，現(xiàn)在我總算回到自己原來的大小了，下一件事情就是去那個美麗的 花園?？墒俏也恢涝撛趺慈プ瞿?？”說話間來到了一片開闊地，這里有一間四英尺高的小房子。 “別管是誰住在這里，”愛麗絲想，“我現(xiàn)在這樣的大小不能進去，鄧會把它們嚇得靈魂出竅的，”她小口小口地咬了一點右手上的蘑菇，一直到自己變成九英寸高，才走向那座小房子。