爱丽丝漫游奇境记

“What a curious feeling!” said Alice, “i must be shutting up like a telescope!”
And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high,and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this:“for it might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?” And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

“多么奇怪的感觉！”爱丽丝说，“我一定是像望远镜那样在缩小。”
事实确是这样：现在她只有十英寸高了。想到她现在的高矮正好可以穿过小门，走进那个可爱的花园，她的脸上露出了笑容。可是她得先等一会儿，看看自己是不是继续在缩小：她对这有点儿担心。“你瞧，”爱丽丝自言自语地说，“也许到头来我会缩得一点儿都不剩下，像一支蜡烛点完了一样。不知道那时候我会变成什么样？”她使劲想象着蜡烛的火苗被吹灭了以后是什么样子，因为她想不起见过这样的东西。