none [nAn], carving-knife ['kQ:vIN"naIf], conjuring-trick ["kAndZqrIN'trIk]

`Come, fetch out the plum-cake, old man!' the Unicorn went on, turning from her to the King. `None of your brown bread for me!'

`Certainly—certainly!' the King muttered, and beckoned to Haigha. `Open the bag!' he whispered. `Quick! Not that one-that's full of hay!'

Haigha took a large cake out of the bag, and gave it to Alice to hold, while he got out a dish and carving-knife. How they all came out of it Alice couldn't guess. It was just like a conjuring-trick, she thought.

The Lion had joined them while this was going on (Лев присоединился к ним, пока все это происходило): he looked very tired and sleepy, and his eyes were half shut (он выглядел очень усталым и сонным, и глаза его были наполовину прикрыты).

`What's this (что это)!' he said, blinking lazily at Alice (сказал он, лениво моргая /и глядя/ на Алису), and speaking in a deep hollow tone that sounded like the tolling of a great bell (и говоря глубоким глухим тоном, который звучал как звон огромного колокола; hollow — пустой, полый; глухой /о звуке/).

`Ah, what IS it, now (ах, что же это такое, а)?' the Unicorn cried eagerly (нетерпеливо воскликнул Единорог). `You'll never guess (ни за что не догадаешься)! I couldn't (я не смог).'

The Lion looked at Alice wearily (Лев устало взглянул на Алису). `Are you animal (ты животное) — vegetable (овощ) — or mineral (или минерал)?' he said, yawning at every other word (спросил он, зевая через слово).

wearily ['wIqrIlI], vegetable ['vedZItqbl], yawning ['jO:nIN]

The Lion had joined them while this was going on: he looked very tired and sleepy, and his eyes were half shut. `What's this!' he said, blinking lazily at Alice, and speaking in a deep hollow tone that sounded like the tolling of a great bell.

`Ah, what IS it, now?' the Unicorn cried eagerly. `You'll never guess! I couldn't.'

The Lion looked at Alice wearily. `Are you animal—vegetable —or mineral?' he said, yawning at every other word.

`It's a fabulous monster (это сказочное чудовище)!' the Unicorn cried out, before Alice could reply (выкрикнул Единорог, прежде чем Алиса смогла ответить).

`Then hand round the plum-cake, Monster (тогда раздавай пирог, Чудовище; to hand round — раздавать /всем присутствующим/),' the Lion said, lying down and putting his chin on this paws (сказал Лев, улегшись на землю и положив подбородок на лапы). `And sit down, both of you (и сядьте, вы оба),' (to the King and the Unicorn (/сказал Лев, обращаясь/ к Королю и Единорогу)): `fair play with the cake, you know (пирог /раздавай/ по-честному, знаешь ли; fair — честный, справедливый; fair play — игра по правилам; честность, справедливость)!'

The King was evidently very uncomfortable at having to sit down between the two great creatures (Королю было, очевидно, очень неуютно от того, что ему пришлось сесть между двумя огромными созданиями; comfortable — удобный, комфортабельный, уютный; comfort — утешение; комфорт); but there was no other place for him (но другого места для него не было).

reply [rI'plaI], lying ['laIIN], uncomfortable [An'kAmfqtqbl]

`It's a fabulous monster!' the Unicorn cried out, before Alice could reply.

`Then hand round the plum-cake, Monster,' the Lion said, lying down and putting his chin on this paws. `And sit down, both of you,' (to the King and the Unicorn): `fair play with the cake, you know!'

The King was evidently very uncomfortable at having to sit down between the two great creatures; but there was no other place for him.

`What a fight we might have for the crown, NOW (какой поединок мы могли бы устроить за корону прямо сейчас)!' the Unicorn said, looking slyly up at the crown (сказал Единорог, хитро поглядывая вверх, на корону), which the poor King was nearly shaking off his head, he trembled so much (которую несчастный Король чуть не уронил: «стряхнул» с головы, так сильно он дрожал).

`I should win easy (я легко бы победил),' said the Lion.

`I'm not so sure of that (я в этом не уверен),' said the Unicorn.

`Why, I beat you all round the town, you chicken (ага, я же гонял: «бил» тебя по всему городу, ты трус; chicken — цыпленок, курица; трус, трусишка)!' the Lion replied angrily, half getting up as he spoke (сердито ответил Лев, приподнимаясь, когда говорил /это/).

slyly ['slaIlI], nearly ['nIqlI], angrily ['xNgrIlI]

`What a fight we might have for the crown, NOW!' the Unicorn said, looking slyly up at the crown, which the poor King was nearly shaking off his head, he trembled so much.

`I should win easy,' said the Lion.

`I'm not so sure of that,' said the Unicorn.

`Why, I beat you all round the town, you chicken!' the Lion replied angrily, half getting up as he spoke.

Here the King interrupted, to prevent the quarrel going on (на этом Король перебил их, чтобы предотвратить продолжение ссоры): he was very nervous, and his voice quite quivered (он очень нервничал, и его голос довольно /сильно/ дрожал).

`All round the town (по всему городу)?' he said. `That's a good long way (это очень-очень далеко). Did you go by the old bridge, or the market-place (вы шли через старый мост или через рынок)? You get the best view by the old bridge (лучший вид открывается со старого моста).'

`I'm sure I don't know (вот уж не знаю: «уверен, что не знаю /где мы шли/»),' the Lion growled out as he lay down again (прорычал Лев, снова ложась). `There was too much dust to see anything (было слишком много пыли, чтобы увидеть /хоть/ что-нибудь). What a time the Monster is, cutting up that cake (как же долго: «/сколько/ времени» Чудовище нарезает пирог)!'

prevent [prI'vent], quiver ['kwIvq], marketplace ['mQ:kItpleIs]

Here the King interrupted, to prevent the quarrel going on: he was very nervous, and his voice quite quivered. `All round the town?' he said. `That's a good long way. Did you go by the old bridge, or the market-place? You get the best view by the old bridge.'

`I'm sure I don't know,' the Lion growled out as he lay down again. `There was too much dust to see anything. What a time the Monster is, cutting up that cake!'

Alice had seated herself on the bank of a little brook (Алиса уселась на берегу маленького ручейка), with the great dish on her knees (/поставив/ огромное блюдо себе на колени), and was sawing away diligently with the knife (и усердно пилила /пирог/ ножом). `It's very provoking (очень раздражает)!' she said, in reply to the Lion (сказала она в ответ Льву) (she was getting quite used to being called `the Monster' (она уже вполне привыкала к тому, что ее называют "Чудовищем")). `I've cut several slices already, but they always join on again (я уже отрезала несколько кусков, но они всегда снова объединяются)!'

`You don't know how to manage Looking-glass cakes (ты не знаешь, как обходиться с зазеркальными пирогами),' the Unicorn remarked. `Hand it round first, and cut it afterwards (сначала раздай его, а разрежь его потом).'

sawing ['sO:IN], diligently ['dIlIdZqntlI], looking glass ['lVkINglQ:s]

Alice had seated herself on the bank of a little brook, with the great dish on her knees, and was sawing away diligently with the knife. `It's very provoking!' she said, in reply to the Lion (she was getting quite used to being called `the Monster'). `I've cut several slices already, but they always join on again!'

`You don't know how to manage Looking-glass cakes,' the Unicorn remarked. `Hand it round first, and cut it afterwards.'

This sounded nonsense (это звучало чепухой), but Alice very obediently got up, and carried the dish round (но Алиса очень послушно поднялась и понесла блюдо по кругу), and the cake divided itself into three pieces as she did so (и пирог разделился на три куска, когда она делала это).

`NOW cut it up (а теперь разрежь его),' said the Lion, as she returned to her place with the empty dish (сказал Лев, когда она вернулась на свое место с пустым блюдом).

`I say, this isn't fair (ну, это не честно; I say — послушайте, эй! ну и ну! вот так так!)!' cried the Unicorn, as Alice sat with the knife in her hand (воскликнул Единорог, когда Алиса уселась с ножом в руке), very much puzzled how to begin (очень сильно озадаченная тем, как же ей начать). `The Monster has given the Lion twice as much as me (Чудовище дало Льву в два раза больше, чем мне)!'

nonsense ['nPnsqns], obediently [q'bi:dIqntlI], returned [rI'tE:nd], fair [feq]

This sounded nonsense, but Alice very obediently got up, and carried the dish round, and the cake divided itself into three pieces as she did so. `NOW cut it up,' said the Lion, as she returned to her place with the empty dish.

`I say, this isn't fair!' cried the Unicorn, as Alice sat with the knife in her hand, very much puzzled how to begin. `The Monster has given the Lion twice as much as me!'

`She's kept none for herself, anyhow (она ничего не оставила себе, во всяком случае),' said the Lion. `Do you like plum-cake, Monster (тебе нравится = ты любишь пирог с изюмом, Чудовище)?'

But before Alice could answer him, the drums began (но, прежде чем Алиса смогла ответить ему, зазвучали барабаны).

Where the noise came from, she couldn't make out (откуда раздавался шум, она не могла разобрать): the air seemed full of it (воздух, казалось, был наполнен им), and it rang through and through her head till she felt quite deafened (и он звучал и звучал в ее голове, пока она чуть: «совершенно» не оглохла). She started to her feet and sprang across the little brook in her terror (она вскочила на ноги и прыгнула через маленький ручеек в ужасе),

anyhow ['enIhaV], noise [nOIz], deafen [defn], terror ['terq]

`She's kept none for herself, anyhow,' said the Lion. `Do you like plum-cake, Monster?'

But before Alice could answer him, the drums began.

Where the noise came from, she couldn't make out: the air seemed full of it, and it rang through and through her head till she felt quite deafened. She started to her feet and sprang across the little brook in her terror,

and had just time to see the Lion and the Unicorn rise to their feet (и у нее как раз было время /на то/, чтобы увидеть, как Лев и Единорог поднялись на ноги), with angry looks at being interrupted in their feast (с сердитым видом, оттого что их прервали во время пира; look — взгляд; выражение лица, вид), before she dropped to her knees (прежде чем она упала на колени; to drop — капать, стекать каплями; падать), and put her hands over her ears (и приложила руки к ушам = закрыла уши руками), vainly trying to shut out the dreadful uproar (тщетно пытаясь загородиться от этого ужасного шума; to shut out — не допускать, не впускать /кого-л./; загораживать, закрывать).

`If THAT doesn't "drum them out of town" (если это не "выгонит их из города"),' she thought to herself (подумала она про себя), 'nothing ever will (то ничего и никогда не /сделает этого/)!'

rise [raIz], uproar ['AprO:], thought [TO:t]

and had just time to see the Lion and the Unicorn rise to their feet, with angry looks at being interrupted in their feast, before she dropped to her knees, and put her hands over her ears, vainly trying to shut out the dreadful uproar.

`If THAT doesn't "drum them out of town,"' she thought to herself, 'nothing ever will!'

CHAPTER VIII

(Глава VIII)

`It's my own Invention'

(Это мое собственное изобретение)

After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away (спустя некоторое время шум, казалось, постепенно затих), till all was dead silence (пока повсюду не наступила мертвая тишина; dead — мертвый; /эмоц.-усил./ полный, совершенный), and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm (и Алиса подняла голову с некоторой тревогой). There was no one to be seen (никого не было видно), and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers (поначалу она подумала: «ее первой мыслью было», что она, должно быть, видела сон о Льве и Единороге и тех странных англо-саксонских гонцах). However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plumcake (однако, у ее ног все еще лежало большое блюдо, на котором она пыталась разрезать пирог с изюмом), `So I wasn't dreaming, after all (значит, я все-таки не спала),' she said to herself (сказала она себе), `unless — unless we're all part of the same dream (если — если только мы все не являемся частью одного и того же сна). Only I do hope it's MY dream, and not the Red King's (только я очень надеюсь, что это мой сон, а не сон Черного Короля)! I don't like belonging to another person's dream (мне бы не хотелось принадлежать чужому сну: «сну другого человека»),' she went on in a rather complaining tone (и она продолжила довольно жалобным тоном; to complain — жаловаться, выражать недовольство): `I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens (очень мне бы хотелось пойти и разбудить его и посмотреть, что произойдет; mind — ум, разум; намерение, желание; to have a great mind to do smth. — очень хотеть что-л. сделать)!'