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爱丽丝镜中世界奇遇记
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

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4 Tweedledum and Tweedledee

4．特威丹与特威帝

Alice knew immediately which one was which，because each had his name on his shirt．They were standing very still，with their arms round each other，and Alice forgot that they were alive．‘They look just like schoolboys，’she said aloud．Then one of them spoke，and Alice jumped in sur-prise.

爱丽丝一下子就把这对孪生兄弟辨认出来了，因为衬衫上都标明了名字。他们纹丝不动地站在那儿，手挽着手，爱丽丝因此竟忘了他们是活的。她大声地说：“他们看起来就像小男学生。”接着两个中的一个讲话了，爱丽丝惊奇地跳起来。

‘You've begun wrong！’cried the one called Tweedledum．‘The first thing in a visit is to say“How do you do？” and shake hands．’And here the brothers held out the two hands that were free，to shake hands with her．

叫特威丹的那位叫道：“你开头就错了。拜访朋友，第一件事是打招呼‘你好！’同时握手。”这时，两兄弟伸出了闲着的两只手，与她握手。

Alice did not know which hand to shake first，so she took hold of both hands at once．The next moment they were all three dancing round in a circle．This seemed very natural at the time，and Alice was not even surprised to hear music play-ing.

爱丽丝搞不清楚要先握哪只手，于是就同时抓住了两只手。随后，他们就围成一个圈跳舞。当时这似乎非常自然，爱丽丝听见音乐奏起，也不感到奇怪。

The two brothers were fat，and soon got tired．‘Four times round is enough for one dance，’Tweedledee said，and they stopped as suddenly as they had begun．Then they stood look-ing at Alice in silence．

这两兄弟长得胖墩墩的，一会儿就疲惫不堪了。特威帝说：“一曲跳四圈就够了。”他们停下来就像开始时那样突然，然后他们站在那儿，静静地看着爱丽丝。

Alice did not know what to say.How do you begin a con-versation with people that you have just been dancing with？she wondered．

爱丽丝不知道该说些什么。如何开始同刚刚与你跳过舞的人谈话呢？她拿不准。

‘I hope you're not too tired？’she said at last．

她终于开了口，说：“希望你们不会太累。”

‘Not at all．And thank you very much for asking，’said Tweedledum．

“一点也没有。谢谢你的关心。”特威丹答道。

‘Very kind of you，’added Tweedledee．‘Do you like po-ems？’

“你太好了。你喜欢诗歌吗？”特威帝补充说。

‘Ye-es… well，some poems，’Alice said carefully．‘Would you tell me which road to take out of the wood？’

爱丽丝非常谨慎地答道：“是……是的，有些诗歌。劳驾你告诉我哪条路可以走出树林？”

‘What shall I repeat to her？’Tweedledee said to Tweedle-dum，not noticing Alice's question．

“我该给她背诵什么？”特威帝对特威丹说，没有注意到爱丽丝的发问。

‘The Walrus and the Carpenter is the longest，’Tweedle-dum replied，putting a friendly arm round his brother．

特威丹很友好地搂住自己的兄弟，说：“海象与木匠这首诗是最长的。”

‘If it's very long，’Alice said politely，‘would you tell me first which road-’

“如果这首诗很长，劳驾你先告诉我哪条路……”爱丽丝很有礼貌地恳求道。

Tweedledee smiled gently and began his poem．It was a very long poem indeed-all about a Walrus and a Carpenter，who went for a walk along a beach and invited lots of young Oysters to go with them. The Oysters accepted happily．

特威帝微微一笑，就背诵起诗来了。那真是首长诗，讲的是海象与木匠去海边散步，并邀请许多小牡蛎同往。小牡蛎很高兴地接受了邀请。

‘Perhaps that wasn't very sensible of them，’Alice said．

爱丽丝说：“它们恐怕不太明智吧。”

Tweedledee only smiled，and continued：

特威帝只笑了笑，又继续背：

The Walrus and the Carpenter

海象与木匠

Walked on a mile or so，

步行一英里，

And then they rested on a rock

要坐岩石上

Conveniently low；

石头低又矮；

And all the little Oysters stood

牡蛎站成排

And waited in a row.

等待又等待。

‘The time has come，’the Walrus said，

海象先开言：“时光已来临，”

‘To talk of many things：

“谈论许多事：

Of shoes-and ships-and sealing-wax-

鞋、船与封蜡--

Of cabbages-and kings-

甘蓝与国王--

And why the sea is boiling hot-

大海怎滚烫--

And whether pigs have wings．’

猪猡有无翼。”

Alice waited with interest to hear about this conversation，but it never happened，because the Walrus and the Carpenter went on to eat all the Oysters instead．

爱丽丝觉得非常有趣，等着听海象与木匠的对话，但就是没声响，因为他们接着忙着吃牡蛎了。

At the end Alice said，‘I like the Walrus best，because he said he felt sorry for the poor Oysters．’

最后爱丽丝说：“我最喜欢海象，因为他说他为可怜的牡蛎感到难过。”

‘He ate more of them than the Carpenter，’said Tweedledee．‘He ate faster，you see．’

特威帝说：“他比木匠吃得还多，还快。”

‘Oh！’said Alice．‘Well then，I like the Carpenter best．’

“哦，是这样。那么我最喜欢木匠。”爱丽丝改口说。

‘But he ate as many as he could get，’said Tweedledum．

但特威丹说：“其实木匠也在拚命地吃。”

‘Well，they were both very unkind-’Alice began，then stopped when she heard a noise in the wood．It sounded like a wild animal．‘What's that？’she asked，afraid．

“哦，他们两个都不是什么好人--”爱丽丝刚一出口，就住了口，这时她突然听见树林里传来好像是野兽的吼叫。她害怕了，忙问：“那是什么声音？”

‘It's only the Red King snoring，’said Tweedledee．‘Come and look at him．’

特威帝答道：“那只是红方国王在打呼噜。来，我们去看看他。”

The brothers each took one of Alice's hands and they went through the wood to where the King was sleeping．

两兄弟每人拉住爱丽丝的一只手，他们穿过树林，来到国王睡觉的地方。

‘Doesn't he look lovely？’said Tweedledum．

特威丹问：“他够可爱的，是吧？”

Alice really couldn't agree．The King was lying in a very untidy way，and was snoring loudly．

爱丽丝真是不敢苟同。国王躺在那儿，邋里邋遢，呼噜打得山响。

‘He's dreaming now，’said Tweedledee，‘and what do you think he's dreaming about？’

特威帝说：“他在做梦呢。你说他在做什么梦？”

‘Nobody can guess that，’said Alice．

“谁也不会知道的，”爱丽丝答道。

‘Why，about you！’Tweedledee said．‘And if he stops dreaming about you，where do you think you will be？’

特威帝说：“他在梦见你呢！如果他不再梦见你，你说你会在哪儿？”

‘Where I am now，of course，’said Alice．

爱丽丝答道：“当然还是在这儿。”

‘Oh no！’said Tweedledum．‘You'll be nowhere．You're only a kind of thing in his dream！If he wakes up，you'll go out-bang！-just like a light！’

“哦，不！你将不在任何地方。你只是他梦中的一种东西！他一醒来，你就出去了--就像一道光！”特威丹说。

‘What nonsense！’Alice said crossly．‘And if I'm only a kind of thing in his dream，what are you，I'd like to know．’

爱丽丝生气地说：“一派胡言！如果我只是他梦中的某种东西，那么我倒想知道，你又是什么呢？”

‘The same！’the brothers cried together．

“同样的东西！”兄弟俩异口同声道。

‘Shhh！Don't make so much noise，’Alice said．‘You'll wake him up．’

爱丽丝说：“嘘！别嚷嚷了，否则会把他吵醒的。”

‘How can you wake him，’said Tweedledum，‘when you're only one of the things in his dream？You know very well that you're not real．’

“你只是他梦境中的一件东西，你又怎么能把他吵醒呢？你并不是真实的，这你很清楚。”特威丹说。

‘I am real！’said Alice，and began to cry．

爱丽丝说：“我是真实的！”说完就哭了起来。

‘I don't know why you're crying，’Tweedledee said un-kindly．‘You won't become real that way．’

特威帝不友好地说：“我不明白你为什么哭了。这并不能使你变为真实的。”

‘I know they're talking nonsense，’Alice thought to herself，‘and there really isn't anything to cry about．’She gave herself a little shake，then said，‘I think I must find my way out of the wood now，because it's getting very dark．Do you think it's going to rain？’

爱丽丝思忖着，“我清楚他们在胡言乱语，不过确实没什么好哭的。”她轻微抖动一下身子，说：“我想眼下我必须要找到走出树林的路。因为天越来越暗了。你认为要下雨了吗？”

‘Possibly，’Tweedledum said，opening a large umbrella．

“可能的”。特威丹说着，打开了一把大伞。

It was now getting very dark indeed and Alice thought there must be a storm coming．‘What a thick black cloud that is！’she said．‘And how fast it comes！Why，I do believe it’got wings！’

天空一片漆黑，爱丽丝揣测一定会有场暴风雨。她说：“那云团又密又黑，来势多凶猛！我肯定它长了翅膀。”

‘It's the crow！’Tweedledee shouted fearfully．The two brothers turned to run and had disappeared in a moment．

特威帝吓得惨叫一声：“那是乌鸦！”俩兄弟转身拔腿就跑，一会儿就不见了。

Alice ran too，and hid under some low trees．‘It can't get me under here，’she thought，‘but I wish its wings didn't make so much wind．It's blowing everything around terribly-and look！Here's somebody's shawl flying through the air！’

爱丽丝也跑了起来，躲到低矮树林下面。她想：“我躲在这下面，乌鸦不会抓到我的，但我还希望它的翅膀不要刮起太大的风。周围一切都被席卷而去--你瞧！有人的披肩都被卷上了天。”