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Through
the Looking-Glass
and what Alice
found there
Kapitel 4:
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lewis Carroll, Seite 2 ( von 7 )
The other two dancers were fat, and very soon out of breath. "Four times
round is enough for one dance," Tweedledum panted out, and they left off
dancing as suddenly as they had begun: the music stopped at the same moment.
Then they let go of Alice's hands, and stood looking at her for a minute: there
was a rather awkward pause, as Alice didn't know how to begin a conversation
with people she had just been dancing with. "It would never do to say 'How
d'ye do?' now," she said
to herself: "we seem to have got beyond that, somehow!"
"I hope you're not much tired?" she said at last.
"Nohow. And thank you
very much for
asking," said Tweedledum.
"So much
obliged!" added Tweedledee. "You like poetry?"
"Ye-es, pretty well -
some
poetry," Alice said doubtfully. "Would you tell me which road leads
out of the wood?"
"What shall I repeat to her?" said Tweedledee, looking round at
Tweedledum with great solemn eyes, and not noticing Alice's question.
"'The Walrus
and the Carpenter' is the longest," Tweedledum replied, giving his
brother an affectionate hug.
Tweedledee began instantly:
"The sun was
shining -"
Here Alice ventured to interrupt him. "If it's
very long,"
she said, as politely as she could, "would you please tell me first which
road -"
Tweedledee smiled gently, and began again:
"The sun was
shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright -
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done -
'It's very rude of him,' she said,
'To come and spoil the fun!'
The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead -
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
'If this were only cleared away,'
They said, 'it would be grand!'
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