Льюис Кэрролл: Алиса в Стране чудес / Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Алиса в Зазеркалье / Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There

Alice went down after it. The rabbit hole was like[8] was like – была похожа на a tunnel and then it suddenly went down. It was so sudden that Alice didn’t have time to think. And the next moment she was falling down the well. [9] well – колодец The well was so deep or she was falling so slowly that she had time to look around. She saw cupboards and bookshelves, there were maps and pictures there too. But she was falling down and down. “ I must be[10] I must be… – должно быть, я… near the centre of the earth,” Alice said aloud. “ I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! [11] I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth – Интересно, провалюсь ли я сквозь землю? How funny it will be to see people that walk with their heads down!

Down, down, down. “Dinah will miss me very much, I think!” (Dinah was the cat.) Dinah, my dear!” And Alice felt sleepy when suddenly, thump! And the fall was over – she was on a heap of dry leaves.

Alice jumped up on to her feet and looked up but it was all dark there. The White Rabbit was still hurrying along a corridor. Alice went after him like a wind[12] went after him like a wind – помчалась за ним словно ветер and heard the Rabbit say[13] heard the Rabbit say – услышала, как Кролик сказал “Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it is! [14] how late it is! – Как поздно уже! ” and it turned the corner. She turned the corner too but couldn’t see the Rabbit. She was now in a long hall.

There were doors all around the hall but they were all locked. Suddenly Alice saw a little glass table with a tiny golden key on it. But the locks in all the doors were very large and the key was very small and it couldn’t open them. But then suddenly Alice noticed a low curtain with a little door behind it. To her great delight[15] To her great delight – К ее огромному восторгу the golden key opened it!

Behind the door was a small corridor which lead[16] which lead – который вел to a very beautiful garden. Alice wanted so much to be among those bright flowers and cool fountains! But even her head couldn’t get through the little door. So she went back to the table hoping[17] hoping – надеясь to find another key on it. But this time[18] this time – в этот раз she found there a little bottle with a paper label with large letters on it: “DRINK ME”.

Alice didn’t want to do that in a hurry. [19] in a hurry – в спешке Maybe it was poison. But the bottle did NOT say “poison” so Alice tasted it and it was very nice so soon she drank it all.

“What a curious feeling!” said Alice, “ I must be shutting up like a telescope[20] I must be shutting up like a telescope – Должно быть, я складываюсь, как телескоп. ”. And now she was only ten inches[21] inch = 2,54 см high. And she could go through that little door! But poor Alice! When she was near the door she remembered that the little golden key was on the table. She went back and saw that she couldn’t take it from the glass table because she was too small. So she sat down and cried.

“But there is no use in crying[22] there is no use in crying – бесполезно плакать ” said Alice to herself and soon she noticed a little glass box under the table. She opened it and found in it a very small cake with the words “EAT ME” in currants. She ate a little bit but nothing happened so very soon she ate all the cake.

“Curiouser and curiouser! [23] Curiouser and curiouser (неправильная грамматическая форма сравнительной степени прилагательного) – любопытственнее и любопытственнее”– cried Alice (she was so surprised that for the moment she forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out[24] I am opening out – я раскладываюсь like the largest telescope! Good-bye, feet!” (she looked down at her feet and they were almost out of sight[25] out of sight – вне поля зрения ). “Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I will be too far away. But I will send you a new pair of boots every Christmas. How funny it will seem!”

“Oh dear, what nonsense I’m talking!”

At that moment her head hit the roof of the hall: now she was more than nine feet[26] nine feet – девять футов, 1 фут = 30,48 см high. So she took the little golden key again and hurried to the garden door.

Poor Alice! This time she could look into the garden with only one eye. So she sat down and began to cry again.

“ You must be ashamed of yourself, [27] You must be ashamed of yourself – Тебе должно быть стыдно за себя ” said Alice, “Stop this moment, I tell you!” But she continued crying and soon there was a large pool all around her.

Suddenly she heard some sound in the distance and quickly dried her eyes to see what it was. It was the White Rabbit returning. It was beautifully dressed and had a pair of white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other. He was in a great hurry saying: “Oh! The Duchess, the Duchess!” Alice needed help so much that when the Rabbit came near her she began in a low voice: [28] in a low voice – тихим голосом “Please, sir…” The Rabbit jumped up in horror, dropped the white gloves and the fan and ran away into the darkness as fast as it could. [29] as fast as it could – так быстро, как только мог

Alice took the Rabbit’s gloves and the fan and began thinking how strange everything was that day. “And yesterday things were just as usual. [30] things were just as usual – все было как обычноI wonder if I’ve been changed during the night. [31] I wonder if I’ve been changed during the night. – Интересно, может, меня ночью подменили. Who am I? That’s the great puzzle!” And while she was thinking about that mystery she suddenly noticed that she had put on[32] she had put on ( Past Perfect ) – она надела one of the Rabbit’s white gloves. “How could I do that?” she thought. “Maybe I am growing small again.” So she went to the table to check it and found that she was now about two feet high and she was continuing to get smaller and smaller. And then she understood that it was the fan in her hand and she quickly dropped it.

“And now to the garden!” and Alice ran fast to the little door but, alas! The little door was locked again and the golden key was still on the glass table. “And I am so small now!”

As she said these words[33] As she said these words – Как только она произнесла эти слова her foot slipped and in another moment, splash! She was in salt water. Her first idea was about the sea. However she soon understood that she was in the pool of her own tears.