So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it?trot away quietly into the wood. 'If it had grown up,' she said to herself, 'it would have?made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.' And she began?thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs, and was just saying?to herself, 'if one only knew the right way to change them--' when she was a little?startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
于是她把這小生物放下，看著它很快地跑進(jìn)樹(shù)林，感到十分輕松?！叭绻L(zhǎng)大的話，愛(ài)麗絲對(duì)自己說(shuō)，“一定會(huì)成為可怕的丑孩子，要不就成為個(gè)漂亮的豬?！比缓?，她去一個(gè)個(gè)想她認(rèn)識(shí)的孩子，看看誰(shuí)如果變成豬更像樣些，她剛想對(duì)自己說(shuō)：“只要有人告訴他們變化的辦法……”，這時(shí)，那只柴郡貓把她嚇了一跳，它正坐在幾碼遠(yuǎn)的樹(shù)枝上。

The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she?thought: still it had VERY long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to?be treated with respect.?
貓對(duì)愛(ài)麗絲只是笑，看起來(lái)倒是好脾氣。愛(ài)麗絲想，不過(guò)它還是有很長(zhǎng)的爪子和許多牙齒，因此還應(yīng)該對(duì)它尊敬點(diǎn)。

'Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know?whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's?pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I?ought to go from here?'
“柴郡貓，”她膽怯地說(shuō)。還不知道它喜歡不喜歡這個(gè)名字，可是，它的嘴笑得咧開(kāi)了?！芭叮芨吲d，”愛(ài)麗絲想，就繼續(xù)說(shuō)了：“請(qǐng)你告訴我，離開(kāi)這里應(yīng)該走哪條路？”

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
“這要看你想上哪兒去，”貓說(shuō)。

'I don't much care where--' said Alice.
“去哪里，我不大在乎。”愛(ài)麗絲說(shuō)。

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
“那你走哪條路都沒(méi)關(guān)系?！必堈f(shuō)。

'--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
“只要能走到一個(gè)地方?！睈?ài)麗絲又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)了一句。

'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long?enough.'
“哦，那行，”貓說(shuō)，“只要你走得很遠(yuǎn)的話?！?/div>

Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another?question. 'What sort of people live about here?'
愛(ài)麗絲感到這話是沒(méi)法反對(duì)的，所以她就試著提了另外的一個(gè)問(wèn)題：“這周圍住些什么？”

'In THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, 'lives a?Hatter: and in THAT direction,' waving the other paw, 'lives a March Hare. Visit either?you like: they're both mad.'?
“這個(gè)方向”貓說(shuō)著，把右爪子揮了一圈，“住著個(gè)帽匠；那個(gè)方向，”貓又揮動(dòng)另一個(gè)爪子，“住著一只三月兔。你喜歡訪問(wèn)誰(shuí)就訪問(wèn)誰(shuí)，他們倆都是瘋子?！?/div>

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
“我可不想到瘋子中間去。”愛(ài)麗絲回答。

'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad.?You're mad.'
“啊，這可沒(méi)法，”貓說(shuō)，“我們這兒全都是瘋的，我是瘋的，你也是瘋的?！?/div>

'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
“你怎么知道我是瘋的？”愛(ài)麗絲問(wèn)。

'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
“一定的，”貓說(shuō)，“不然你就不會(huì)到這里來(lái)了?！?/div>

Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on 'And how?do you know that you're mad?'
愛(ài)麗絲想這根本不能說(shuō)明問(wèn)題，不過(guò)她還是繼續(xù)問(wèn)：“你又怎么知道你是瘋子呢？”

'To begin with,' said the Cat, 'a dog's not mad. You grant that?'
“咱們先打這里說(shuō)起，”貓說(shuō)，“狗是不瘋的，你同意嗎？”

'I suppose so,' said Alice.
“也許是吧！愛(ài)麗絲說(shuō)。

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