愛(ài)麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境：第十一章 誰(shuí)偷走了餡餅

The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other. In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them—'I wish they'd get the trial done,' she thought, 'and hand round the refreshments!' But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.

當(dāng)他們到達(dá)時(shí)，紅心國(guó)王和紅心王后正坐在王座上，還有一大群各種小鳥(niǎo)獸圍著他們，就像一整套紙牌。那個(gè)武士站在他們面前，用鏈條鎖著，兩邊各有一名士兵看守著。國(guó)王旁邊站著白兔，一手拿著喇叭，一手拿著一卷羊皮紙。法庭正中有一張桌子，上面放著一大盤餡餅。餡餅十分精美，愛(ài)麗絲見(jiàn)了頓時(shí)覺(jué)得餓得慌。愛(ài)麗絲想：“希望審判能快些結(jié)束，然后讓大家吃點(diǎn)心。”但是，看來(lái)并沒(méi)有這種跡象。于是，她只好環(huán)視周圍的一切來(lái)消磨時(shí)光。

Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that she knew the name of nearly everything there. 'That's the judge,' she said to herself, 'because of his great wig.'

愛(ài)麗絲還沒(méi)有到過(guò)法庭，只在書(shū)上讀到過(guò)。她很高興的是對(duì)這里的一切都能說(shuō)得上。“那是法官，”她對(duì)自己說(shuō)，“因?yàn)樗屑侔l(fā)。”

The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming.

該說(shuō)一下，那位法官就是國(guó)王。由于他在假發(fā)上又戴上王冠，看起來(lái)很不順眼，而且肯定也不會(huì)舒服的。

'And that's the jury–box,' thought Alice, 'and those twelve creatures,' (she was obliged to say 'creatures,' you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) 'I suppose they are the jurors.' She said this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it: for she thought, and rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew the meaning of it at all. However, 'jury–men' would have done just as well.

“那是陪審員席，”愛(ài)麗絲心想，“那十二個(gè)動(dòng)物”(她不得不稱之為“動(dòng)物”，因?yàn)橛械氖谦F類，有的是鳥(niǎo)類)，“該是陪審員了。”這最后一句，她對(duì)自己說(shuō)了兩三遍，覺(jué)得挺自豪的。因?yàn)樗?，幾乎沒(méi)有像她那樣年齡的女孩，會(huì)懂得這么多的。即使說(shuō)“法律審查員”她們也不會(huì)懂的。

The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. 'What are they doing?' Alice whispered to the Gryphon. 'They can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun.'

十二位陪審員全都在紙板上忙著寫(xiě)什么。“他們?cè)诟墒裁?”愛(ài)麗絲對(duì)鷹頭獅低聲說(shuō)，“在審判開(kāi)始前，他們不會(huì)有任何事情要記錄的，”

'They're putting down their names,' the Gryphon whispered in reply, 'for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial.'

鷹頭獅低聲回答：“他們?cè)谟浵滦彰?，怕在審判結(jié)束前忘掉。”

'Stupid things!' Alice began in a loud, indignant voice, but she stopped hastily, for the White Rabbit cried out, 'Silence in the court!' and the King put on his spectacles and looked anxiously round, to make out who was talking.

“蠢家伙!”愛(ài)麗絲不滿地高聲說(shuō)，但她立刻就不說(shuō)話了，因?yàn)榘淄煤爸?ldquo;法庭肅靜。”這時(shí)，國(guó)王戴上了眼鏡，迅速地掃視了四周，想找出誰(shuí)在說(shuō)瓜。

Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders, that all the jurors were writing down 'stupid things!' on their slates, and she could even make out that one of them didn't know how to spell 'stupid,' and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him. 'A nice muddle their slates'll be in before the trial's over!' thought Alice.

愛(ài)麗絲就像趴在陪審員肩頭上看到的那樣清楚，看到所有的陪審員都在紙板上寫(xiě)下了“蠢家伙”。她甚至還看到有個(gè)陪審員不會(huì)寫(xiě)“蠢”字，要求鄰座的告訴他。“不到審判結(jié)束，他們的紙板準(zhǔn)會(huì)寫(xiě)得一塌糊涂!”愛(ài)麗絲想。

One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror (it was Bill, the Lizard) could not make out at all what had become of it; so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very little use, as it left no mark on the slate.

有一名陪審員在書(shū)寫(xiě)時(shí)發(fā)出刺耳的市音，愛(ài)麗絲當(dāng)然經(jīng)受不住了，于是，她在法庭里轉(zhuǎn)了一圈，到他的背后，找了個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)—下子奪走了那支鉛筆。她干得很利索，那個(gè)可憐的小陪審員(它就是壁虎比爾)根本不知道發(fā)生了什么事。當(dāng)它到處找不到自己的鉛筆后，就只能用手指頭來(lái)書(shū)寫(xiě)了。這當(dāng)然毫無(wú)用處，因?yàn)槭种冈诩埌迳狭舨幌氯魏魏圹E。

'Herald, read the accusation!' said the King.

“傳令官，宣讀起訴書(shū)。”國(guó)王宣布說(shuō)。

On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:—

白兔在喇叭上吹了三下，然后攤開(kāi)那卷羊皮紙，宣讀如下：

'The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

“紅心王后做了餡餅，

All on a summer day:

夏日的白天竟發(fā)生這樣的事情：

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

紅心武士偷走了餡餅，

And took them quite away!'

全都帶走匆忙離境!”

'Consider your verdict,' the King said to the jury.

“請(qǐng)考慮你們的評(píng)審意見(jiàn)。”國(guó)王對(duì)陪審員說(shuō)。

'Not yet, not yet!' the Rabbit hastily interrupted. 'There's a great deal to come before that!'

“不行，還不行!”兔子趕快插話說(shuō)，“還有好些過(guò)程呢!”

'Call the first witness,' said the King; and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, 'First witness!'

于是，國(guó)王說(shuō)：“傳第一個(gè)作證人。”白兔在喇叭上吹了三下，喊道：“傳第一個(gè)證人!”

The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread–and–butter in the other. 'I beg pardon, your Majesty,' he began, 'for bringing these in: but I hadn't quite finished my tea when I was sent for.'

第一個(gè)證人就是那位帽匠。他進(jìn)來(lái)時(shí)，一手拿著一只茶杯，一手拿著一片奶油面包。他說(shuō)：“陛下，請(qǐng)?jiān)徫規(guī)н@些來(lái)，因?yàn)槲疫€沒(méi)吃完茶點(diǎn)就被傳來(lái)了。”

'You ought to have finished,' said the King. 'When did you begin?'

“你應(yīng)該吃完的。你什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始吃的?”國(guó)王間。

The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm–in–arm with the Dormouse. 'Fourteenth of March, I think it was,' he said.

帽匠看了看三月兔——三月兔是同睡鼠手挽著手跟著他進(jìn)來(lái)的——說(shuō)：“我想是三月十四日開(kāi)始吃的。”

'Fifteenth,' said the March Hare.

“是十五日。”三月兔說(shuō)。

'Sixteenth,' added the Dormouse.

“十六日。”睡鼠補(bǔ)充說(shuō)。

'Write that down,' the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

“記下來(lái)。”國(guó)王對(duì)陪審員說(shuō)，陪審員急忙在紙板上寫(xiě)下了這三個(gè)日期，然后把它們加起來(lái)，再把半數(shù)折算成先令和便士。

'Take off your hat,' the King said to the Hatter.

“摘掉你的帽子!”國(guó)王對(duì)帽匠說(shuō)。

'It isn't mine,' said the Hatter.

“那不是我的。”帽匠說(shuō)。

'Stolen!' the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact.

“偷的!”國(guó)王叫了起來(lái)，并看了看陪審員。陪審員立即記下，作為事實(shí)備忘錄。

'I keep them to sell,' the Hatter added as an explanation; 'I've none of my own. I'm a hatter.'

“我拿帽子來(lái)賣的，我是個(gè)帽匠，沒(méi)有一頂帽子屬于我的。”帽匠解釋道。

Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.

這時(shí)，王后戴上了眼鏡，使勁兒盯著帽匠，只見(jiàn)帽匠臉色發(fā)白，局促不安。

'Give your evidence,' said the King; 'and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot.'

“拿出證據(jù)來(lái)，”國(guó)王說(shuō)，“并且不得緊張，否則，我就把你拿到場(chǎng)上處決。”

This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread–and–butter.

這些話根本沒(méi)有鼓勵(lì)作證人。他不斷地把兩腳交替著站，不自在地看著王后，而且由于心里慌亂，竟在茶杯上咬了一大口，而不是去吃奶油面包。

Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her.

正在這時(shí)，愛(ài)麗絲有一種奇怪的感覺(jué)，她迷惑了好一會(huì)，后來(lái)才慢慢地搞清楚，原來(lái)她又在長(zhǎng)大了，起初，她想站起來(lái)走出法庭，但轉(zhuǎn)眼間她又決定留下了，只要這里還有她容身的余地。

'I wish you wouldn't squeeze so.' said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her. 'I can hardly breathe.'

“我希望你不要擠我，我透不過(guò)氣來(lái)了。”坐在愛(ài)麗絲旁邊的睡鼠說(shuō)。

'I can't help it,' said Alice very meekly: 'I'm growing.'

“我作不了主呀，你看我還在長(zhǎng)呢!”愛(ài)麗絲非常溫和地說(shuō)。

'You've no right to grow here,' said the Dormouse.

“在這里你沒(méi)有權(quán)利長(zhǎng)呀!”睡鼠說(shuō)。

'Don't talk nonsense,' said Alice more boldly: 'you know you're growing too.'

“別說(shuō)廢話了，你自己也在長(zhǎng)呀!”愛(ài)麗絲大膽地說(shuō)。

'Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said the Dormouse: 'not in that ridiculous fashion.' And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court.

“是的，但是我是合理地生長(zhǎng)，不是長(zhǎng)成可笑的樣子，”睡鼠說(shuō)著，不高興地站了起來(lái)，轉(zhuǎn)到法庭的另一邊去了。

All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, 'Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!' on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off.

在愛(ài)麗絲和睡鼠說(shuō)話的時(shí)候，王后的眼睛始終盯著帽匠，當(dāng)睡鼠轉(zhuǎn)到法庭的那邊，她就對(duì)一位官員說(shuō)：“把上次音樂(lè)會(huì)上唱歌人的名單給我，”聽(tīng)到這話，這個(gè)可憐的帽匠嚇得發(fā)抖，甚至把兩只鞋子也抖了下來(lái)。

'Give your evidence,' the King repeated angrily, 'or I'll have you executed, whether you're nervous or not.'

“拿出證據(jù)來(lái)，否則，我就處決你，不管你緊張不緊張!”國(guó)王憤怒地重復(fù)了一遍。

'I'm a poor man, your Majesty,' the Hatter began, in a trembling voice, '—and I hadn't begun my tea—not above a week or so—and what with the bread–and–butter getting so thin—and the twinkling of the tea—'

“我是個(gè)窮人，陛下，”帽匠顫抖著說(shuō)，“我只是剛剛開(kāi)始吃茶點(diǎn)……沒(méi)有超過(guò)一星期……再說(shuō)為什么奶油面包變得這么薄呢……還有茶會(huì)閃光……”

'The twinkling of the what?' said the King.

“什么閃光?”國(guó)王問(wèn)。

'It began with the tea,' the Hatter replied.

“我說(shuō)茶。”帽匠回答。

'Of course twinkling begins with a T!' said the King sharply. 'Do you take me for a dunce? Go on!'

“哦，擦，當(dāng)然，擦火柴是閃光的。你以為我是笨蛋嗎?接著說(shuō)!”國(guó)王尖銳地指出。

'I'm a poor man,' the Hatter went on, 'and most things twinkled after that—only the March Hare said—'

“我是個(gè)窮人，”帽匠繼續(xù)說(shuō)，“從那以后，大部分東西都閃光了……只有三月兔說(shuō)……”

'I didn't!' the March Hare interrupted in a great hurry.

三月兔趕快插嘴：“我沒(méi)說(shuō)過(guò)。”

'You did!' said the Hatter.

“你說(shuō)了。”徹匠說(shuō)。

'I deny it!' said the March Hare.

“我沒(méi)說(shuō)。”三月兔說(shuō)。

'He denies it,' said the King: 'leave out that part.'

“它既然不承認(rèn)，就談點(diǎn)別的吧!”國(guó)王說(shuō)。

'Well, at any rate, the Dormouse said—' the Hatter went on, looking anxiously round to see if he would deny it too: but the Dormouse denied nothing, being fast asleep.

“好，無(wú)論如何，那就睡鼠來(lái)說(shuō)……”說(shuō)到這否認(rèn)。然而睡鼠什么也沒(méi)說(shuō)，它睡得正香呢。

'After that,' continued the Hatter, 'I cut some more bread–and–butter—'

“從那以后，我切了更多的奶油面包……”帽匠繼續(xù)說(shuō)。

'But what did the Dormouse say?' one of the jury asked.

“但是睡鼠說(shuō)了什么?”一位陪審員問(wèn)。

'That I can't remember,' said the Hatter.

“這個(gè)我記不得了。”帽匠說(shuō)。

'You MUST remember,' remarked the King, 'or I'll have you executed.'

“你必須記得，否則我就處決你。”國(guó)王說(shuō)。

The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup and bread–and–butter, and went down on one knee. 'I'm a poor man, your Majesty,' he began.

那個(gè)可憐的帽匠丟掉了茶杯、奶油面包，單膝跪下說(shuō)，“我是個(gè)可憐人，陛下。”

'You're a very poor speaker,' said the King.

“你是個(gè)可憐的狡辯者。”國(guó)王說(shuō)。

Here one of the guinea–pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court. (As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: into this they slipped the guinea–pig, head first, and then sat upon it.)

這時(shí)，一只豚鼠突然喝起彩來(lái)，但立即被法庭上的官員制止了。(所謂制止，實(shí)在很難說(shuō)，我只能向你說(shuō)說(shuō)是怎么回事。他們用一只大帆布袋，把那只膽鼠頭朝里塞進(jìn)去，用繩扎上了袋口，然后他們坐在袋上。)

'I'm glad I've seen that done,' thought Alice. 'I've so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, "There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court," and I never understood what it meant till now.'

愛(ài)麗絲心里想：“我很高興能看到了這回事。我常常在報(bào)上看到，說(shuō)審判結(jié)束時(shí)“出現(xiàn)了喝彩聲，當(dāng)即被法庭上的官員所制止。’直到現(xiàn)在我才明白是怎么回事。”

'If that's all you know about it, you may stand down,' continued the King.

“如果你再?zèng)]有別的補(bǔ)充，你可以退下去了。”國(guó)王宣布說(shuō)。

'I can't go no lower,' said the Hatter: 'I'm on the floor, as it is.'

“我已經(jīng)沒(méi)法再退了，我已經(jīng)是站在地板上的了。”帽匠說(shuō)。

'Then you may SIT down,' the King replied.

“那么你可以坐下。”國(guó)王說(shuō)。

Here the other guinea–pig cheered, and was suppressed.

這時(shí)，又一只豚鼠喝起彩來(lái)，又被制止了。

'Come, that finished the guinea–pigs!' thought Alice. 'Now we shall get on better.'

愛(ài)麗絲心里想：“噯，他們這樣收拾豚鼠!實(shí)在應(yīng)該文明一些。”

'I'd rather finish my tea,' said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.

“我還得喝完這杯茶。”帽匠說(shuō)著，不安地看著王后，而王后正在看唱歌人的名單。

'You may go,' said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on.

“你可以走了。”國(guó)王一說(shuō)，帽匠立即跑出法庭。甚至顧不上去穿他的鞋。

'—and just take his head off outside,' the Queen added to one of the officers: but the Hatter was out of sight before the officer could get to the door.

這進(jìn)，王后吩咐一位官員說(shuō)：“立即將那帽匠在庭外斬首。”可是官員追到大門口，帽匠已經(jīng)無(wú)影無(wú)蹤了。

'Call the next witness!' said the King.

“傳下一個(gè)作證人!”國(guó)王吩咐。

The next witness was the Duchess's cook. She carried the pepper–box in her hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before she got into the court, by the way the people near the door began sneezing all at once.

下一個(gè)作證人是公爵夫人的廚師。她手里帶著胡椒盒，一走進(jìn)法庭，就使靠近她的人不停地打噴嚏，這使愛(ài)麗絲一下就猜出是誰(shuí)了。

'Give your evidence,' said the King.

“提供你的證據(jù)。”國(guó)王吩咐。

'Shan't,' said the cook.

“我不能提供。”廚師回答。

The King looked anxiously at the White Rabbit, who said in a low voice, 'Your Majesty must cross–examine THIS witness.'

國(guó)王著急地看了看白兔，白兔低聲說(shuō)：“陛下必須反復(fù)質(zhì)詢這個(gè)證人。”

'Well, if I must, I must,' the King said, with a melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, 'What are tarts made of?'

“好，如果必須這樣，我必定這樣做。”國(guó)王帶著優(yōu)郁的神態(tài)說(shuō)。然后他交叉著雙臂，對(duì)廚師蹙著眉，直到視野模糊了，才用深沉的聲音說(shuō)：“餡餅是用什么做的?”

'Pepper, mostly,' said the cook.

“大部分是胡椒，”廚師說(shuō)，

'Treacle,' said a sleepy voice behind her.

“糖漿。”一個(gè)困倦的聲音從廚師后面?zhèn)鱽?lái)。

'Collar that Dormouse,' the Queen shrieked out. 'Behead that Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Off with his whiskers!'

“掐住那個(gè)睡鼠的脖子，”王后尖叫起來(lái)，“把它斬首，把它攆出法庭，制止它，掐死它，拔掉它的絡(luò)腮胡子!”

For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned out, and, by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared.

整個(gè)法庭完全混亂了好幾分鐘。把睡鼠趕出去以后，大家才再次坐下來(lái)，這時(shí)廚師失蹤了。

'Never mind!' said the King, with an air of great relief. 'Call the next witness.' And he added in an undertone to the Queen, 'Really, my dear, YOU must cross–examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache!'

“沒(méi)關(guān)系!”國(guó)王坦然地說(shuō)，“傳下一個(gè)作證人。”然后他對(duì)王后耳語(yǔ)說(shuō)：“真的，親愛(ài)的，下一個(gè)作證人必須你來(lái)審訊了，我已經(jīng)頭疼得無(wú)法忍受了。”