The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
她的刺猬正同另一只刺猬打架,爱丽丝认为这真是用一只刺猬球去打中另一个刺猬球的好机会,可是她的红鹤却跑掉了,爱丽丝看到它正在花园的那边,在徒劳地向树上飞。
By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: 'but it doesn't matter much,' thought Alice, 'as all the arches are gone from this side of the ground.' So she tucked it away under her arm, that it might not escape again, and went back for a little more conversation with her friend.
等她捉住红鹤回来,正在打架的两只刺猬都跑得无影无踪了。爱丽丝想:“这没多大关系,因为这里的球门都跑掉了。”为了不让红鹤再逃跑,爱丽丝把它夹在胳膊下,又跑回去想同她的朋友多谈一会儿。
When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a large crowd collected round it: there was a dispute going on between the executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable.
爱丽丝走回柴郡猫那儿时,惊奇地看到一大群人围着它,刽子手、国王、王后正在激烈地辩论。他们同时说话,而旁边的人都静悄悄地呆着,看上去十分不安。
The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out exactly what they said.
爱丽丝刚到,这三个人就立即让她作裁判,他们争先恐后地同时向她重复自己的理由,爱丽丝很难听清楚他们说的是什么。
The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin at HIS time of life.
刽子手的理由是:除非有身子,才能从身上砍头,光是一个头是没法砍掉的。他说他从来没做过这种事,这辈子也不打算做这样的事了。
The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.
国王的理由是:只要有头,就能砍,你刽子手执行就行了,少说废话。
The Queen's argument was, that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time she'd have everybody executed, all round. (It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious.)
王后的理由是:谁不立即执行她的命令,她就要把每个人的头都砍掉,周围的人的头也都砍掉(正是她最后这句话,使这些人都吓得要命)。
Alice could think of nothing else to say but 'It belongs to the Duchess: you'd better ask HER about it.'
爱丽丝想不出什么办法,只是说:“这猫是公爵夫人的,你们最好去问她。”
'She's in prison,' the Queen said to the executioner: 'fetch her here.' And the executioner went off like an arrow.
“她在监狱里,”王后对刽子手说,“把她带来!”刽子手好像离弦的箭似的跑去了。
The Cat's head began fading away the moment he was gone, and, by the time he had come back with the Dutchess, it had entirely disappeared; so the King and the executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it, while the rest of the party went back to the game.
就在刽子手走去的一刹那,猫头开始消失,刽子手带着公爵夫人来到时,猫头完全没有了。国王和刽子手就发疯似地跑来跑去到处找,而其他人又回去玩槌球了。