Алиса в Зазеркалье Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

Author:Lewis Carroll [Carroll, Lewis ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Иностранные языки, Зарубежная классика
Publisher: ООО «ЛитРес», www.litres.ru
Published: 2019-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Lion and the Unicorn

were fighting for the crown

The Lion beat the Unicorn

all around the town.

Some gave them white bread,

and some gave them brown;

Some gave them plum cake

and drummed them out of town.

“Does … the one … that wins … get the crown?” she asked, as she started to get out of breath.

“Dear me, no!” said the King. “What an idea!”

FInally they came to a great crowd. In the middle of that crowd the Lion and Unicorn were fighting.

There was a pause in the fight, and the Lion and the Unicorn sat down, panting[50]. The King cried: “Ten minutes for refreshments!”

“I don’t think they’ll fight any more today,” said the King.

For a minute or two Alice stood silent. Suddenly she cried, “Look, look! It’s the White Queen! She is running across the country! How fast those Queens can run!”

“There’s some enemy after her[51], I think,” the King said. “That wood is full of them.”

“But aren’t you going to run and help her?” Alice asked.

“Oh, no use[52]!” said the King. “She runs very quickly.”

At this moment the Unicorn walked by them, with his hands in his pockets. “I was the best this time?” he said to the King.

“A little,” the King said nervously. “But why did you pierce him with your horn?”

“I didn’t hurt him,” the Unicorn said, and he was going to leave, when suddenly he saw Alice.

“What … is … this?” he said at last.

“This is a child! We only found it today!”

“I always thought they were fantastic monsters!” said the Unicorn. “Is it alive?”

“It can talk!”

Alice smiled and said: “Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fantastic monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!”

“Well, now that we have seen each other,” said the Unicorn, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Do you agree?”

“Yes, if you like,” said Alice.

The Lion joined them soon: he looked very tired and sleepy. “What’s this!” he said, looking at Alice.

“Ah, what is it?” the Unicorn cried.

“You’ll never guess! I couldn’t.”

The Lion looked at Alice thoughtfully.

“Are you animal … vegetable … or mineral?” he said and yawned at every word.

“It’s a fantastic monster!” the Unicorn cried out, before Alice could say anything.

They decided to have some cake.

The King felt very uncomfortable, because he sat down between the two great creatures; but there was no other place for him.

Then the drums began. Alice couldn’t understand where the noise came from. She got up and jumped over the little brook.

She looked back and saw that the Lion and the Unicorn rose to their feet with angry looks that they were interrupted in their feast. Alice put her hands over her ears, trying not to hear the terrible sound of drums.

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